Bonita Springs Registered Dietitian Karyn Capozzo takes over the Doctors of the USA show today then play Jody’s interview with Kimberly Rodgers, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Founder at Monarch Therapy LLC and Editor in Chief at eFitFamily about Holiday depression, why people get it and how to deal with it. Kimberly is a Licensed [...]
Should Vitamin D Supplements Be Used to Treat or Prevent Depression?
September 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Some observational studies have linked depression to low levels of vitamin D. There have been some small, controlled trials that have tested whether or not vitamin D supplements can prevent or treat depression. So far those studies have generated conflicting results. Recently, in a much larger study, researchers have analyzed data from the Women’s Health [...]
Depression and risk of stroke
November 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Depression has often been linked with increased rates of cardiovascular disease; however its relationship to stroke risk has never been fully evaluated. Now researchers have taken a closer look at this connection via a review of studies investigating the relationship between baseline depression and stroke. Twenty eight studies involving 317 540 adults who were followed [...]
Coffee and depression in women
October 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
One of the most common dietary sources of caffeine is coffee and recently researchers looked at data from the Nurses’ Health Study in order to find out whether caffeinated coffee provides any protection from the onset of late-life depression in women. The study involved 50, 739 US women (mean age 63) who were depression free [...]
Anti Depressants And Breast/Ovarian Cancer
May 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Most of the 27 million people taking antidepressant medications in the USA are women and investigators have recently been concerned that there may be a link with their use and susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancers In a meta-analysis of clinical studies a modest link was found between the use of antidepressants and the risk [...]