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Taking Control of the Little Things: Your computer

By Nancy Darling on February 4, 2010 in Thinking About Kids

When things are chronically wrong, but not that big a deal, they become part of the background noise of our lives and we don't try to change them. Those chronic stressors both detract from the overall quality of our lives and make it tougher to deal with everything else. One thing wrong with my life was my computer. Because I never really defined all those little irritations as real problems, I never solved them. The result? Headaches, wrist pain, and varicose veins. Read More

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Medical Marijuana Dispensary Donates $1500 to Local Library

By Jann Gumbiner, Ph.D. on February 9, 2010 in The Teenage Mind

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Donates $1500 to Local Library Read More
Emotional Abuse Violates Civil Rights

By Steven Stosny on February 9, 2010 in Anger in the Age of Entitlement

France now has a law against psychological violence in marriage. I personally loathe government interference in our personal lives. But having treated more than 6,000 perpetrators, victims, and children of emotional abuse in America, I ‘m convinced we need a similar, though more precise law to protect families. Read More
Looking For Love

By Melissa Blake on February 8, 2010 in Disabled and Thriving

Hello, everyone! I hope you all have a good week. Seeing as it's almost Valentine's Day (that's February 14, for you men out there!), this week will be devoted to exploring that crazy little thing called love and how sometimes, looking for love with a physical disability, makes it just a little bit crazier. Here's my tango-with-love story to get things started...
Let this be a special lesson for you guys out there. Why?
Because it just might teach you not to be so quick in dismissing that girl who looks at you every day - a seemingly ordinary girl - and wants to tell you something so badly, but you just never seem to see her. She's not invisible. Just look.
P.S. Look for Part II tomorrow. Read More
The Terrorists Of Health Part II: Wake-Up Call To The Jihadists

By Dr. Mark Borigini on February 6, 2010 in Overcoming Pain

It was certainly satisfying to see the censure of Dr. Andrew Wakefield last month by the British General Medical Council. This man and his colleagues were one more example of the great harm the Terrorists of Health can visit upon the public. Read More
Boyfriends, heartaches, backaches?

By Talya Miron-Shatz, Ph.D. on February 6, 2010 in Baffled by Numbers

If Ann's back hurt, why would Dr. Hillel Finestone, MD, ask about her love life? Sometimes, it appears, the two are related. And heartache is not the only reason to seek a physician who is also a pain detective. Read More
How Psychotherapy Works

By Jared DeFife, Ph.D. on February 6, 2010 in The Shrink Tank

An interview with Bruce Wampold, Ph.D., author of The Great Psychotherapy Debate Read More
Mothers With One Child Are Happiest

By Susan Newman, Ph.D. on February 5, 2010 in Singletons

Going from one child to two (or two to three or more) is a dilemma single parents and couples wrestle with, sometimes for years. Does knowing that mothers who have one child are happiest make the decision easier? Read More
Diane Gives Herself an "A" - Part One

By Margaret Moore on February 5, 2010 in Life Changes

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In our first coaching session, Diane created a forward-looking statement to describe her motivation for moving toward wellness: "To be in a state of health with sufficient energy and vitality that enables me to support myself in all realms - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial - and that enables me to explore and pursue my life's mission." Read More
Music in Medicine?

By Danielle Ofri, M.D., Ph.D. on February 5, 2010 in Medicine in Translation

The holiday season is finally over! Not to be a complete Grinch, but I am more than happy to see all the tinsel and reindeer and artificial snow come down from the halls of our hospital. Read More
What's Next for Parity-Part I

By David Shern, Ph.D. on February 5, 2010 in Minding the Nation's Health

Although the federal mental health parity law became fully effective January 1, work remains to ensure the law works as Congress and advocates intended.

At the end of last month, the three federal departments charged with implementing the law issued interim regulations. Read More
Do You Have Second Sight?

By Judith Orloff, M.D. on February 5, 2010 in Emotional Freedom

Intuitive medicine has progressed so far in the last decade and I am honored to be a part of that progress. I pride myself in being a bridge between traditional medicine and intuition. My new updated edition of Second Sight describes how I access my intuition as a flash of insight, a gut feeling, a hunch or a dream. Learn how you too can tap into your inner wisdom.
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Taking Control of the Little Things: Your computer

By Nancy Darling on February 4, 2010 in Thinking About Kids

When things are chronically wrong, but not that big a deal, they become part of the background noise of our lives and we don't try to change them. Those chronic stressors both detract from the overall quality of our lives and make it tougher to deal with everything else. One thing wrong with my life was my computer. Because I never really defined all those little irritations as real problems, I never solved them. The result? Headaches, wrist pain, and varicose veins. Read More
World Cancer Day: An ounce of prevention

By Conner Middelmann Whitney on February 4, 2010 in Nourish

"Cancer can be prevented too," the slogan for today's World Cancer Day, debunks the popular myth that while other diseases can be averted, cancer hits people like a bolt from the blue. Read More
A Medical Student's View of Depression

By Eva Ritvo, M.D. on February 3, 2010 in The Beauty Prescription

Depression during medical school? Read More
GI Disorders

By Leyla Muedin, M.S., R.D., C.D.N. on February 3, 2010 in Intelligent Nutrition

Many are plagued by gastro-intestinal disorders from acid reflux, peptic ulcer disease, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. The good news is that nutrition interventions are powerfully therapeutic and non-harmful. Read More
French Paradox — Solved.

By Christopher Ryan on February 3, 2010 in Sex at Dawn

In Spain (and France), even if you’re just having a snack or an espresso, you go to a café, sit your ass down, and ENJOY IT. Read More
4 Quick Reactions to the MMR/Autism Study Retraction

By Jonathan Levy on February 2, 2010 in The Interactive World

CNN and everybody else is reporting that the 1998 study linking the MMR vaccine to autism published in the medical journal The Lancet has been retracted.
Four quick thoughts / reactions to the story: Read More
Paper Linking MMR Vaccine to Autism Has Been Retracted.

By Gad Saad, Ph.D. on February 2, 2010 in Homo Consumericus

In light of The Lancet's retraction of the paper that had supposedly demonstrated a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, I wonder what Jenny McCarthy's next move will be.
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The end of feeling my hunger becoming nausea?

By Emily Troscianko on February 2, 2010 in A Hunger Artist

Everything in me rebelled against eating: I didn't want to be here with my boyfriend at all, could hardly speak to him or even look at him for my anger, and the sight of him eating repelled me as it never had before and never has since.
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Ground breaking study of efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy

By Prudence Gourguechon, MD on February 2, 2010 in Psychoanalytic Excavation

Something stunning has just occurred in the psychology literature. The premier journal in psychology, The American Psychologist, has just published (February, 2010) an article by University of Colorado researcher Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D. Read More

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