Article: Can Exercise Treat Depression?

Article: Can exercise treat depression?
Clinical Psychiatry News;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... recommend that he engage in regular exercise. The Question Is there any evidence that exercise is an effective way to treat depression? The Analysis Our Medline search ... depression or depressive" and "exercise." Results were limited to evidence ...

Article: Exercise can treat depression, say Scottish ...
The Sunday Herald;  April 25, 1999 ;     693 words ...AN EXERCISE programme which was initially set up ... depression and anxiety. The Glasgow exercise referral scheme is a partnership between ... local leisure centres where personal exercise programmes for patients are devised ...

Article: A Walking Cure; Exercise May Treat ...
The Washington Post;  June 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... prescribing a moderate regimen of weekly exercise. And he is now on a mission to spread ... persuade other doctors to include an exercise program in their treatment of depression ... activity to amenable patients. Few think of exercise as a bona fide treatment for mental illness ...

Article: Study shows drug to treat depression may fight ...
AP Worldstream;  July 11, 2002 ;     467 words ... ... to quit smoking and treat depression helps obese people ... combined with diet and exercise, said Dr. James Anderson ... obesity. Diet and exercise are still the keys ... asked to increase their exercise by about 50 percent ... taken for many years to treat depression with few ...

Article: Treat depression to avoid cardiac consequences: ...
Heart Advisor;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... This means it is crucial for heart patients to identify and treat depression. "For cardiac patients, letting depression go untreated ... Depressed people are less likely to lose weight, stop smoking, exercise, and eat healthy foods," says Dr. Bhatt. If a depressed ...

Article: No longer depressed, or on meds; Doctors show new interest in ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... some stress-relief exercises to calm himself ... body therapies to treat depression and anxiety. In part ... deep-breathing, exercise, prayer and "quiet ... strict diet-and-exercise routine, she says ... deep breathing, exercise, herbs, nutritional ...

Article: Treat depression to slow physical decline.(FITNESS)
Healthy Years;  July 1, 2007 ;     478 words ... ... take their medications, for example, or eat properly and exercise. In addition, depression and stress can boost cortisol production ... counseling, medication or both. Even 30 minutes of daily exercise has been proven to lessen the effects of depression in older ...