Recently, the media has burst with stories about 15 teenagers in Le Roy, N.Y., where their tic-like symptoms and uncontrolled utterances have baffled local residents, school officials and families. The NYS Department of Health has been on the scene.
Delaying treatment for beyond an hour can cause irreversible damage to the heart muscle, which is why Yale University researchers are using heart attack survivors to solve the problem of delayed care-seeking.
It doesn't make sense to wait years for definitive proof before we start a brain-healthy lifestyle. There's no reason to sit around for decades before beginning to protect our brains.
By the time class was finished, we were all relaxed, acclimated to the board and feeling a bit of burn. Just like real surfers -- almost.
Because my own father died of heart failure, I have long been aware of heart health and the importance of diet and exercise...
America's obesity epidemic isn't improving because the information about how to reverse it didn't lead to motivation. The government can jiggle the food pyramid, but that won't matter as long as Americans haven't stepped on to the pyramid in the first place.
Paula Deen's problem -- hers and America's -- won't be solved with a prescription from the pharmacy. But it can be solved with changes in the way we all cook, and eat.
This can be a high-urgency week wherein many matters come to a head -- or at least attempt to come to a head. Many can have a feeling that if something doesn't happen now it never will. But don't worry.
As a celebrity-crazed nation that is fixated on looks, unfortunately it's not the look of our arteries that we are worried about. If I can't get people to worry about how their insides look, maybe I can get them to focus on their health from the outside in.
As we approach February and the theme of love, I know of no better way to begin what is coming in the next few weeks than to share an interview with someone well-versed in the affairs of the heart: Agapi Stassinopoulos.
Scientists have known for years that major and minor life stresses interfere with immune function and contribute to disease.
The piece, by L. Alan Sroufe, a psychology professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, was such a broad assault on what we know about ADHD, and how it is affected by medications like Ritalin and Adderall, that it deserves point-by-point response.
Are you having "a good hair day"? Seems like a simple, even silly, question coming from a psychologist whose work is about getting underneath the surface. But in all honesty -- superficial or not -- I have to say I'm familiar with that feeling.
Taking small steps to take care of yourself and your workspace can do a great deal towards keeping you (and your coworkers) healthy.
For my part, I'm a big fan of defining my own dreams and realities and charting the course, for better or worse, to see if I can realize my desires.
If you believe that empowering health-focused, integrative approaches and practitioners can make a difference in transforming U.S. health care, the convening of this event was a beautiful thing to behold.
In London today, global health leaders announced an unprecedented commitment to control or eliminate 10 diseases by the end of this decade.
Growing up, I was much more likely to use my jump ropes to tie my wagon to the back of my bike so I could tow things around than actually skip with them down the driveway. So I was admittedly a bit apprehensive when my colleague and I decided to try a jump rope workout class.
For the young as well as the old, especially if they have Alzheimer's disease or another form of memory loss, there are many benefits in caring for pets.
Dan Gottlieb, Ph.D., 2012. 3.02
Art Markman, Ph.D., 2012. 3.02