Research at Pennsylvania State University on college students indicates that those who were more physically active reported greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm, when compared to those who were less active.  This study, reported in the April 2012 issue of Monitor on Psychology, reinforces one more time, the health effects of exercise.  So let's get on with it!

We now have the Harvard Nurses' Health Study, a longitudinal study of 50,793 nurses, that report women who drank 4 cups of caffeinated coffee a day were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with depression or prescribed antidepressants over a 10 year period than women who drank 1 cup or less.  A protective effect?  Perhaps.  This result, as reported in the December 2011 issue of Monitor On Psychology, is consistent with other research showing lower suicide risk among people with higher coffee consumption.