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Enhancing Adolescents' Health By Simple, Low-Cost Steps
Simple, low-cost measures such as wearing a pedometer to inspire walking and spending a few minutes a day meditating can put adolescents on the track toward better health, researchers report.These types of side-effect-free steps can quickly help lower important numbers like blood pressure, heart rate and even weight, counteracting today's unhealthy, upward trends among young people, said Dr. Vernon Barnes, physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia's Georgia Prevention Institute.
Medical News Today | Massage Eases Anxiety, But No Better Than Simple Relaxation Does
A new randomized trial shows that on average, three months after receiving a series of 10 massage sessions, patients had half the symptoms of anxiety. This improvement resembles that previously reported with psychotherapy, medications, or both. But the trial, published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, also found massage to be no more effective than simple relaxation in a room alone with soft, soothing music.
Medical News Today | Red clover may counter depressive symptoms in older women
Post-menopausal women taking supplements of a red clover extract may experience fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, says a new randomised trial from Austria. Symptoms of depression and anxiety were reduced by about 80 per cent following 90 days of supplements containing 80 milligrams of red clover isoflavones, according to findings of a prospective randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial published in Maturitas.
NutaIngredients | Exercise better than medicine for anxiety
Scientists from the University of Georgia have found that patients with chronic illness can reduce anxiety with regular exercise. Exercise was found to reduce anxiety by twenty percent and is much safer than medications that carry risk of side effects of sedation and addiction. According to the researchers, exercise might be the best prescription a physician can offer a patient for anxiety.
EmaxHealth | Regular exercise reduces patient anxiety by 20 percent, study finds
The anxiety that often accompanies a chronic illness can chip away at quality of life and make patients less likely to follow their treatment plan. But regular exercise can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety, a new University of Georgia study shows.
Health World | Hypnosis can relieve symptoms in children with respiratory diseases
Hypnosis has potential therapeutic value in children with respiratory disorders for alleviating symptoms such as habit cough or unexplained sensations of difficulty breathing and for lessening a child's discomfort during medical procedures.
PhysOrg | The Calming Power Of Chamomile
Feeling stressed? Try chamomile! This 'traditional' remedy has been around for years, but how much truth is there behind this old wives' tale? In an evaluation for Faculty of 1000, Michael Van Ameringen and Beth Patterson draw attention to the first randomized controlled trial of chamomile for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
Medical News Today | Anxious? Stressed? Science Says Eat Some Chocolate and Chill Out!
Most of us do not need a whole lot of motivation or prodding to eat chocolate, whether it comes in the milk or dark variety. And now new research is giving you even one more reason to give in to your favorite chocolate temptation! A recent study indicates that the very make-up of chocolate may be able to reduce your stress levels. Now what’s not de-stressing about that? Let’s take a look at this decadent discovery .
Alternative Health Journal | Healthy diet may benefit women's mental health
Women who suffer from depression and anxiety may want to take a look at their diet as possible contributors to these conditions, study findings hint. Dr. Felice N. Jacka, at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues report mood disorders were more common among women 20 to 93 years old who, over 10 years, ate primarily processed, refined, high-fat foods.
Reuters | Melatonin Is The Safest Remedy For Anxiety
Anxiety is experienced by millions of people either 18 years of age or older. Most individuals who suffer from anxiety disorders will usually have their first episode by the time they are 21 years old. Anxiety is basically your body constantly reacting as though you are in a terrifying or dangerous situation.
Alternative Medicine Zone | Drug-free Approach to Anxiety and Panic Attacks
It's quite normal to feel anxious when handling certain situations such as making big decisions or sitting exams, but for some, anxiety attacks occur when handling situations that most of us would just take in our stride. These can cause so much distress that sufferers cannot live a normal life.
Holistic Health News | Vitamin B12 may account for some 'senior moments'
There was a time when we thought only strict vegetarians were at risk for developing Vitamin B12 deficiency, but not any more. Approximately 10 to 30 per cent of Canadians over the age of 50 have already been diagnosed with this nutrient deficiency. But the concern is that there may be numerous others undiagnosed who maybe assuming their forgetfulness, or lack of energy is just due to the fact that they are getting older.
The Daily Gleaner | Transcendental Meditation May Keep Your Heart Beating—and Ease College Anxiety
Two new studies provide compelling reasons to consider taking up transcendental meditation (TM). One, presented last week at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting, showed that people with heart disease who practiced TM over a five- to nine-year period slashed their risk of dying, or of having a heart attack or stroke, by 47%. Their blood pressure decreased significantly, and people in a high-stress subgroup also reduced their stress levels.
Health | Dark Chocolate: The New Antianxiety Drug?
OK, so it may not be kosher for me to report on a chocolate study that was conducted by an employee of a chocolate maker at the chocolate maker’s own research lab. Get over it. The results of this new study are intriguing and shed more light on the biochemical basis behind dark chocolate’s health benefits.
Health | Hypnosis To Cure Children’s Anxiety
Hypnosis, an altered state of consciousness, can help cure children’s anxieties. A trained therapist can help a child undergo hypnosis in order to control or get rid of fears and other conditions. Many children today suffer from anxieties and stress placed upon them from a world that is bigger than they are.
Alternative Medicine Zone | Alternative Medicine for Affordable Health Care and Overcoming Anxiety
The solution to affordable health care is so simple. To be healthy and prosperous or diseased and bankrupt, that is the question. In the Democratic Debates, Senator Mike Gravel turned to Hillary Clinton and said, “Hillary, shame on you, you know that the Congress is owned lock, stock and barrel by the Military Industrial complex.” Now our political leaders are throwing us all under the bus to block real health reform to protect their campaign contributors from the Health, Pharmaceutical and Insurance industry.
OpEdNews | How To Use Homeopathy To Treat Depression And Anxiety?
Homeopathy is a form of complementary and alternative medicine which contains few to no pharmacologically active ingredients. Essentially, Homeopathy is completely natural and organic herbal ingredients in most cases.
Alternative Medicine Zone | Soothe Back-to-School Anxiety, Teach Kids to Relax
Children who are nervous about the new school year can relax by practicing "mindfulness" during anxious moments, researchers say. Experts at Duke University, in Durham, N.C., recommend mindfulness, which is a technique borrowed from meditation, to help children transition into the new school year and deal with many academic and social pressures.
HealthDay | Relaxation techniques decrease anxiety in dementia
Acupressure and Montessori-based activities decrease agitation in institutionalized residents with dementia, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine. Nonpharmacological interventions such as acupuncture, Montessori methods, and massage have all been used to manage agitation and promote relaxation in patients with dementia, the authors explain.
Reuters | Insomnia and Anxiety May Be Genetically Linked
A genetic link between anxiety, depression and insomnia has been identified by U.S. researchers, who said adolescents who suffer from anxiety and depression should also be screened for insomnia. The researchers' analysis of data from 749 monozygotic twin pairs and 687 dizygotic twin pairs, aged 8 to 17, and their parents revealed that 19.5 percent of the children had insomnia.
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