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Winter blues and summer bummer link brains of rats and man
Nicholas Spitzer and Davide Dulcis felt for people in higher latitudes whose attitudes soured in the shorter daylight hours of winter. The neuroscientists, who work in balmy San Diego, wondered whether summer was a bummer for rats. They’re...
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What's Going Around: Seasonal affective disorder
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The lack of exposure to sunlight in the winter months can not only affect our moods, but can also lead to a disorder. It's called Seasonal Affective Disorder, better known as SAD. And doctors say it can be serious. "Because of the...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Psychologists, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Depression, Health and Medical Professionals
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Bring more light into your home
A home without ample lighting can be uncomfortable. Dark rooms can exacerbate feelings of depression and make a home feel less inviting to guests. However, bringing in more outside light or supplementing with artifical light can quickly transform the...
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Conemaugh's Chef Auction Reaches Milestone Year
The 5th Annual Conemaugh Health Foundation “Our Community, Our Children” Chef Auction was held last month at the Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center. It raised $48,000 for pediatric and teenage trauma and surgical patients at Conemaugh...Tags: Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Family, Pediatrics, YouTube
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Experts look at new high-tech, at-home beauty devices
Special to the Los Angeles TimesImagine having the fountain of youth as close at hand as the bathroom. We're not there yet — but there's a burgeoning number of at-home, high-tech beauty gadgets that claim to smooth wrinkles, whiten teeth and remove hair without the need to...Tags: Elections, Dermatologists, Medical Specialization, Health, Dermatology
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All-nighter fix-it
Special to the Los Angeles TimesPartying until daybreak, flying the red eye, cramming all night for an exam — these are just a few reasons for skimping on beauty sleep. And rarely in these circumstances is there the luxury of taking the next day off to nurse oneself back to happy,...Tags: Jack Black, Travel, Oxygen (tv network), Health, Jennifer Lopez
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Seasonal Affective Disorder
![Sometimes the dark dreary skies of the season turn our positive outlook into mush. We call that the “winter blues." And sometimes, when that dismal outlook on life doesn’t go away, it’s a more serious ailment known as Season Affective Disorder, or SAD. Season Affective Disorder is a form of depression that occurs seasonally most often during the winter months. But it can happen in the summertime as well. The condition is characterized by reoccurring or long last episodes of depression and is triggered by the lack of sunlight. Usually people affected by SAD become depressed in the fall and winter and feel better during the spring and summer. SAD affects both men and women, and the illness typically begins in the early twenties. Some features of wintertime SAD are insomnia, carbohydrate cravings, and weight gain. Other symptoms include the usual characteristics of depression, like decreased sexual appetite, fatigue, hopelessness, suicidal thoughts, and social withdrawal. If your recurrent depression happens in the summer the characteristics may also include decreased appetite, weight loss, and constant agitation or anxiety. SAD usually begins in October or November and subsides in March or April. Depressions are usually mild to moderate but can be severe. The most common characteristic is the person’s reaction to changes in the environmental light; when the weather is overcast depression worsens. The most common treatment for SAD is light therapy. Sitting in front of a full spectrum fluorescent light reverses the winter depressive symptoms because it reduces the level of a certain brain chemical (melatonin) which is normally present at night. The intensity of the light is equal to the amount of light a person would get from looking out a window on a sunny spring day. Antidepressant medication and psychotherapy in conjunction with light therapy also reduces SAD symptoms. If you think you might have SAD, first track your symptoms, if they are mild and do not interfere with your daily living, you might just have the “winter blues.” In this case, light therapy might help. If your symptoms are severe enough to significantly affect your day to day functioning, you need to consult a mental health professional to get the proper treatment. For more information on SAD, contact The Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI of Greater Chicago, <a href="http://www.namigc.org/">www.namigc.org</a>.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67629717-25132704.jpg "Sometimes the dark dreary skies of the season turn our positive outlook into mush. We call that the “winter blues." And sometimes, when that dismal outlook on life doesn’t go away, it’s a more serious ailment known as Season Affective Disorder, or SAD. Season Affective Disorder is a form of depression that occurs seasonally most often during the winter months. But it can happen in the summertime as well. The condition is characterized by reoccurring or long last episodes of depression and is triggered by the lack of sunlight. Usually people affected by SAD become depressed in the fall and winter and feel better during the spring and summer. SAD affects both men and women, and the illness typically begins in the early twenties. Some features of wintertime SAD are insomnia, carbohydrate cravings, and weight gain. Other symptoms include the usual characteristics of depression, like decreased sexual appetite, fatigue, hopelessness, suicidal thoughts, and social withdrawal. If your recurrent depression happens in the summer the characteristics may also include decreased appetite, weight loss, and constant agitation or anxiety. SAD usually begins in October or November and subsides in March or April. Depressions are usually mild to moderate but can be severe. The most common characteristic is the person’s reaction to changes in the environmental light; when the weather is overcast depression worsens. The most common treatment for SAD is light therapy. Sitting in front of a full spectrum fluorescent light reverses the winter depressive symptoms because it reduces the level of a certain brain chemical (melatonin) which is normally present at night. The intensity of the light is equal to the amount of light a person would get from looking out a window on a sunny spring day. Antidepressant medication and psychotherapy in conjunction with light therapy also reduces SAD symptoms. If you think you might have SAD, first track your symptoms, if they are mild and do not interfere with your daily living, you might just have the “winter blues.” In this case, light therapy might help. If your symptoms are severe enough to significantly affect your day to day functioning, you need to consult a mental health professional to get the proper treatment. For more information on SAD, contact The Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI of Greater Chicago, <a href=\"http://www.namigc.org/\">www.namigc.org</a>.")
Sometimes the dark dreary skies of the season turn our positive outlook into mush. We call that the “winter blues." And sometimes, when that dismal outlook on life doesn’t go away, it’s a more serious ailment known as Season...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms, Insomnia, Symptoms, Seasonal Affective Disorder
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What women can do about thinning hair
No one wants to lose their hair, but for a woman it is particularly distressing. While men can look perfectly presentable — even sexy — with their exposed scalp, no such options exist for the 30 million American women who grapple with thinning...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Rogaine (drug), Northwestern University, Iron (dietary supplement), Dermatologists
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The power of light
It doesn’t look like much -- Janet Althen places what looks like a small flashlight with an inverted colored bulb on certain points of the body, holding it there for about 30 seconds -- but for Althen’s patients, as well as a growing number of...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Infertility, Acupuncture, Lyme Disease, Medical Specialization
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Seasonal Affective Disorder: When it's more than the winter blahs
marieg@herald-mail.comHe thought it was the doldrums. But it seemed to happen every fall, when the quick summer of sunlight was replaced with the slow-motion months of boring gray. The landscape was brown, the trees were bare and darkness appeared early. Some people...Tags: Symptoms, Behavioral Conditions, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Fatigue, Depression
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'Tis the Season: Seasonal Affective Disorder
CW33 NewsFor most people it's just another gloomy north Texas day--but for Teresa Miller those grey skies can make her blue "Sad, depressed, feeling of crying, loss of interest in doing activities,” Teresa explained. “Pretty much you just don't want...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Acupuncture, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Yoga, Seasonal Affective Disorder
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PAWS to host meet and greet with puppy recovering from fire
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsA nine-month-old puppy that suffered severe burns during a Wilmington house fire on New Year’s Day has become a celebrity among supporters of PAWS of …...
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