Could exercise be a treatment for MS depression?

[ActiveMSers]

Depression and multiple sclerosis go hand in hand, but new studies find what could be a surprisingly effective treatment—exercise.

This NYT article highlights three major studies (not MS specific) that suggest working out could have a “large and significant effect” against depression. Food for thought as we roll into the weekend. - D

Exercise may be an effective treatment for depression and might even help prevent us from becoming depressed in the first place, according to three timely new studies. The studies pool outcomes from past research involving more than a million men and women and, taken together, strongly suggest that regular exercise alters our bodies and brains in ways that make us resistant to despair.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/we...tionfront&_r=0