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Dr. Adria Schmedthorst

Need to make an important decision? Take a nap

Facing a difficult decision? You might weigh up the pros and cons, ask friends for their opinions or stay up nights thinking about it. But the best way, according to how the brain works, is none of these. Here’s why napping could help, plus five more nap benefits that will make you want to break out the nap pad.

Jenny Smiechowski

The perfect dose of exercise for bigger happiness and a stronger mental state

When you exercise, your body releases feel-good hormones which make it easier to maintain a sunny outlook even when things go wrong. Plus, it fuels your brain cells and increases the odds you’ll feel optimistic no matter what life throws at you. How much will do the trick?

Dr. Adria Schmedthorst

Marijuana may hold the key to curing depression for good

There may be real help on the horizon for people living with depression (at least where medical marijuana is legal). And it’s been shown to not only alleviate depression in just 24 hours but also alter development of depression in the brain…

Joyce Hollman

Does your happiness quota add up to disease or longevity?

It’s hard to feel positive when you’re feeling ill. And negative emotional states can certainly bring about physical symptoms. What may surprise you is how connected your happiness is to length of life, disease and death…

Dr. Adria Schmedthorst

Want to stress less? Give of yourself more

Have you ever felt that warm glow when you do something for someone else, from helping a neighbor with their yard work to dropping a few dollars into the hand of someone who really needs it? Well, you should see what it does to your brain…

Jenny Smiechowski

FDA finally considers depression-fighting compounds in mushrooms

Psilocybin, a compound found in some mushrooms, has major advantages over the current go-to depression treatment, SSRIs, including things like high effectiveness after just one dose and the ability to relieve depression without numbing other emotions.

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Joyce Hollman

‘Mind-body’ nerve reveals why a simple breathing technique could manage depression

The vagus nerve connects brain and body. It tells our heart to beat, our lungs to breathe, our stomach to digest… But the messages can go the other way, from our body back to our brain. Managing depression can be as easy as knowing how to message your brain.

Dr. Adria Schmedthorst

The happiness secret to living longer

We would probably all like to live to a healthy ripe old age. Yet, even though most of us are taking more control of our health than ever before, there’s one thing that we’ve been missing… and it has a huge impact on how long you live. Here are 5 ways to get it…

Jenny Smiechowski

Loneliness is a symptom that makes heart disease worse

Do you live alone? Without a husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, brother, sister, son, daughter or roommate? Now, let me ask you another one… Do you feel lonely? Some people are perfectly content to spend time alone. But if you’re not one of them, it can lead to…

Joyce Hollman

The antidepressant that trades happiness for death and stroke

If your doctor gave you a medication that worked so-so for it’s intended use, but after taking it you find you’ve traded one problem for a whole set of new ones, you might not be too happy, right? What if the new problems included stroke and risk of early death?

Joyce Hollman

The invisible surgical risk your doctor isn’t talking about

There’s no doubt that surgery can be a life-changing event. In fact, the time leading up to surgery, as well as time spent recuperating can be a very stress-filled time. But normally your doctor prepares you for what to expect, right? Not necessarily…

Joyce Hollman

The fatal problem with antidepressants drug makers don’t share

Which is more important: a multi-million-dollar drug company’s right to conceal information that would compromise their profits; or the public’s need to know that drugs they’ve been told are safe and effective are actually dangerous? The answer may surprise you…

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