Mindfully Healing

LAST DAY: 25% off Dr Jeremy Dean’s new depression ebook. Use code ‘activate’. Most people do not know what to do about depression, even if they can spot it, new research finds. Men, in particular, found it more difficult to recognise depression.…

The emotion helped people make healthier choices. Curiosity is a powerful way to motivate people, research finds. It can even help people make healthier choices. Across four experiments, researchers found that people’s curiosity encouraged them to take the stairs and eat more healthily.…

Alcohol plus cannabis is one of the most frequently detected combinations of drugs in car accidents. Alcohol and cannabis taken together may increase the effect of the cannabis, a new study finds. This may be why, in car accidents, alcohol plus cannabis is one of the most frequently detected combinations of drugs.…

People with poor memories have one major advantage, study finds. People with worse memories can enjoy the same experiences more often, new research finds. In contrast, those with the best memories may quickly get tired of the same music, books, places and even people.…

…and what people wear when they are happy. Jeans are what women are most likely to wear when depressed, a survey finds. Most likely to accompany it is a baggy top or sweatshirt, the research also found.…

The obvious strategy for controlling emotions is not always the best, study finds. Sometimes it pays not to keep your emotions in check, research finds. While controlling your emotions is usually thought of as being healthy, it isn’t always.…

Two-thirds of people with major depression were no longer depressed after this treatment. A brisk walk three times a week can actually beat antidepressant medication in treating major depression, research finds. The results come from a study on three groups of elderly people with major depressive disorder.…

New study on elderly mice suggests cannabis could be a good treatment for dementia. Cannabis reverses the brain ageing process, new research finds. The study on elderly mice showed that their brains could be regressed to the state of two-month-olds.…

Simple procedure enhances flexible thinking and shakes off old ideas. Simply washing your hands could be enough to help let go of old ideas, new research finds. A team of psychologists at the University of Toronto has found that cleaning your hands is enough to leave behind old goals and allow you to pursue new ones.…

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” — Ernest Hemingway People with higher IQs are more likely to be happy, research finds. The finding goes against both Hemingway and the popular idea that being intelligent is somehow predisposes people to unhappiness.…