Good News for People with Insomnia
A new study in the journal Sleep reports that some people have abnormal brain activities that keep them hyperalert.
A new study in the journal Sleep reports that some people have abnormal brain activities that keep them hyperalert.
Russell Bishop | Posted 10.27.2008 | Living
Are you stressing out over the election that is just around the corner? I mean, it's bad enough that we have this economic tsunami crashing around us...
Deborah King | Posted 10.23.2008 | Style
eIt's everywhere we turn these days--the bad news about the economy. It's one more fear piled on top of all the other fears festering in our guts. He...
Chris Blake | Posted 10.22.2008 | Living
Watching a US senator and VP candidate reveal his fear before a national audience was quite a remarkable thing. In doing so, Biden provided some much-needed release for fathers.
Grande Lum | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living
Each reaction to a difficult person is a learning opportunity. If rage overwhelms you, then you can learn to control rage. If fear paralyzes you, then you can learn how to gain safety from that fear.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living
It's hard not to comment on the financial doom surrounding us this week like a darkening tunnel, but I want to point something out that's very positiv...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living
Everywhere we look we're seeing evidence of strain, anxiety and panic. While it's natural and expected that we be affected during these uncertain times, stay out of a state of panic.
Jeannie Ralston | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living
Today, I'm not sure who to be angry at, exactly who to blame, but after years of inattention and living like we had a right to a free lunch, my suspicion is that this time the culprit is all of us.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.30.2008 | Living
The depressing news is inescapable. You can't turn the TV on without getting punched in the stomach. How many people are losing sleep over the state of affairs?
Janice Taylor | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living
Five years ago, almost to the day, after permanently removing (if you lose it; you will find it) over 50 pounds of body clutter (a.k.a. fat), decades ...
Sara Avant Stover | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living
To ensure a strong immune system through the winter months, find ways to connect and harmonize with your surroundings now. One of the best ways to do this is by eating foods that are in season.
Rick Siegel | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home
Democrats, stop telling people how worried you are about whether Senator Obama is blowing it or not, that only serves to raise everyone's anxieties. As November 4th gets closer, more and more people will see this election as a way to shape the future of our country.
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 09.04.2008 | Living
Feeling stressed, depressed, or anxious this political season? If you're stymied, worried, or just plain despairing, Dr. James Gordon's new book, Unst...
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.02.2008 | Living
Now that the Olympics are over, we are deluged with the old, depressing news again wrapped around the incessant coverage of the upcoming election. Bet...
Cheryl Saban | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home
As they say, time flies when you're having fun. But before you can say PB & J, it'll be time to get the kids geared up and ready for school again. P...
Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics
Women are far more pessimistic than men in their attitudes about the status quo. Whether it is the price of food and fuel or disparities in the workplace, they feel the impact more than their male counterparts.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
Police in Taunton, Mass., report today that Carlene Balderrama, 53 shot herself to death Tuesday afternoon -- 90 minutes before her foreclosed home was scheduled to be sold at auction.
Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living
I start off by reading the crime statistics of the place I'm to travel to, but then I progress to general crime. For scare-yourself-silly game inspiration, you can't beat the State Department's Bureau of Consular affairs.
Karen Kisslinger | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living
Gregory Bateson once cautioned us young people that if we were ever going to have a psychotic episode, we should try not to do it while in America, lest we get swept into its so-called Mental Health system and never return.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living
We have to move to activate the "feel good" body chemicals that are built into us as nature's mood stabilizers and mood elevators.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 06.12.2008 | Living
The science behind just how and why exercise can help to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression has been a much studied topic over the last two dec...
Misa Dayson | Posted 06.02.2008 | Entertainment
I could never accept that Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte represented the modern New York woman. But I still left Sex and the City: The Movie laughing and entertained.
Caroline Presno | Posted 05.16.2008 | Living
I'm seeimg an interesting trend in my clients during their therapy sessions -- if there were actual diagnoses for this trend, we might use terms like "election mania" or "post-election disorder."
Doug Bremner | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living
A collective howl is going up amongst women over at medications.com over the birth control pill, Yasmin.
Doug Bremner | Posted 04.09.2008 | Living
It's bad enough that it can drive you crazy trying to get your prescription medications filled, but now it looks like sometimes your prescription meds themselves can make you, well... nuts.
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
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Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.18.2008 | Living