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You've probably heard it. A horse walks into a pub and orders a drink. The bartender serves him and asks: ''''Why the long face?''''Now, it seems, scientists have come up with an answer for why horses may appear sad-faced. They, like humans, get depressed.They believe the animals suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD.For the rest of this story visit the link.

Bright light fortunately now can come from bright light technology that simulates daylight.Virtually all life forms react to the spectrum characteristics of daylight, the daily rhythm of the light, and to the seasonal changes of the year.Many people spend more time indoors under artificial light than ever before, which reduces their exposure to natural daylight.Continuous exposure to daylight similar to the sun seems to have positive effects on the natural biorhythm and may eliminate insomnia, irritation, and a number of other problems.Studies are showing that light therapies may be helpful in restoring biorhythm as well as in treating a variety of other disorders.

Are women at higher risk than men?There is no question that more women than men have come in to report winter depression symptoms and have sought counseling and treatment. And more women than men have participated in research studies. I think it''s somewhat more likely that a woman will suffer from SAD, but that''s not to minimize the impact on men. It''s terribly important to teach men that this can hit them just as severely and not to brush it away.What causes SAD?Our nervous system relies on a daily exposure to early morning light for the internal biological clock to stay synchronized with the external world. In the fall, the sun is rising later and later in the morning. So when we allow our internal clock to drift later as sunrise drifts later and the days grow shorter, that''s when we see the onset of both the physical and the emotional symptoms.How do you differentiate between SAD and normal depression?One mistake that doctors often make when a patient comes in with a depression is that they fail to note the time of year, and they fail to ask what the mood was like at the opposite time of year. So a person comes in in November and is feeling lousy. The first question to ask is: How were you feeling in June and July? Next question to ask is: How were you feeling at this time last year and the year before?You can begin to refine your thinking about that even before you see a doctor by using an automated questionnaire available to everyone on the Web at www.cet.org. It''s called the Personalized Inventory for Depression and SAD, and it asks you symptom by symptom what you have and when you have it, and how severe it is. On the basis of that, an algorithm can very confidently say, ''This looks like SAD or this does not look like SAD.'' The smart thing to do is to get the results from that questionnaire and present them to your doctor.For more questions answered check out our frequently asked questions online.

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The Backchamp® is a new device that empowers you to correct your pelvis and stop your back pain and other associated symptoms such as sciatica, neck pain, hip pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, tingling and pins and needles.Brilliantly simple, it''s the result of a decade of research and development, and it really works. It''s changing lives!