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Millennials say they have “no friends”

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Ridgewood NJ according to VOX.com ,22% of millennials say they have “no friends”, 25% say they don’t even have acquaintances. 30% feel lonely. This is the highest percentage of all the generations surveyed.

Members of the millennial generation are ages 23 to 38. These ought to be prime years of careers taking off and starting families, before joints really begin to ache. Yet as a recent poll and some corresponding research indicate, there’s something missing for many in this generation: companionship.

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Vitamin D deficiency can affect seasonal depression, study says

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Vitamin D deficiency can affect seasonal depression, study says

JANUARY 20, 2015    LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015, 1:21 AM
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Low vitamin D may be a culprit in winter depression

Vitamin D deficiency might impact mental health and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a depression linked to changes in the season, according to research recently published in Medical Hypotheses.

Seasonal depression, or SAD, is believed to affect up to 10 percent of the population, depending upon geographical location.

Based on researchers’ findings, vitamin D was likely to be a contributing factor in seasonal depression in that vitamin D levels fluctuate in the body seasonally, in direct relation to seasonally available sunlight.

Vitamin D is also involved in the synthesis of serotonin and dopamine within the brain, both chemicals linked to depression, according to the researchers.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/health-news/vitamin-d-deficiency-can-affect-seasonal-depression-study-says-1.1228057