Depression Can Be a Pain in the Butt

Depression, it seems, can be a pain in the butt - literally. Alyssa Schwartz writes at C-Health, about the Nurses' Health Study, an longterm study of over 121,000 female nurses by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health.

Women who indicated the highest levels of depression had a 43% greater risk of developing colorectal cancer than women with the lowest level of depression. More bad news - the correlation was greatest for women who were overweight. The good news - 90% of colorectol cancer cases are curable!  Losing extra weight is possible and has a positive impact on your health, both mental and physical.

Some colon cancer resources: Colorectol Cancer Network, Colorectol Cancer Association of Canada, Colon Cancer Alliance, Colon Cancer - Mayo Clinic, Colon Cancer Canada.

Some depresson resources: Canadian Mental Heath Association, Canadian Counselling Association, American Counselling Association, American Mental Health Counsellors Association, Australian Mental Health and Well-Being, Australian Counselling Association, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

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