Key Takeaways A new study finds a strong link between depression symptoms and decreased exercise in college students during the pandemic. Short-term exercise intervention didn’t reduce depression symptoms. Regular exercise is important for overall health, and experts recommend aiming for 150-300 minutes of physical exercise per week. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought drastic changes to […]

Lifestyle changes — along with other proven therapies — can help improve these often-overlapping conditions. Everyone goes through periods of feeling gloomy, irritable, or listless at least once in a while. And these emotions are perfectly normal after a diagnosis of a serious health problem such as heart disease. But if those unpleasant feelings drag

DEAR ABBY: My fiancee and I have been together for four years. I have lost A LOT of people in my life, so I am used to death. She, on the other hand, didn’t experience it until two years ago, when she lost her grandfather. The next year, her mother passed, and last year we

You can turn strawberries into just about anything with a little imagination. Ryanna Sandoval, 24, has turned chocolate dipped strawberries into carrots, bunnies, cows, ice cream cones, marbled artwork and more through her culinary business Lili Berries. “It’s satisfying, and it’s unique,” she said. “It’s fun just to see how they come out.” Twist on Lakota

Introduction A growing body of evidence suggests that people with higher education are more likely to suffer from depression and other mental disorders.1 The rising incidence of depression imposes a substantial burden on the group of postgraduate students and their family. Since the rise of acupuncture therapy, the clinical application for depression is very popular,

Kai-qi Ding,* Ze-hua Lai,* Yu Zhang, Guo-yuan Yang, Ji-rong He, Li-li Zeng Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital/Luwan Branch, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Correspondence: Li-li Zeng No. 197 Ruijin Second Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, 200025, People’s Republic

Design and setting This two-armed controlled clinical trial study was conducted in Shiraz in southern Iran. The study protocol was written in accordance with the CONSORT guidelines [22]. This study was conducted in the Breast Disease Research Center that is one of the largest breast disease research and treatment centers in southern Iran, which has

IMAGE: Fifty percent of veterans who practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique for three months no longer met criteria for PTSD compared to only 10 percent of controls. Meditating veterans also showed… view more  Credit: Maharishi International University Research Institute Veterans with PTSD who practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique showed significant reductions in PTSD symptom severity, according

MISHAWAKA, Indiana — The newest water hazard on the 16th hole at Eberhart-Petro Golf Course — which lies between South Bend and Elkhart — was nearly a century in the making. What started as a project to repair a pipe that carried water from Willow Creek under a portion of the golf course resulted in

SAN ANTONIO – The last year has been full of challenges for everyone but especially for parents. Adapting to the threat of COVID-19, shutdowns, changes to school, childcare and social circles has been no easy task. While things seem more hopeful in recent weeks, parents are still battling with the effects of the pandemic. During