by Dr. Alex Joannou | Sep 10, 2026 | Depression and Anxiety, Acupuncture, Health and Wellbeing, Medical Science
A recent study by Harvard researchers has added another interesting piece to the conversation about gut health and depression. It looked at Morganella morganii, a gut bacterium that has been linked in several studies to major depressive disorder, and explored one...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Aug 12, 2026 | Health and Wellbeing, Acupuncture, Depression and Anxiety
You don’t have to be in crisis for depression to matter. Sometimes it looks more like getting through the day with no real sense of enjoyment. You work, answer messages, then the day ends, and you feel flat, tired, or strangely detached from your own life. That can...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Jul 8, 2026 | Health and Wellbeing, Acupuncture, Depression and Anxiety
If you’ve been thinking about trying acupuncture but keep coming back to the same worry, “what if I panic on the table with needles in me?”, it’s a completely reasonable thing to wonder. And it deserves a straight answer before anything else. Yes,...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Feb 12, 2026 | Acupuncture, Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing, Medical Science
You might think antidepressants are a short-term bridge. A few months to get someone through the worst of it… then a careful review… then a plan. But that isn’t what’s happening for many Australians. In late 2025, a study from the University of South Australia (UniSA)...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Sep 16, 2025 | Acupuncture, Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing
You’d think that feeling better would feel better. But for many people recovering from long-term depression, healing comes with its own kind of disorientation. The symptoms may ease, the heaviness isn’t as constant, the numbness starts to fade, and in their place is a...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Apr 9, 2025 | Acupuncture, Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing
Trauma leaves a lasting imprint—not just in the mind but deep within the body. For many patients struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD, the effects of trauma go beyond emotional distress. Their nervous system is caught in a loop of hypervigilance,...
