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How to Define Depression
There are broadly two categories of depression: the reactive type, which comes on as a result of some external circumstance, such as the death of someone close to you, losing…
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How to Deal with the Problems with Your Doctor’s Choice of Antidepressants
When you go to your doctor with the symptoms of depression, how does the doctor decide which of the many available antidepressants they would be best prescribing? The truth is…
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How to Cope with Addiction and Depression
The relationship between addiction to alcohol and drugs and depression is a complex one. Studies have shown, for instance, that people suffering from depression are about twice as likely to…
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How to Choose Vitamins and Minerals That Enhance Absorption of Fatty Acids
Certain vitamins and minerals support the absorption of fatty acids in the body. Zinc, magnesium and vitamin B6 have been particularly shown to do this . Zinc: a trace mineral…
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How to Choose Healthy Fats for Depression
Many people, when they do address their diet and begin to eat more healthily, lump all fats together as health villains that will make them overweight, with the result that…
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How to Battle Depression over a Loss
Loss in early childhood changes the way we think and feel about ourselves, but loss is also a reality for everyone. We all experience loss at some time in our…
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How to Tell the Children When We First Learn We Suffer From Heart Disease
A family is a unit and what happens to one of its members can send ripples through to all the others no matter how young. John says: 'I remember hearing…
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How to Return to Work Smoothly After a Heart Attack or Surgery
Just how long you need off work will depend on you, how quick your recovery is and the work that you do. Doctors usually advise waiting at least six to…
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How to Deal with Stress More Efficiently
Stress is extremely common in today's high-pressured society, and is a contributory factor in depression. Here's the reason why. Adrenaline is the hormone secreted by the adrenal glands in response…
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How to Learn to Pace Yourself After Heart Surgery
Wherever you work it is vital to take regular breaks. If you work at a VDU you should take a break every hour to walk around and it's worth doing…
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How to Learn to Think More Positively During Heart Disease
Professor Lewin argues that replacing the mistaken beliefs that many people have about heart disease, 'cardiac misconceptions' as he calls them - with more realistic facts is one of the…
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How to Cope with Physical Symptoms of Depression
These are factors that have a physical component, and affect our general body health. The problem with some of these physical contributors is that the symptoms of depression can get…
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How to help your Doctor help you During Heart Disease
Doctors are not magicians and it can sometimes be difficult for them to interpret symptoms, especially if, as they often do, they include rather vague complaints such as 'feeling peculiar'…
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How to Make Practical Arrangements for Heart Disease
In most areas you will be notified when you have to go into hospital a week or two beforehand. You may be told to stop certain drugs beforehand - so…
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How to Make a Positive Choice During Heart Disease
Choosing to use complementary therapies, of course, is not usually an either/or option. Most people who use such treatments do so alongside medical treatment and you may even find that…
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How to Live With Angina Associated with Heart Disease
Unless you discovered you had heart disease when you had a heart attack the chances are high that you sought medical help because of angina, or chest pain. Most people…
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How to Get Support When You Have Heart Disease
Supportive though your partner, friends and family may be, some of your nearest and dearest may appear insensitive to your needs. This may simply be because of their own desire…
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How to Deal with Unmet Needs When Suffering from Heart Disease
In a perfect world everyone who has experienced a heart attack would receive high quality aftercare and follow-up. British family doctor Hugh Bothell outlined the ideal scenario in an article…
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How to Deal With Immediate Reactions after Diagnosed with Heart Disease
If you have been told you have heart disease both you and those around you may feel very frightened, especially if diagnosis was sudden or unexpected. Linda recalls: The heart…
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How to Change Your Job Because of Heart Disease
As part of the process of taking stock of your life you may decide to quit or change jobs. Some people with heart disease feel that work no longer takes…