Mindfully Healing

Researchers tested how the mere presence of a smartphone affected cognitive capacity. The mere presence of your smartphone makes you more dumb, even when it is on silent, new research finds. It doesn’t even matter if it is turned off! So, leaving your smartphone in another room actually makes you smarter. The study found that when people had their smartphones with them, their cognitive capacity was reduced. Cognitive capacity is the ability to hold and process information in the mind. Dr Adrian Ward, the study’s first author, said: “We see

Show popular with teenagers linked to increased internet searches for how to commit suicide. A Netflix drama called ’13 Reasons Why’ has been linked to internet searches for suicide, new research finds. The series, which is popular with teenagers, is about the suffering and eventual suicide of a teenage girl. The girl’s journey is experienced by her friend listening to a series of audio-cassette journals she has left behind. (If this sounds like just the sort of thing you don’t need on a Monday night after a long day at

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. One group were given the exercise, another given antidepressant medication and the third both. The results showed that all three groups improved the same amount. Professor James Blumenthal, the study’s first author, said: “One of the conclusions we can draw from this is