(Natural News) Depression has become an all too common condition in recent times. Despite its prevalence, however, pharmaceutical companies have failed to come up with a safe and effective way to address it. Lots of people think they either have to live with their negative feelings or accept the possibly deadly side effects that come […]

(Natural News) Mothers typically experience postpartum depression after giving birth. However, this condition is often treated with the use of antidepressant drugs, which come with potentially harmful side effects. Fortunately, researchers from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Kashan University of Medical Sciences in Iran discovered the antidepressant potential of saffron. In their study, published […]

(Natural News) Vitamin D is often associated with calcium and bone growth, but according to a study, a vitamin D deficiency may also be linked to depressive symptoms in urban Malaysian women. The study, which was published in the journal Public Health Nutrition, was conducted by scientists from the Julius Centre University of Malaya (JCUM). Depression and vitamin D […]

(Natural News) A recent Gallup study revealed that 23 percent of American employees feel burned out at work very often or always. While this doesn’t seem like a lot, let us first consider what this means for businesses, financially. Job burnout is said to contribute to an estimated $125 billion to $190 billion in healthcare […]

(Natural News) If it seems like a lot of people you know are suffering from depression, it’s probably not your imagination: The World Health Organization reports that roughly 300 million people around the world are dealing with the disorder, and other studies show that 16.2 million American adults experienced a major depressive episode at least […]

(Natural News) Social media use is a divisive topic. Regular users say that websites like Facebook help them connect with family and friends, while health experts believe that social media may aggravate a person’s mental health. According to a study, your Facebook posts can also be used to diagnose your risk of developing depression and […]

(Natural News) Boswellia is also known as frankincense. It is a herbal extract from the gum resin of the Boswellia tree. This herbal extract has a long history of being used as perfume, incense, and medicine due to is therapeutic and anti-inflammatory properties. Boswelllia is such a powerful herbal extract that it can aid in the […]

(Natural News) “I will just eat until I am dead” says a 700 pound 34-year-old video junkie “kid” who lives at home for free under his dad’s roof and who is so obese that he has to bathe outside in a pig trough. Like more than 200 million Americans, Casey King loves junk food, eats […]

(Natural News) A study has shown that the Chinese herb XingPiJieYu (XPJY) helps mitigate the effects of chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) and alleviates depression-like symptoms in animal models. To test this, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing examined sixty rats with CUS and found that rats given XingPiJieYu performed faster in the Morris Water Maze test. Rats given […]

(Natural News) According to a recently published comprehensive review of data, dreamless sleep can contribute to illness, as reported on Science Daily. Rubin Naiman, a sleep and dream specialist at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, examined data regarding the causes and extent of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and dream loss related to medications, […]