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Acupuncture lessens depression symptoms during pregnancy, study shows - 0 views

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  • The study authors, led by Rachel Manber, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, said they hope the results will raise awareness of the problem of depression during pregnancy and provide patients and physicians an alternative to antidepressants. "This standardized acupuncture protocol could be a viable treatment option for depression during pregnancy," they wrote in a paper that will appear in the March issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Up to 14 percent of pregnant women may have major depressive disorder, a condition characterized by feelings of dread, gloom and hopelessness, and a loss of interest in normally pleasurable activities. Some women suffer from depression before becoming pregnant, stop taking their medication and then experience a relapse; in other women, pregnancy itself may cause depression.
  • For this study, the researchers recruited 150 women whose pregnancies were between 12 and 30 weeks gestation and who met the criteria for major depressive disorder. The women were randomized to receive one of three treatments: acupuncture specific for depression; control acupuncture, during which needles were inserted in points not known to help alleviate depressive symptoms; or massage. All of the women received eight weeks of therapy and were assessed for depression at the four- and eight-week marks by an interviewer who was unaware of the treatment each woman received. The researchers found that women who received the depression-specific acupuncture experienced a bigger reduction in depression symptoms than the women in the other groups. The response rate — defined as having a 50 percent or greater reduction in symptoms — was 63 percent for the women receiving depression-specific acupuncture, compared with 44 percent for the women in the other two treatment groups combined. The researchers weren't surprised by what they found — a pilot study yielded similar results, and other studies have shown acupuncture is an effective treatment for depression in the general public — but they were pleased with the results. "I don't think that one-size-fits-all treatments are appropriate for everyone, but acupuncture should be considered as an option," said Lyell. "I hope that people will respect the rigorous methodology used in this blinded, randomized, controlled trial and accept the result: Traditional acupuncture was associated with a significant improvement in depression."
  • Skeptical Debunker on 23 Feb 10
     
    Acupuncture appears to be an effective way to reduce depression symptoms during pregnancy, according to a first-of-its-kind study from Stanford University School of Medicine researchers.
Erich Feldmeier

Biological Link between Cancer and Depression - The Naked Scientists May 2009 - 0 views

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  • Erich Feldmeier on 03 Feb 12
     
    "Leah Pyter: Well basically what we know is that patients with cancer have a higher likelihood of also developing depression at some point in their disease progression, so whether that occurred before and is predisposing them to cancer, or it's due to the tumours themselves, or other aspects of having the disease, we don't know. We were only studying right now whether the cancer itself can cause depression. Chris Smith: How could a tumour trigger depression, because a tumour can occur anywhere in the body, therefore at the remote sites in the brain, so how could it trigger changes in brain activity? Leah Pyter: Sure, well what we hypothesized was that the tumours themselves can produce cytokines which has been shown before. Chris Smith: These are inflammatory chemicals that drive the immune system? Leah Pyter: Right, exactly! And there is also a pile of research on how cytokines can access the brain specifically regions of the brain that are associated with depression and anxiety and emotional behaviours, and they can access the brain both tumourally through the blood, or neurally through the vegas nerves. "
Erich Feldmeier

Seasonal effects on suicide rates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Erich Feldmeier on 28 Jun 13
     
    "These findings clearly state that there is a relationship between summer suicide rates and biochemical (e.g., plasma L-TRP and melatonin levels, [3H]paroxetine binding to blood platelets), metabolic (serum total cholesterol, calcium and magnesium concentrations), and immune (number of peripheral blood lymphocytes and serum sIL-2R) variables.[18] Another study focused on the association between depression, suicide, and the amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). They state that "depression is accompanied by a depletion of n-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids".[22] Their methodology involved taking periodic blood samples-every month for one year-of healthy volunteers, allowing them to analyze the "PUFA composition in serum phospholipids and [relating] those data to the annual variation in the mean weekly number of suicides". They used an analysis of variance (ANOVA) to document their results, finding that PUFA like arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid all occurred at significantly lower rates in winter than in summer months. The association between depression, suicide, and PUFA rates is indicative of there being a biological factor in seasonal effects on suicide rates"
thinkahol *

Light at Night Creates Changes in Brain Related to Depression | Psych Central News - 0 views

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Light at Night Creates Changes in Brain Related to Depression | Psych Central News

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  • thinkahol * on 24 Nov 10
     
    Exposure to even a dim night-time light may cause physical changes in the brain linked to depression, according to an Ohio State University hamster study.
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YouTube - Controlling the Brain with Light (Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University) - 0 views

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  • thinkahol * on 21 Jun 10
     
    Free Download - StanfordUniversity - January 22, 2009 - Karl Deisseroth is pioneering bold new treatments for depression and other psychiatric diseases. By sending pulses of light into the brain, Deisseroth can control neural activity with remarkable precision. In this short talk, Deisseroth gives an thoughtful and awe-inspiring overview of his Stanford University lab's groundbreaking research in "optogenetics".
Erich Feldmeier

Belly Bacteria Boss The Brain - Science News - 0 views

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  • Erich Feldmeier on 24 Aug 12
     
    "But, "one has to be cautious. This is exciting science in rodents, but you can't just extrapolate to humans," says Emeran Mayer, a gastroenterologist and neuroscientist at UCLA's Center for Neurobiology of Stress who was not involved in the new study. Drug and food companies that make probiotics - beneficial bacteria taken in a pill or eaten in food such as yogurt - hope the products can help relieve depression, improve weight loss and cure other conditions, but there is little evidence in people that probiotics can accomplish those goals, Mayer says. "It's almost like science fiction; you can imagine the most amazing things because so little is known about it," he says. But, "So far there's really no evidence that probiotics affect emotions in humans." "
Erich Feldmeier

Slavenka Kam-Hansen: Placebo-Studie: Das Ritual des Pillenschluckens hilft - Medizin - FAZ - 0 views

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  • Erich Feldmeier on 13 Jan 14
     
    "Das Ritual ist heilsam Die Wissenschaftler um die Neurologin Slavenka Kam-Hansen vermuten deshalb, dass nicht nur die Erwartung der Patienten Migränebeschwerden lindern kann, sondern auch das Ritual des Pillenschluckens. „Anders als die klassische Weisheit, dass Patienten auf Placebos ansprechen, weil sie denken, dass sie ein wirksames Medikament bekommen, stützen unsere Ergebnisse die Idee, dass die offene Gabe von Placebos bei der Behandlung hilft", so Kam-Hansen. Für das Reizdarmsyndrom und die Depression haben Studien nach Angaben der Forscher in den vergangenen Jahren ebenfalls eine therapeutische Wirkung von Placebos bestätigt"
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'Breathing Bear' soothes moms more than infants | Science Blog - 0 views

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'Breathing Bear' soothes moms more than infants | Science Blog

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  • thinkahol * on 09 Nov 10
     
    A stuffed teddy bear that appears as if it?s inhaling and exhaling was designed by researchers to comfort fussy babies in the crib, but it seems to work even better for their mothers, a new study reveals. According to the mothers? estimates of crying time, babies who spent five months snuggling with ?Breathing Bear? did not cry any less than infants who shared their crib with a regular stuffed bear, say Evelyn B. Thoman, Ph.D., and Claire Novosad, Ph.D., of the University of Connecticut. But mothers of the Breathing Bear babies reported less depression and stress and described their infants as less fussy and difficult.
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Stoner alert: McDonald's gets you legally high | KurzweilAI - 1 views

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Stoner alert: McDonald's gets you legally high | KurzweilAI

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  • thinkahol * on 11 Jul 11
     
    Fats in foods like potato chips and french fries make them nearly irresistible because they trigger natural marijuana-like chemicals in the body called endocannabinoids, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have found. The researchers discovered that when rats tasted something fatty, cells in their upper gut started producing endocannabinoids, while sugars and proteins did not have this effect. How fats create, like, a buzz It starts on the tongue, where fats in food generate a signal that travels first to your brain, and then through a nerve bundle called the vagus to your intestines. There, the signal stimulates the production of endocannabinoids, which initiates a surge in cell signaling that prompts you to totally pig out - probably by initiating the release of digestive chemicals linked to hunger and satiety that compel us to eat more. And that leads to obesity, diabetes and cancer, the researchers said. But they suggest it might be possible to curb this process by obstructing endocannabinoid activity: for example, by using drugs that "clog" cannabinoid receptors. The trick: bypassing the brain to avoid creating anxiety and depression (which happens when endocannabinoid signaling is blocked in the brain). I'm guessing McDonald's won't be adding that drug to their fries. Ref.: Daniele Piomelli, et al., An endocannabinoid signal in the gut controls dietary fat intake, PNAS, 2011; in press
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Best Psychic Readings in Los Angeles - 0 views

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  • ladypersephone on 23 Aug 18
     
    You can consider Lady Persephone as the best psychic readings los angeles for their exclusive materials. These reading sessions can help the readers to get relief from the depression, and stress. You can also schedule a call to get a good suggestion and better feeling. These sessions and the suggestions can help you to move on in your life.
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Over 50? You probably prefer negative stories about young people - 0 views

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over 50 prefer negative stories about young people

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  • thinkahol * on 01 Sep 10
     
    "ScienceDaily (Aug. 30, 2010) - When given a choice, older people prefer to read negative news, rather than positive news, about young adults, a new study suggests. In fact, older readers who chose to read negative stories about young individuals actually get a small boost in their self-esteem, according to the results."
  • Beatriz Arias on 01 Aug 11
     
    How many adults were tested and where? This would validate what I have heard, that adults are children in large bodies. This means that many or most adults never mature emotionally? Of course you'll have to exclude me and others I'm sure out there, because negative news whether about young or old depresses me.
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Scientific Research With The Trivedi Effect - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 23 Dec 14
     
    Mahendra Kumar Trivedi has proven the Trivedi Effect® to be of scientific significance through positive results. The results of the tests were also vouched by eminent scientists and scholars with in depth knowledge in molecular science.
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