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Friday
Jun012012

Fix it, with massage!

Depression - take your pick: Swedish, shiatsu and other massage types may help to ease depression. A 2010 Meta-anaylsis in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry found.

How? Massages reduce stress hormone levels, heart rate and blood pressure, and boost mood and relaxation by triggering the release of oxytocin and serotonin.