A recent review of complementary and alternative therapies in the treatment of depression are quite promising.  A study review of the medical literature, conducted by the American Psychiatric Association’s Task Force on Complementary and Alternative Medicine reported its findings  in the June, 2010  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
 
The following is a brief overview of the task [...]

Aging doesn’t mean the brain function has to decline, and losing cognitive function.  A study has determined that a variety of characteristics may be associated with maintenance of intelligence when people are in the 70s and 80s.
 
Socially engage, non-smoking senior citizens who exercise at least once a week, have a ninth grade literacy level and [...]

A belief exists in many cultures around the world that many people believe that getting older means declining mental capacity, which can cause poor decision-making.  A new report conducted at North Carolina State University determined that making intuitive decisions – using your “gut instincts,”  there’s no difference between “older” adults fare and their “juniors.”
 
The researchers [...]

The US Army has funded a 20 month project, to identify nutritional therapies that can help prevent, mitigate or treat traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.
 
The Institute of Medicine has established an expert committee that will, “consider preventative interventions as well as those that might be effective during the acute phase and in long [...]

 
 
Most of us are well aware of the positive aspects spending a few minutes outside provides.  In addition to sunshine exposure, causing the production of Vitamin D, a critical nutrient/hormone, an interesting study confirms that outdoor exercise creates the greatest improvement in mood and personal well-being.  The new study was published in the American Chemical [...]

Children with exposure to significant amounts of organophosphate pesticides have an increased risk of developing Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to a study conducted at the University of Montreal and Report in the June, 2010 issue of Pediatrics.
 
According to Dr. Maryse Bouchard, the lead researcher, a ten-fold increase in the concentration of the most common metabolites [...]

For many decades, particularly in light of the debate and conversation surrounding movies such as the Secret, and the concept of the Law of Attraction, cognitive behavioral therapy—changing the way a person thinks about a certain aspect of life, can improve depressions.
 
People with moderate to severe depression, according to a recent study conducted by Ohio [...]

I was amazed to discover that zinc deficiency affects almost 1 in 3 persons globally.  Mood swings are the most common symptoms associated with this mineral deficiency. 
 
Japanese researchers at Seitoku University and Daiguku  Junior College tested the impact zinc supplementation could have on mood, 30 young women and placed them randomly into 2 different groups-to [...]

Brain research imaging studies conducted a few years ago have demonstrated that meditation can cause significant improvements in sections related to concentration.  Conventional wisdom has led to the notion that a considerable amount of time and training was involved in order to achieve this effect.  This perceived time requirement has been a barrier for many [...]

The authors of the review of several massage studies, acknowledge difficulties with research on the effects of massage, including the fact that it’s impossible to “blind” study participants or care providers to whether a person is receiving massage or a comparison treatment.
 
Nevertheless, they say there is “good evidence to suggest that massage therapy is an [...]