Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder Or The Winter Blues
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It&#39;s a depression that occurs in winter known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, due to inadequate light exposure and women are four times more likely to suffer from SAD than men.
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Depression, severe mental illness and loneliness are linked to illnesses such as heart disease and dementia, according to several studies published on Monday.
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Okay, if the mind is powerful, how is your mind making you feel today? It's worth thinking about -- with the stock market down this year, every day worse than the last, many of us are losing lots of money, I know I am, and it's not a good feeling.  I keep arguing with myself, even though I'm losing money at a huge rate, I'm still in good shape financially, I have a nice house, I can pay the bills. But it doesn't help. Inside I feel unsettled, poor, I'm having trouble concentrating. Does it help that I've been through this before? The crash of 1987 was much worse than this downturn, and then I had no cushion, nothing to fall back on, I wasn't even employed when it happened. I was a lot closer to being broke around the turn of the century, even though the market was doing very well. But it doesn't help. No matter how many times I've been through it, I've always known that it's cyclic, that the outlook will likely improve, but knowing isn't the same as feeling. The feeling is much stronger, it can't be counteracted with logic. I can't reason with the feeling, you might say it's un-reasonable. Then I heard that a friend of mine, much younger, with a lot less at stake in the market, is having trouble sleeping because of this feeling. I realize I'm not alone, probably millions of people have a heightened sense of insecurity right now. Does that make it better? Not really... Anyway, I thought, let's post something and find out how others feel about the economy and how much of an impact is it having on our state of mind.
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Cold weather snaps can trigger heart  attacks, particularly in people suffering from high blood  pressure, researchers said on Monday.
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The darkest day is the birthday of hope: For many thousands of years, that is what the winter solstice has meant to people all over the world.  It is the shortest day of the year, when night has its greatest dominion. But it also is the day that light begins to grow.
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Too much of a good thing can be painful, even deadly, when it comes to sunshine. So with summer just about in full swing, dermatologists and skin cancer researchers say people should limit their time in the sun and take other steps to protect themselves from the sun.
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It's a chore that can quickly chill the warmth of the holiday season: Trudging outside each winter night to unplug the lights, deflate the blowup snowman and shut off the rest of the outdoor extravaganza.
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Peace. Love. Joy. Hurry. Scurry. Let down. The dark months after the holidays leave many people returning unwanted gifts to store shelves and reaching instead for remedies to combat seasonal fatigue and midwinter blahs. "Millions of people in this country take herbals of all kinds," said Rebecca ...
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By Dr. Jacques Gibble  As I write this, seasonal music is playing on the radio and I am reminded that this is a special time of year. I am going to talk about two gifts worth giving and then offer a New Year's challenge.   The first one is an unselfish gift to others.
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People with multiple sclerosis (MS) often suffer extreme fatigue, but teaching them how to conserve energy helps combat the problem, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - Many people with diabetes find  that they become mentally and physically sluggish during  periods when their blood sugar level rises in the course of  their daily routines, investigators report.
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AN Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have revealed that physical symptoms are nearly as common as emotional ones in patients suffering from depression.
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By Jenny Dolan, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 11--'Tis the season to be jump-started.   Wisconsin winters aren't easy on cars or their owners.
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NEW YORK  - Diet and nutrition may play a key role in helping people fight depression, Australian researchers report.
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Schizophrenics born during the summer in the Northern Hemisphere tend to develop a more severe form of the mental illness than those born during the winter, a study said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Low environmental levels of fine and ultrafine particulate matter, as well as carbon dioxide, increase the risk of stroke, but the heightened risk occurs only during warm weather months, Finnish researchers report.
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Adults with mental disorders are at higher risk of brain tumors and lung cancer and developing these cancers at younger ages than individuals without mental illness, according to a study in the new issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.