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According to Mental Health America, depression is as costly to the US economy as heart disease or AIDS, costing over $51 billion in absenteeism from work and lost productivity. The average lost time at work due to depression is approximately 172 million days yearly.

Staying productive at work is undoubtedly among the most challenging components of my recovery. It’s hard enough to get out of bed some mornings, not to mention wrap my brain around a press release, blog post, or, God forbid, a presentation. Some days I wonder why I bothered to put my two feet on the floor, as I accomplished nothing but staring into a computer for eight consecutive hours. Other days I am successful at squeezing a speck of productivity out of my depressed brain. Here are a few strategies I use to get there.

1. Break it up

Ugly, really ugly is the panic I feel when assigned even a petty task when I’m depressed. I envision the completed project like an island far, far away and immediately start hyperventilating accompanied with a flurry of negative intrusive thoughts: “There is no way in hell you are going to get there.” “This job is simply impossible feeling the way I am.” “Should I even attempt this?” “I’m a loser with a malfunctioning brain.”

After my emotional outburst, I usually had to the kitchen to eat something unhealthy. Then I take the beast of an assignment and break it down into very small pieces. As a writer with poor concentration when depressed, I tell myself that I need only write two paragraphs of the piece right now, this very minute. That’s all. If I’m feeling overwhelmed by two paragraphs, I break that down further into one sentence at a time. If it’s a longer project—like my book—I looked at the calendar, and gave myself fourteen separate deadlines, one for each chapter. Then I separated the chapters into sections. Finally the pieces were so small that the island far away could be reached by boat.

2. Start in the middle

If, after breaking down the task, I’m still paralyzed, I follow a piece of advice I learned from an accomplished writer friend of mine. I asked her what she does in the midst of a severe case of writer’s block.

“I start in the middle,” she said. “The beginning contains too much pressure. I don’t yet know the end. So I take a shot at the middle.”

Another writer friend of mine says he simply writes down any thought that comes to him. It can be completely unrelated to the piece he is writing, as it’s merely an exercise to warm up his stalled brain. That unrelated sentence might lead to another unrelated sentence, which might lead to a sentence that has something to do with the memo or essay he is supposed to complete by the end of the day.

3. Take breaks

Breaks are the allies of persons with depression. We often think we are most productive when we plug through a project without looking up; however research indicates that taking breaks can decrease stress hormones, increase dopamine and other feel-good chemicals, and strengthen the neural connections that aids memory and executive functions. In other words, breaks make us more productive. They are especially necessary for depressed persons, because our brains are already working overtime. Trying to reframe negative thoughts 24/7 consumes an incredible amount of energy. Your delicate noggin is going to blow a fuse if you don’t stop and breathe. Consider your brain as a weary body in a boot camp class at the gym. Best to take the water break and hydrate.

4. Lean into the wind

J. Raymond DePaulo, M.D., author of “Understanding Depression” uses a great phrase when talking about working while depressed: “You have to lean into the wind.” This means different things for different people. My job is flexible enough that I try to crank out as many tasks as I can when I am feeling good so that I can allow a little downtime when I’m depressed or anxious. I realize many positions don’t allow that luxury. However, perhaps there is some way you can take advantage of your stronger days to allow you the cushion on the days you struggle.

5. Learn some calming techniques

I break the rule on corporate etiquette by blasting calming music into a set of earphones when at the office. Of course, when someone sneaks up on me to tell me something, I scream, and that negatives the effect. But the music really does soothe my nerves. Even Yanni. I also practicedeep breathing as I write, usually the square breathing method: inhaling to a count of four, holding my breath to four, exhaling to four, holding my breath to four, and starting again. It’s Deep Breathing for Idiots. You can also simply breathe out of your nose, which constrains your breathing and has calming effects. I also tighten my fist, envision the person I’d like to punch, and release.

6. Get venting buddies

I’m fortunate to have several people at work that know I’m fragile, stressed, depressed, anxious, and the good kind of crazy. So when I feel the tears coming on, I can usually grab one of them and head to the bathroom. Opening up to one or two people you think you can trust will make you feel less isolated. And, since they already know all the players at the office, they have an advantage over your therapist if you feel comfortable enough airing your frustrations related to work. Just don’t gossip too much, because that gives you bad karma, and you don’t need anything else working against you.

7. Personalize workspace

My desk is, well, a reflection of me and my pursuit to stay alive and functioning. First, I have a massive HappyLite that screams “Darkness, go away!!” Then there are the spiritual sayings hanging everywhere—the Serenity Prayer, the Prayer of St. Francis, and others–that scream, “Darkness, go away!!!” Finally, there are some favorite pictures of my family that scream, “You need this job!!! Don’t quit yet!” All of them inspire me to keep going. I get discouraged. I want to give up. I look at one of these things, and I think, “Oh yeah.”

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Long-term study found an association between the two.

MONDAY, May 14, 2012 (HealthDay News) — It’s graduation season, and new research offers yet another reason to congratulate someone who has completed at least nine years of education: They’re likely to live longer.

An unusual, comprehensive study involving 1.2 million Swedes shows that students who were exposed to nine years of education rather than eight had a lower mortality rate after age 40. While the finding suggests an association between level of education and longevity, it does not establish a cause-and-effect link.

Those exposed to the additional year of education also had lower mortality from causes known to be related to education. The research, by Anton Lager of the Centre of Health Equity Studies and Jenny Torssander of the Swedish Institute for Social Research, both part of Stockholm University, was published in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Many studies have shown a link between more years of education and better health. But it has been difficult for researchers to show that the cause wasn’t just personal characteristics, such as the ability to stick with school or delay gratification. It has also been hard to determine whether secondary benefits — getting a better job or earning a higher income, for instance — might be the reason why people with more education develop fewer health problems.

A policy change in Sweden provided a ready-made method to help solve those mysteries and answer the question: Are the number of years in school uniquely associated with better health?

From 1949 to 1962, Sweden added one year of compulsory schooling. Children continued to start school at age 7; the new program increased the number of years in school from eight to nine.

The change was implemented in a way that was designed to facilitate long-term evaluation of the value and impact of the additional year in school. All children born between 1943 and 1955 in 900 municipalities were included in the study. Each year, as the program was phased in, children in some municipalities were included in the new nine-year system and others were not. Those not included were the control group. The researchers gathered data on age of death and causes of mortality until 2007. During the 58-year follow-up period, about 92,000 of those in the study died due to various causes.

The authors found that in what they call “later adulthood,” after age 40, the group with the ninth year of education had lower mortality from all diseases than did those with eight years in school. Those people also had a lower death rate from lung cancer, all cancers and accidents. Women with the ninth year of school were less likely to die from ischemic heart disease; men were less likely to die from external causes. All deaths of those in the study, except for the 2 percent to 3 percent who emigrated, were recorded.

Lager said the study shows the reason for lower mortality is not knowledge in and of itself. He speculated that the ninth year helped students develop a different attitude about themselves. “If your life is a little better, you take a little better care of yourself. If you make a little more income, have a job with a little more flexibility, more control of time, then maybe you use less tobacco and alcohol,” he said.

Dr. Mark Cullen, a professor of medicine at Stanford University with research interests in social and environmental determinants of health, said “the study adds strong evidence that including additional years in school and higher education has a substantial impact on longevity.”

Cullen believes the additional year contributed to the students’ long-term ability to understand health messages, think effectively and manage their lives. “We should never discount the direct value of education in helping you interpret information and be involved in your own health,” he said.

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WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2013 — People who read, write, and engage in other mentally stimulating activities preserve memories at a rate at least 32 percent higher than those who don’t — and more importantly, readers and writers are more likely to avoid dementia.

That’s according to a study released today in Neurology, which also suggests exercising the brain with mentally stimulating tasks is especially helpful in old age if you have done it all your life. But at any age it helps the brain function at a higher level, said the study’s lead author, Robert S. Wilson, PhD, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. “Cognitively stimulating activity at any point in the life span appears to be related to better cognitive health in old age,” he said.

Although she was not a participant in the study, my mother, Shirley Brockway, a retired social worker who directed a senior citizen center until her nineties, swears that, at 95, her mind is sharp as a tack due to a lifelong love of books. Her nighttime ritual includes reading in bed for two to four hours. She has been doing this since she was 40, and she currently reads three books a week, usually starting to read at 10 pm. She will stay up till 3 am to read if she really loves a book. When her eyes started giving her trouble last year, she found a work-around: She started getting large print books and read for one hour less.

“It helps me keep my mind busy and it definitely helps me keep my mind sharp,” she said. “The only time I don’t read is if I am really tired or I if I do a crossword puzzle. I am also addicted to crossword puzzles.”

The Brain-Cell Building Power of Mental Stimulation

The Rush study sample of 294 people was tested for memory and thinking every year for a period of six years until they died, at an average age of 89. They also responded to a questionnaire that asked whether they read books, wrote, and/or participated in other mentally stimulating activities during childhood, adolescence, middle age and at their current age.

Researchers discovered that people who took part in mentally stimulating activities both early and late in life had a slower rate of memory decline compared to those who did not participate in such activities across their lifetime. After participants passed away, their brains were examined at autopsy for evidence of physical signs of dementia. “We controlled for level of brain pathology,” said Wilson. “The results prove that cognitive activity has a relationship with late-life cognitive decline that is independent of dementia-related brain pathology.”

Ultimately, the researchers found that the rate of decline was reduced by 32 percent in people with frequent mental activity in late life, compared to people with average mental activity, while the rate of decline of those with infrequent mental activity was 48 percent faster than for those with average activity.

Alice Vestergaard, EdD, MS, a professor at the College of Health, Human Services, and Science at Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa, who specializes in long-term care and the study of brain health in aging, explained it this way: “Research to date has documented that the mind works like a muscle. What we now know from using sophisticated imaging technology is that keeping the mind active can actually enable people to grow new brain cells, regardless of how old they may be. In science-speak we call this building new neuronetic connections. Current scientific theory indicates that the more neuronetic connections in the brain, the harder it is for the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer’s disease to take hold and create the ‘Alzheimer’s cascade’ of memory loss.”

People who keep their brains active throughout their lives can still develop Alzheimer’s disease, but they tend to do so later compared to people who have not keep their brains active, Vestergaard explained. “Keeping one’s brain active throughout the lifespan, in addition to regular exercise and a healthy diet, are the only trifecta insurance policy we have against cognitive decline at this time — until we come up with a cure for Alzheimer’s and other dementias.”

‘Use It or Loose It’ Applies to Your Brain, Too

“Because the brain is a plastic organ, with use being key to maintaining structure and function, staying mentally active throughout life is important,” said Gail Saltz, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at The New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of Medicine and the author of Becoming Real: Defeating the Stories We Tell Ourselves That Hold Us Back. “In other words, ‘use it or lose it.'”

Prof. James Giordano, Ph.D., a neuroscientist with Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, added that in addition to reading, writing, and puzzles, learning languages and musical instruments also keep the brain flexible.

“The easiest way to think about this is to think of your brain as a piano player,” said Giordano, offering a musical metaphor. “The piano player only has 10 fingers. The piano has 88 keys. So at any given time there are only going to be 10 keys depressed. But what makes a virtuoso piano player, as opposed to someone who’s just tinkling the ivories, is the speed, the integrity, the fluency, the fluidity, and the combination with which that individual is able to use those 10 fingers across those 88 keys. So what you are trying to do here is you are trying to create brain networks that use more keys, more often, more rapidly.”

Even if a couple of the keys no longer work correctly, or are out of tune, it does not mean the whole piano is out of order. “You can skip right over them and it still sounds wonderful,” he said. “So you are compensating for the fact that there may be some degeneration going on. And there may be some kind of loss of neurological function that is a natural consequence of aging, but you are using more of your brain per unit of time, and as a result more of the brain remains active — and engages in novel tasks.”

Keeping the mind engaged is key, he said. Doing things you enjoy, but in different ways, can also help. “The secret here is to try to do different things as often as possible, which is why puzzles are so great,” said Giordano, “because no two puzzles are identical. So things like Sudoku, crosswords, jigsaw puzzles are great. The same is true for reading; you try different books all the time and what you’re doing is reading different narratives by different people and you have to interpret them in different ways.”

When Geriatric Depression Gets in the Way

Reading a good book, writing a poem, playing with puzzles and musical instruments… these all sound like fun, but one of the challenges is helping seniors keep their spirits up enough to want to keep engage in these cognitively enhancing activities.

“Depression impacts motivation and attitude – both of which have an impact on someone’s engagement level in life,” said Vestergaard. “If one is withdrawn and/or doesn’t care, they are less inclined to put forth effort to participate and engage in any activity. Depression in elderly can manifest as impatience, anger, defeatism and a hopeless attitude, or apathy.”

“People who are depressed don’t feel like participating in activities, which is why it’s so important to monitor and get treatment for elderly people,” she said. “Rather than being all about decline, this period of life can be highly stimulating and engaging if people participate in the many opportunities that surround them,” she added.

Cognitive Activities: Stay Inspired

The trick is to find activities that inspire an elderly person. For example, not every loves to read, but other activities can  have a similar impact on keeping the brain young. “Through scientific research, we know that it’s ‘newness’ or novelty that creates the most neuronal connections,” says Vestergaard. “The trick is you don’t want to overly stress the brain when doing any activity as this can have a contrary effect.” She suggests these activities in addition to reading, writing and puzzles:

• Learning the tango or ballroom dance sequences
• Listening to complex music such as classical music and then analyzing it
• Learning to play a musical instrument
• Building something
• Participating in a discussion group where people share ideas such as a book club or a public policy or advocacy group
• Playing games with your grandchildren

“Just as in the case of physical exercise, one is never too old to begin, Vestergaard said. “It is possible for older people to learn new skills and/or improve upon old skills — it’s only their motivation that may be lacking, not their capacity and capability.”

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Indigestion and constipation are just two conditions that can become more problematic as you age.

Aging puts the body at higher risk for an assortment of health ailments and conditions, sparking a need for different medications. But the mix of pills, along with changes in your habits and lifestyle, and simply getting older, can affect your digestive tract, causing discomforts such as constipation and indigestion.

Aging and Digestion: Common Problems

With age, many bodily functions slow down, including your digestive tract — it just might not work as efficiently or as quickly as it used to. The muscles in the digestive tract become stiffer, weaker, and less efficient. Your tissues are also more likely to become damaged because new cells aren’t forming as quickly as they once did.

As a result, here are some of the digestive tract problems that can occur as we get older:

• Heartburn
• Peptic ulcers
• Diarrhea
• Constipation and hemorrhoids
• Gas
• Stomach pain
• Irritable bowel syndrome or diverticulitis, an inflammation in the colon

Aging and Digestion: Medical Conditions

The main reason that aging affects the digestive tract is because aging usually brings on other health conditions — and medication to deal with those conditions.

• Diabetes and gastroparesis. “As people age, they get diabetes, and that can cause a lot of [movement] problems in the bowel,” says Francisco J. Marrero, MD, a gastroenterologist with the Digestive Disease Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. “They also get gastroparesis — that’s probably the most significant effect of aging on the bowels.” Gastroparesis is a disorder in which food takes a long time to clear the stomach, resulting in many unpleasant symptoms.
• Artery blockages. Dr. Marrero says that blockages in older people are also very common. Blockages in arteries can affect blood flow to the bowels, a condition called intestinal ischemia during which blood flow to the intestines decreases in a similar fashion to what happens with a heart attack. “More systemic problems that are more common with age are really the reason for digestive tract issues,” he explains.
• Arthritis and hypertension. Many older people also take a variety of medications to manage chronic conditions like arthritis and high blood pressure, and the drugs used to treat both of those conditions can have digestive-tract side effects.

“Older people tend to have more joint problems with arthritis, and therefore may need medication to treat that,” says Marrero. “They are at increased risk of peptic ulcer disease when they take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs], a fact often overlooked in people that are prescribed those medications.”

People taking over-the-counter NSAIDs for everyday aches and pains are also at risk of developing ulcers and other digestive tract problems. “They should always be on something to protect their stomachs,” Marrero recommends.

Aging and Digestion: Think Protection

Fortunately, your digestive tract doesn’t have to become a victim of age. Like the rest of your body, it can often be protected with a healthy lifestyle. If you want to keep your digestive tract in good shape and keep uncomfortable symptoms at bay, try these tips that can make digestion a little easier:

• Stay hydrated by drinking a lot of water.
• Limit fats in your diet, and maintain a healthy body weight.
• Load your diet with fiber.
• Stick to healthy portion sizes and avoid overeating.
• Get regular exercise.

Now more than ever, maintaining a healthy lifestyle with a diet chock-full of fruits and vegetables and with regular exercise is key. Healthy living will not only keep your digestive tract healthy, but also reduce your need for some of those side-effect-causing medications. You’ll feel young, happy, and healthy — both inside and out.

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Study found hip fracture rate was 57 percent lower in those also taking supplements.

WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2013 (HealthDay News) — Although there has been significant debate about whether calcium and vitamin D supplements are beneficial for older women, new research suggests that the answer may be yes for those who are taking hormone replacement therapy.

Women using HRT who also took daily supplements of calcium and vitamin D saw a 40 percent reduction in their rate of hip fractures compared to women who took placebo supplements, according to the study.

“We found that women who were on hormones had less hip fractures, and women who were on hormones and calcium and vitamin D supplements had even fewer hip fractures,” said study author Dr. John Robbins, a professor of medicine at the University of California at Davis.

Results of the study were published online June 26 in the journal Menopause.

As many as half of all women over 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Osteoporosis is a condition caused by a loss of bone mass and density, which leaves bones fragile and more susceptible to fractures. Calcium is an important component in bone growth, and vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium.

What’s not clear is if supplements of these nutrients are as helpful in keeping bones strong as they are from natural sources, such as diet. The USPSTF recently looked at the effect of 1,000 milligrams of daily calcium and 400 international units of vitamin D. In February, they concluded that women shouldn’t take calcium and vitamin D supplements because the available evidence wasn’t strong enough to show a significant benefit. They added that the benefits of higher doses are unknown.

The new study included data from the Women’s Health Study on about 30,000 postmenopausal women between the ages of 50 and 79. Many of the women were taking hormone replacement therapy — either estrogen alone or a combination of estrogen and progesterone.

Just over 16,000 women participated in the calcium and vitamin D portion of the study. They were randomly selected to receive either a placebo or 1,000 milligrams of calcium and 400 international units of vitamin D each day. The average follow-up time was about seven years.

The hormone therapy and the supplements together were the most effective treatment for reducing hip fracture risk. The researchers found that the combination reduced the risk of hip fracture by 57 percent.

Overall, the rate of hip fracture was 11 per 10,000 women per year for those who took both hormones and supplements. Women who took only hormones had a hip fracture rate of 18 per 10,000, while those who took only supplements had a hip fracture rate of 25 per 10,000. Women who received neither therapy had 22 hip fractures per 10,000 women.

The researchers weren’t able to tease out whether vitamin D or calcium had any benefits on their own. All of the women who took one supplement also took the other.

The study also was unable to find an optimal dose to help prevent hip fracture, although it appeared that women with a calcium intake of 1,200 milligrams and higher (from diet and supplements) might garner more benefit, Robbins said. The researchers saw a similar trend in lower hip fracture rates for women with higher vitamin D intake.

“In moderation, I think there’s relatively little risk of harm from calcium or vitamin D,” Robbins said.

“If a woman is taking hormones and other bone-enhancing drugs, she should also take calcium and vitamin D supplements in moderation or get them from dietary sources,” he said.

Dr. Jill Rabin, chief of ambulatory care, obstetrics and gynecology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., agreed that there doesn’t appear to be a significant downside to taking these supplements if a woman doesn’t have side effects, such as constipation, from taking them.

“We can get a lot of calcium from our diet, and that’s probably the best way to get it,” Rabin said. “But if you can take a supplement without ill effects, you can certainly continue. And women considering taking hormone therapy might also want to add supplements.”

But, she added, the question of whether vitamin D and calcium can provide a significant reduction in fracture risk in women still needs more study. “The question hasn’t been answered yet,” she said.

As for hormone therapy, which is often prescribed for symptoms of menopause, doctors recommend the lowest possible dose for a short period of time. Use of hormone therapy has been linked to a variety of health problems, including risk of breast cancer, stroke and blood clots, according to the USPSTF.

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