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...clarity that mind and body aren't separate at all; they are part of a single system. In the case of depression, this interconnectedness takes the insidious form of making other serious diseases dramatically worse. Once you have had a heart attack, for example, your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease is four to six times greater if you also suffer from depression...
Take aerobic exercise. Not only is it a safe and effective treatment for depression, but it has many other health benefits as well, from improving cardiovascular and immune functions to controlling weight. Aerobic exercise works, in part, by stimulating the release of endorphins, a class of endogenous antidepressants made in the brain. It both treats and prevents depression in susceptible individuals, and I prescribe it frequently. For best results, try to get 45 minutes of sustained aerobic activity an average of five days a week. Any activity that raises your heart rate and gets you breathing fast will do. Walking...
...work as a cardiovascular surgeon, I use the most sophisticated tools of modern medicine to separate patients from their diseased hearts and replace these organs with healthy ones. While my training was in the science of the Western world, I also rely heavily on an ancient Eastern technique--meditation--to help my patients prepare for surgery and to steer them gently toward recovery. Why? Because it works...
...addition to studying the effects lifestyle can have on the risk of cardiovascular disease, Rimm studies the association between alcohol consumption and the risk of diabetes, blood pressure and mortality rates...
...study tracked 83,818 women from 11 states for 16 years. They ranged in age from 34 to 59 years old, and had no history of diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer. Over the course of the study, researchers documented 3,206 new cases of Type II Diabetes...