{"id":886166,"date":"2026-10-18T02:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886166\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T02:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:44:41","slug":"exercise-treats-depression-as-effectively-as-medication-but-canadian-doctors-rarely-prescribe-it-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886166\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise treats depression as effectively as medication, but Canadian doctors rarely prescribe it &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowJBVV95cUxPOGdxUkU4REtncEhrQ0tnWWVEY0Zjb1NZcmwySmRMSjlnLWFhM2NNdUJYSE0yQ3p0N2ptMUhxeDN3bHkwLTVRNzRmWG55UUhIVGt3N2V4RTgxSGNDY2lsZTNzaFRaN0NTRW0xWG54T0VPbmR3MFdaYzI1eTFnUmswWXllNzZDSHplbWxUeXBiVWhmVEVNQUdTTE5JUFV1NC1lSzBtbjF5NlllSWRfNlpTUWJQWHVUbThyRGM5UThDbWEwZ0NYRGt2NzdOTGNIME5tNFhfNlFBLVZTcXF4VU9HcU5KRHJlR0wzbFgxdU9pazB4VzJtT1Fxc0E1Rk1uZWhWZFBYU3hyOVNPQWRyT1UzUGNvdzNrR3VVbDVfUWpBUllLRHM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Exercise treats depression as effectively as medication, but Canadian doctors rarely prescribe it<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNTnJPVzdhY3JpaW9MYWY5Y3R1dGpyQWRUN1YyZVAwZ0dNWVJ1VEluZmhZdm85VktHWDJMOFRIZm1kWlhKZi1HdURPVU9SdWRCX3BCU2NwaEVNUEdETTV0VUVzclJuUVExVmpNbWxzXzRsSThBd1RLQnQyWmliQVoySUZhZFJxRVNEUVBsSjJ0ZHYwX016TVV2bmp5SG1HYmllN25FWHFYQXFxYXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Could exercise change how much of your antidepressant you need?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Harvard Health<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxONWlyQU9zZDdfcGNsN2syVUo4d1VKa3E5WUpySTh3SE0xelJjeHZGNTh5cFVHNlBaeGJEU0lJNmFuMV9nVjRYTEdxOE5zbXU3RkE5VWw2d0ZYUEw2eHNEamxFdEczZmFURUZDZHdZVTBMRU5XVlJhWkZZYkR4bGxvbVZOQUlQdWhvcmxpRUJ2X3JfeTk3WldnUFp3YncxeVY4ZzBENmRMV0pXZ3Z2?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Forgotten Remedy for Depression<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Psychology Today<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxOYXpZaW4tVHYxWGJpSndDZ3BsVTM1MEItdkRQNVVGSTBLMExRNU0yUGxhZDRseC1Mczk0QXduRnhNWFliUVhpVDZLNmpLOFBfc0hNRUZvUWlfTHJyRXlUX3BkMUxLdVZuT1A3Mm5ydk1MUjR6WUNhUkk2OElrMUxnUHNqZTU3YlNp?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A 23,000-Person Study Found A Surprising Link Between Exercise &amp; Depression Risk<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxQbmNBSmlEcFNjUTRSSlBabXBBQWNNbXVmdzFCV3IzN211ZkZleExSMGs5N1N4NEw2ZHdDUUxheG9JMndNa1o0X3dfQ2lydlN3SXk4aEdKcmpzS2VDb1JEa3BvM1gtem1XbnhCZGg5QTZ0LXM5bHFIWEhrRlFyM1RlME80czE1S2FwanNSblRKbVYwNGh4ei1hT2hfUVpXdnhOaU03RzRINzBOVjk1b01VbFcwdjNoR1Y4VEotSjhyTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Can Exercise Attenuate Genetic Vulnerability to Depression?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Psychology Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exercise treats depression as effectively as medication, but Canadian doctors rarely prescribe it&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarCould exercise change how much&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,259,260],"class_list":["post-886166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}