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Exercise for Depression and Migraine

by Dr. Alexander Mauskop

Depression (and anxiety) is 2-3 times more common in those suffering from migraines than in people without migraines.

Depression is not caused by migraines because patients who develop depression first are 2-3 times more likely to develop migraines than people without depression.

Depression Screening Controversy

Does depression screening help?

Or does it lead, in the current medical system, to overmedicating the public with antidepressants?

These questions are at the heart of the depression screening controversy, reported in Medscape.

Spiritual Retreat Helps Heart Patients

Attending a non-denominational spiritual retreat can help patients with severe heart trouble feel less depressed and more hopeful about the future, a University of Michigan Health System study has found.

Are Pills Poisoning Your Pet?

The pills that get dropped on the floor are the number one reason pets get poisoned, according to the The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).

Antidepressants or Meditation for Depression Relapse?

Mindfulness meditation found to be as effective as antidepressant medication in prevention of depression relapse.

Antidepressants Side Effects: Common Tricyclic Antidepressants Linked to Heart Disease

A study done in Scotland found that tricyclic antidepressants were associated with a 35% increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

Researchers from the University College London followed 14,784 women and men without a known history of CVD and looked at the side effects of these antidepressants, called tricyclic antidepressants.