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Andrew J. Lederer: My Brand New Life: Feathered Zygote, I

2013-05-21T21:44:42Z

Was watchin' Lassie the other day on one of those channels that try to sell you catheters. Timmy was angry at his friend Scott for not caring that on...

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Sec. Kathleen Sebelius: Class of 2013: Graduate With Peace of Mind

2013-05-22T10:50:07Z

This is a time when you're making big decisions about the future. You might be embarking on a new career, transitioning to a different city. I'm sure the last thing you're thinking about is health insurance. But unfortunately, the unexpected can happen.

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Jeanne Dennis: Grief Differs From Depression: Our Mental Health Guidelines Should Clarify, Not Distort

2013-05-22T11:52:41Z

By removing the "bereavement exclusion" from what had been considered the bible of the mental health world, the DSM's editors risk undermining bereavement as a universal, normal, if profoundly painful, experience.

Read more: Psychiatry, Bereavement, Depression, Mental Health, Dsm-5, Grief Support, Grief, Grieving, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News

Stanton Peele: The Search for Mental Illness and Addiction in the Brain, Part II: Why Are the Human Psyche and Behavior So Complicated?

2013-05-21T15:30:45Z

The very inconclusiveness of the Human Genome Project as detailed in part one is pushing us to conclude that we were only looking in the wrong place when we put a microscope to our DNA. Instead, we have determined to look to the brain directly.

Read more: Human Genome Project, Mental Disorders, Mental Illness, Healthy Living Health News, Brain Mapping, Mental Health, Mental Health Research, Dsm, Addiction and Recovery, Brain Science, Obama Brain Mapping, Mind, Healthy Living News

Sylvia E. Meléndez-Klinger: Sweet Surprise: Guess Where Your Added Sugar Is Coming From?

2013-05-21T12:02:49Z

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) just released the latest data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) on Americans' sugar consumption, and the results are quite surprising. Here are some of the findings that really grabbed my attention.

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Vicky Tiel: If You Want Happiness for a Lifetime, Read This!

2013-05-20T11:59:28Z

Happiness comes when you fill yourself with peace and light from the universe and you
leave your negative thoughts behind.

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Art Markman, Ph.D.: Do Sunny Days Make You Feel Good About Life?

2013-05-20T16:15:49Z

There are a few studies out there that also examine the relationship between weather and measures of well-being, including mood and overall life satisfaction.

Read more: Life Satisfaction, Climate, Well-Being, Psychology, Weather, Tim Wilson, Happiness, Dan Gilbert, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News

HooplaHa: WATCH: Inspiring Woman Living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy

2013-05-20T14:24:39Z

When Alyssa was just 5 months old, she was diagnosed with a genetic disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). The doctors told her family that she...

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Dr. Andrew Weil: Is Ginkgo Dangerous?

2013-05-18T09:58:00Z

Many people have expressed concern to me following recent news stories about a government report on the safety of ginkgo biloba extract. I view the stories about this study as misleading.

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Alan G. Kraut: Trauma Survivors Deserve Therapy That Actually Works

2013-05-17T17:41:21Z

PE, CPT and similar treatment programs are relatively short-term, and have proven effective in a variety of settings. And studies suggest that providing these treatments for PTSD result in reduced health-care costs. So why aren't they being commonly delivered to the people who need them?

Read more: Psychological Science, Mental Health Care, Department of Veterans Affairs, PTSD Treatment, Treatment for Ptsd, Veterans PTSD, Mental Health, Healthy Living Health News, Veterans Health Care, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Healthy Living News

Stanton Peele: The Search for Mental Illness and Addiction in the Brain, Part I: The Disappointment of the Human Genome Project

2013-05-17T13:04:02Z

The ideal image many people had of the genome as a straightforward template that stamps out human beings in a predictable way was, and is, a fantasy. And this is nowhere more evident than in the case of human personality traits and mental illness.

Read more: Mental Illness, Human Genome Project, Healthy Living Health News, Brain Mapping, Mental Health, Brain Research, Brain, Addiction and Recovery, Addiction, Obama Brain Mapping, Brain Science, Obama Brain Initiative, Human Genome, Healthy Living News

David Katz, M.D.: Fixing Obesity

2013-05-17T12:05:04Z

As a culture, we are drowning in calories of mostly very dubious quality, and drowning in an excess of labor-saving technology. I have compared obesity to drowning before, but want to dive more deeply today into the implications for fixing what ails us.

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Brian Curin: Attention Corporate America: It's Time to Make the Workplace a Less Stressful Environment

2013-05-16T17:38:34Z

Through my experiences over the past year, I've learned the hard way that chronic stress is a silent killer, playing a key role in many significant he...

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Aditi Nerurkar, MD: Can Tweeting Affect Our Biology?

2013-05-16T11:47:49Z

As we Tweet, post, like, share, and pin, are our brains registering our digital frenzy and shapeshifting accordingly? Preliminary research suggests yes.

Read more: Brain Changes, Neuroplasticity, Social Media, Meditation, Twitter, Pondering, Relaxation, Healthy Living Health News, Social Media Health, Unplugging From Technology, Unplug and Recharge, Mind, Healthy Living News

Stacy Lu: Want to Help Heal the World? Start by Sharing Your Health Data

2013-05-16T10:26:50Z

Ideally, precision medicine will lead to improved diagnosing and customized treatment based on personal genetics, and include a feedback loop to monitor effectiveness. UCSF already has a number of related initiatives on board.

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David Katz, M.D.: Pretense and Defense of Our Skin in the Game

2013-05-15T17:56:13Z

The world is ever smaller. Flu strains incubating in China can be in New York or LA or DC in the span of a day. This is a world in which an incurable bacterial disease, spread by a tiny insect native to Asia, decimates the citrus crop in Florida.

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Eric Maisel, Ph.D.: After the DSM, What?

2013-05-15T17:50:58Z

I have been arguing for many years in books like Rethinking Depression that the DSM ought to be repudiated. In recent months this idea has been gaining tremendous momentum and just recently the National Institute of Mental Health essentially repudiated the DSM.

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Rachel Berman: The Best Way To Shop A Farmer's Market

2013-05-15T08:07:18Z

With the warm weather comes a plethora of farmer's markets that sprout up every spring. They can be an overwhelming experience, with so many stands and so much fresh produce to navigate. Here are my tips for making your trip to the farmer's market cost-effective, successful, and fun.

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Leana Wen, M.D.: From a Young Doctor: A Tribute to Nurses

2013-05-13T15:39:32Z

As we celebrate this year's Nurses Week, I am reminded of the Hippocrates saying that the goal of medicine is "to cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always." This, too, I learn through daily example from the amazing nurses I work with.

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Lisa Lori: Happy Nurses Week

2013-05-10T18:05:08Z

Truly, nurses are everyday heroes that provide the round-the-clock care and comfort that so many patients need. Whether it is for the elderly, the new born or the newly injured, nurses -- male and female -- deserve our highest respect for their enormous contribution to society.

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Dr. Michael J. Breus: Zolpidem-Related ER Visits Have Increased Sharply

2013-05-10T17:05:49Z

There's more news about complications that can arise from prescription sleep medication: Side effects from a common prescription sleep aid are sending increasing numbers of people to emergency departments.

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Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D.: Cinnamon Is for Eating, Not Inhalation

2013-05-10T14:44:37Z

The cinnamon challenge is nothing new, but I heard about it from my kids only a couple of years ago. The challenge: Swallow a tablespoon of ground cinnamon in 60 seconds, without drinking fluids.

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Dr. Harold Koplewicz: The NIMH Declares Independence From the DSM-5

2013-05-10T12:56:39Z

For what we need to do in mental health research, the DSM approach is not appropriate. Even if it is still the best way to diagnose disorders and deliver treatment and knit the mental health care system together, it must begin to be supplanted by a new science-based framework.

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David Katz, M.D.: How What You Eat NOW Could Affect Your Cancer Risk Later

2013-05-10T08:24:37Z

My onetime patient and student, Nicole Larizza, earned her MS degree in nutrition studying the effects of nutrition in childhood on breast cancer risk in adulthood. I found the information Nicole shared with me important and provocative -- and felt it deserved to be shared.

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David Katz, M.D.: All for One

2013-05-09T17:21:26Z

One after another of these young people talked about finding not just a community of understanding at Mindstream, but a new family. They reported finding confidence they never had, self-esteem they had lost. They found self-respect, and purpose, and passion.

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