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Neither herbal or pharmaceutical antidepressants help in irritable bowel syndrome

Posted by: Maff in St. Johns wort, irritable bowel syndrome, antidepressants on Jan 08, 2010

A study conducted at the Mayo Clinic and published this week in the January issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology has found that the popular antidepressant herbal supplement St. John's wort is unhelpful for those suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

In a press release the lead researcher on the study, Yuri Saito, M.D., M.P.H., said that "Several of the chemical

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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (MCBT)

Posted by: Maff in mindfulness, MCBT, fibromyalgia, environmental illness, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, antidepressants on Sep 26, 2008

You may have seen in the news media this week that new research suggests antidepressant drugs may damage men's sperm and increase the risk of infertility. Researchers from Cornell Medical Center in New York found that some men given the common SSRI antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat) for four weeks had far higher levels of sperm with damaged DNA. Experts say this does not necessarily mean

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Natural Alternatives to Antidepressant Medications

Posted by: Maff in nutritional supplements, natural depression treatment, natural alternatives, mental health, medications, drugs, depression, antidepressants on Feb 29, 2008

Natural Antidepressants There has been a flurry of media activity in the UK this week after researchers from the University of Hull published a study showing that for mild to moderate depression antidepressant drugs show no clinically significant benefit over placebo. In other words they are pretty much useless.