Depression is common enough that a variety of medications exist to ease the symptoms. And within that broad category are several sub-categories of antidepressants that work on the body and mind in different ways. Even so, it may take more than pills to bring a person up from depression.

"When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock, And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin’ turkey-cock..." It sure sounds like James Whitcomb Riley's poem is EXACTLY about this time of year. We're leaving carved pumpkins behind and heading for the holiday where the turkey takes center stage. And since it's the first Friday of the month, we pause for the November edition of First Friday Arts. It's all listener-generated content; arts organizations get an email invitation

The Klamath Basin is no stranger to earthquakes. A big one in 1993 damaged several buildings, including the county courthouse, which had to be replaced. Klamath Falls natives Steve Eberlein and Lydia Ledgerwood-Eberlein were living in Sri Lanka when a tsunami from the Indian Ocean quake of 2004 devastated the island. They started a business, Tipping Point Resilience , to help people and organizations get ready for earthquakes like the Big One expected from the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

A recent guest on The Exchange made the case for working to catch cancer much earlier, catching the first cell , rather than trying to kill the last. The attitude is gaining ground in medicine. Witness the creation of CEDAR, the Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center at OHSU in Portland (Oregon Health & Science University). It is an organization within an organization, designed to explore ideas for early detection of cancer swiftly.

When you don't have a lot of money to spend on food, you cut some corners. And that can result in families having plenty of calories--high-calorie foods are cheap--but little quality nutrition. Access, Inc., the community action agency for Jackson County, offers training in gardening to low-income families... so with a little bit of yard space, they can grow their own nutritious foods. Another six-week class begins November 4th at the Medford library.

We get focused on economic issues like the cost of health care and the impact of inequality, but Michael Lerner says we should focus on bigger concerns. Lerner--a rabbi, psychotherapist, and social theorist--says most of us want love and respect and connection. He lays out the vision in his book Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World . The book gets into what to ask for, and how. Lerner has written before about his concerns about the right wing, but he dings

We have yet to find a genre of music that Josh Gross does not like. Admittedly, we're not working very hard at it. We just enjoy bringing Josh--musician, performer, composer, and more--into the studio once a month for a segment we call Rogue Sounds. The segment features a short list of bands coming to play venues in the region, from the armories to hole-in-the-wall taverns.

The relatively low-impact off-year election provides a chance to test out new voting technology. So two Oregon counties, Jackson and Umatilla, will pilot a new system that would allow overseas voters to vote online through a blockchain-powered system. The Voatz App (yep, sounds like "votes") will be offered to service members and other Americans living overseas but wishing to vote.

Which kind of digital device are you using to read this? And how much time do you spend on that device in a given day? The answer is roughly ten hours a day for most Americans over the age of 14, and the exposure is changing us. doreen dodgen-magee (no caps, her choice) examines how, in the book Deviced! Balancing Life and Technology in a Digital Worl d.

Many of the region's tourist spots girded for another smoky summer, and for nothing. In the Shakespeare hotspot of Ashland, only one weekend featured smoke levels into the unhealthy range. But trying to second-guess fire season and the weather affected both people in the tourism business and the tourists themselves; many changed their plans for this year based on last year's heavy fire season. We get a wrap-up on the summer behind us from the perspective of Travel Ashland , the Shasta-Cascade