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Depression and Anxiety

Recent research suggests that depression and anxiety can be caused by chemical imbalances, food allergies, toxins, and other environmental factors.

In the articles below, you'll see that advances in nutrition therapies, mind/body medicine, and even supplements offer hope for a solution.

Quick Reads

Short on time? Looking for the latest research briefs, news items and topic tidbits? Click below to get started!

Outside Insight: walking meditation

Why take meditation outside? Hike, paddle, and ride your way to equilibrium.

Reiki can relieve teen angst

The Spirit of Gardening

With research demonstrating that simply looking at a garden lowers blood pressure and stimulates relaxation, developing a green thumb might be a wise intention for everyone.

Safe Remedies, Healthier Kids

Homeopathy is good for childhood ailments from diaper rash and colds to tummy aches and the sore gums of teething.

Healing Scents for Cancer

Aromatherapy can help cancer patients.

Lift Brain Fog

Here are five common causes of “brain fog” and what you can do to bring back the sunshine.

Inner Balance—Editor’s Pick

Yogini: The Power of Women in Yoga, (Mandala Publishing, 2006) by Janice Gates celebrates the way women in the last 75 years have transformed the practice of yoga.

From our readers: A Balance Journal

Peaceful thoughts from a reader.

Yoga eases breast cancer depression

Yoga can help women struggling with breast cancer feel healthier and stronger through their treatments.

Smiles all around from St. John’s wort

A plant people have used for centuries to ward off evil spirits has a new stamp of approval from today’s researchers working on depression relief.

Patch up Your Psyche

The FDA OK’d the sale of the first-ever skin patch to relieve symptoms of depression, despite some concerns about side effects.

Chromium supplements, Mega vitamin B12

In a small double-blind, placebo-controlled study, researchers gave 113 depressed patients either 600 mcg of chromium (as chromium picolinate) or placebos daily for eight weeks.

Meditation on Ambivalence

Meditation to address uncertainty.

Vive la Différence

Women and men never seem to tire of enumerating their differences.

Survive Winter With Winter Cherry

In the East it’s called ashwagandha; in the West it’s called winter cherry; in your winter medicine chest, you’ll call it a superstar.

The Good, the Bad, and the Sad

A new drug derived from the saliva of the Gila monster offers hope for type-2 diabetics who may dread insulin’s weight-gaining side effects.

Awaken to the Walnut

The healthy walnut now has even more to boast about. In addition to protein, minerals, and omega-3 fats, it also contains melatonin.

Futuristic Clothing

Researchers are experimenting with clothing that does everything from monitoring breathing and heart rates to moisturizing the skin and reducing cellulite.

Yoga: Body-Centered Awareness

Open the Lungs With Gomukhasana

Exercise Performance Enhanced by Herbal Extract

New research published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism suggests taking an extract of Rhodiola rosea

Read All About It

This section delves deep into the heart of the matter. Click below to read in-depth investigations, article features, cover stories, and the inspirational journeys of others.

Fading Memories, Lasting Love

As Alzheimer's steals away a spouse or a parent, more than one life undergoes inexorable changes.

The Healthy Palette

Can expressing your creativity make you healthier? New research and clinical practice show how activities such as painting, dance, and storytelling help people heal and grow.

Sacred Soaking

Spiritual baths transform the prosaic into the profound.

How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?

When a spouse dies, the pain of loss can take a physical toll.

Ending Mood Disorders Without Drugs

Holistic treatments for depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder can remove the physical and psychological obstacles to healing.

Restorative Yoga Offers Respite

Looking for relief from migraines, menstrual cramps, or pesky hot flashes? These yoga poses really work.

The Other Youth Drug Problem

Teaching our kids to “just say no” may keep them off street drugs, but what do we do when the schools, government, and pharmaceutical companies partner to push another kind of dangerous drug?

Turning SAD Into GLAD

Beat the winter doldrums with these natural treatments for seasonal affective disorder.

Get Rhythm

Unleashing your inner drummer may rock you back to health.

Yoga for Self-Confidence

Yoga poses will uncover the strong, fluid, healthy and sexy person inside you.

RX-Yoga and PMS

A daily yoga practice and a few lifestyle changes can help mitigate the effects.

Zen and the Art of Friendship Maintenance

Know when to hold on, when to let go, and when to just wait things out.

The Art of Savoring

Negativity harms our health—that much we all know. But the flip-side is also true: We can improve our health by finding and savoring the joy in our lives. Our 10 science-backed strategies show you how.

8 Steps to Aging Gracefully

Not ready to think about your age? Join the club. But no matter how many candles are on your cake, you can benefit from these simple ways to stay physically strong, mentally focused, and spiritually present.

Love Thy Neighbor, Heal Thyself

The true key to a healthy heart might just begin with directing our attention toward others through generous, altruistic acts.

Eating Disorders After 35

Think anorexia and bulimia are conditions only young women face? Think again. Many women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s still struggle with these afflictions. But now there’s help.

A Broken Dancer

A dancer’s path to wholeness which includes acupuncture, pilates, and an allergy free diet.

Healthy Aging

Aging is inevitable, but a loss of health isn’t—a fact that many people are realizing as they search for ways to age gracefully and healthfully.

Depression and heart health

Having a broken heart can be more than just hard luck; it might put you at greater risk for a host of heart issues.

fitness—child’s play

You may lead an active lifestyle—but what about your kids?

Ask The Doctor

Everyone can use good advice. Below, we've gathered top queries and answers for you. Don't see the answer to your question? Email us and our team of experts with respond!

Are You Low on Vitamin B12?

Beware of vitamin B12 deficiency, a growing health problem—that can be reversed naturally.

Detox from Chemo

An ayurvedic doctor answers this question: Over the past few years, I’ve had surgery and chemo for cancer. How can I restore my immune and hormonal systems?

Relief from Seasonal Anxiety

Every fall I start feeling anxious and crave sugar. Why does this happen in autumn?

Nothing is Permanent Except Change

Joan Borysenko teaches us how to accept impermanence in our lives and grow from it.

The Blue-Green Algae Debate

I’ve been taking algae supplements for years, but I heard recently that they might be toxic. Are they?

Ask the Doctor—Chronic Fatigue Syndrome–Teenage Depression

TCM solutions for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and teenage depression

Battling Teenage Depression

Traditional Chinese Medicine's solutions for teenage depression.

Depression

St. John’s wort's effectiveness for depression in the longer term

Help for Insomnia

Get better sleep-ten tips for insomniacs

Q&A with David Simon, MD

Vital Breath

Meditate

The best time to meditate for the health benefits

On Emotion

Question: What can we do to help regain emotional balance?

Easing Anxiety

Easing anxiety through hypnosis.

Recipes

Isn't it wonderful that your food can be your "medicine"? All the recipes below include ingredients that act positively on your body for this condition. The bonus? Each one is delicious!

Fruity Good Shakes (Serves 2-3 children)

Kid-tested recipes to help manage ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) by delivering healthy nutrients.

Favorite Salmon (serves 4)

Kid-tested recipes to help manage ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) by delivering healthy nutrients.

Refreshing Massage Oil

Essential oil recipes to mend your mood, cheer you up and ease your stress.

Return to Earth Foot Massage Oil

Essential oil recipes to mend your mood, cheer you up and ease your stress.

Stress-buster tea

A simple herbal remedy for stress.

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