Mike Ford Health

04/02/2019

More spookyness related to preventing depression...

New research published in Brain and Behavior provides evidence that religious and spiritual beliefs lower the risk of depression because they're ...

26/01/2019

Thinking you are at risk of congenital conditions may have more of an impact on their presentation than the risk alone! Spooky

Thinking about genetic risk could trigger placebo and nocebo effects.

25/01/2019

Early days but more confirmation that night shifts and all night gaming are to be avoided! Luckily I am only prone to one of these...

Sleep deprivation was associated with DNA damage in a new Anaesthesia study.In the observational study on 49 healthy full-time doctors who had their blood analyzed at different time points, on-call doctors who were required to work overnight on-site had lower DNA repair gene expression and more DNA....

24/01/2019

More evidence on physical activity protecting against depression! But more importantly it helps you feel happier and more attentive to life. It is not just about preventing illness!

Robust evidence supports a protective relationship between objectively-assessed physical activity and major depression risk, according to findings from a two-sample mendelian randomization study.“The most convincing evidence to date that physical activity is associated with a reduced risk for....

23/01/2019

This is me propagating my own eccentric health tips through Facebook! Today I found a balance ball in the clinic.