Depressing news about depression and women’s heart disease
"Depressed women have higher risks of heart disease, and women with heart disease have higher risks of depression."
View ArticleHow that ache may signal depression
Many women are not aware that their distressing physical symptoms may actually be caused by undiagnosed depression.
View Article“After The Diagnosis”: two books, same title, one hope
Two useful books on chronic disease, each called 'After The Diagnosis': "The gloomy resignation response to heart attack holds little hope, but the Pollyanna viewpoint holds little reality." Can the...
View ArticleIt wasn’t heart disease – but what was it?
This "once cheerful" mother of three suffered ongoing bouts of burning pain in her chest, arms and upper back, a racing heart rate, dizzy spells, debilitating exhaustion, sore joints, severe anxiety,...
View Article10 non-drug ways to treat depression in heart patients
Niggling doubts exist about the effectiveness of antidepressant drugs for many depressed patients. For example, U.S. researchers examined 38 pharmaceutical company-funded studies involving over 3,000...
View ArticleHow humour can help – or hurt – your heart disease recovery
"The most surprising finding here is that not all humor is created equal", explains Nicholas Lockwood of his study on how heart patients use humor during recuperation. "Some humor can harm you more...
View ArticleTop 25 treatments for anxiety
When 6,100 patients suffering from anxiety were asked by the patient data site CureTogether what type of treatments worked best to manage their symptoms, they came up with a Top 25 list that just might...
View Article“I’m the least depressed person on earth, except when I’m depressed”
The late surgeon and Yale professor Dr. Sherwin Nuland - who has openly shared his own experiences living with debilitating depression - once described feeling like this: ''When it happens, I can...
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