Medications for depression treatment were proven not significantly harmful during pregnancy. However you ask the question, you always get the same answer. More antidepressants than any other medication have been prescribed to Americans over the last...
Hypochondria The popular image of the hypochondriac is a Woody Allen-type character who goes from doctor to doctor, anxiously takes his temperature every hour and imagines any headache to be a brain tumor. Most of us suffer mild episodes of hypochon...
Did you see the news last December that Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer’s. He is only 59. When I was younger, we used to congratulate anyone who approached their sixtieth birthday without dying. Now, with the improvements in diet and medical science...
Legal systems are not all about the top court. There can be many layers underneath where cases and principles in dispute bubble up as the injured seek justice. One of the most contentious of the current issues in the United States is the idea of pre...
In both medical and legal circles, there is a constant question. How do you warn the general population of the possible dangers of taking medications. Recently, this question has become more pointed. Pressure groups now actively campaign to persuade...
* Make sure you have a diet that provides adequate amounts of clcium and protein. * If you crave carbohydrates, go on a high-carbohydrate diet. supplemented with 500 to 1,000 milligrams of I-tryptophan, taken three times a day with juice. * If you a...
If you experience depressive symptoms and feel sad all the time, you're probably suffering from what doctors call a "unipolar" disorder. But some older people develop another type of depression called "bipolar" disorder or manic depression, in which...
While medication is extremely important in the successful treatment of depression, supportive psychotherapy may also be helpful. It's not uncommon for older people who are depressed to resist the idea of psychotherapy. You may not "believe in" psych...
Finding the best antidepressant for you can be a challenge. Don't be surprised if you have to try more than one drug before you find one that works well for you. Many doctors continue to rely on well established drugs known as tricyclic antidepressa...
There is one simple explanation for those extra pounds of weight. Too much food! The way the body works is very simple. If you get just enough calories for basic things like breathing, you have to burn fat to get the energy to walk around. Eat more...
This one's for all of you who feel like all the little things in your life are out of control. lf you have so many things to do that you can't seem to finish any of them, take thirty minutes and complete just one of the short chores listed below. Yo...
For a long time, it's been well recognized among bipolar researchers that mania and depression can affect sleep patterns. When a bipolar sufferer is experiencing acute mania, he may be too manic to sleep. Conversely, when he is going through a depre...