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Are Doctors Spending Enough Time With Patients?

Helene Pavlov | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Treatment, Pa, Hss, Physician, Diagnosis, Blasphemous, Dr. Helene Pavlov, Hospital for Special Surgery, Health Care, Living News
Helene Pavlov

As a physician I realize that some may think I'm being blasphemous by taking this position but, I wonder, in some cases not all, why we as patients pay so much money for so little time with our physicians.

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The Medicalization Of Mundane Experience: The "Syndrome" Syndrome

Ellen Langer | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Syndrome, Health, Medical Care, Treatment, Health Care, Wellness, Living News
Ellen Langer

What all of these ninety-seven odd syndromes have in common is that people who are given these diagnoses probably feel some relief in knowing that their discomfort is "real."

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Giving For Health: How Volunteering Can Help Cope With Disease

nytimes.com | TARA PARKER | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Pain, Depression, Volunteering, The Giving Life, Treatment, Disability, Wellness, Living News

How giving can lead to mental and physical changes in health isn't entirely clear, although studies suggest that altruism may be an antidote to stress...

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Integrative Mental Health: A New Model For Depression Relief

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Depression Treatment, Health, Treatment, Happiness, Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Depression, a complex and multifaceted problem, is frequently treated with an oversimplified, expensive therapy that, sadly, is often ineffective.

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America's Health Rankings 2009

americashealthrankings.org | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Therapy, Health Rankings, Smoking, America's Health Rankings, Health, Well-Being, Treatment, E-Rankings, Cancer, Heart Disease, Obesity, Wellness, Living News

America's Health Rankings: select a core or supplemental measure to view the result for all states for the 2009 Edition....

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Schizophrenia Study Finds Similarities Across 37 Countries

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Health Disorder, Women's Health, Health, Major Study, Well-Being, Schizophrenia, Medical Treatment, Treatment, New Study, Disability, Drugs, Wellness, Living News

An international study of more than 17,000 people with schizophrenia has found striking similarities in symptoms, medication, employment and sexual pr...

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Parliamentarians for Pneumonia

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Carol Shea-Porter, Gordon Brown, Bill Frist, Des Turner, Pneumonia, Bangladesh, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Pneumococcal Vaccine, Treatment, GAVI Alliance, Save the Children, Child Survival, Vaccines, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

More importantly than events in Washington and London, for the first time ever, parliaments in developing countries, where the bulk of pneumonia deaths occur, were active locally on World Pneumonia Day.

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Really Special Education: State Investigation Confirms "Lap Dance Therapy" Allegations

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Supreme Court, Taxes, Expensive Lap Dances, Education, Add, Disabilities, Teens, Addiction, Treatment, Mount Bachelor Academy, Drugs, Troubled Teens, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

A series of investigations could spell the beginning of the end for the billion dollar, taxpayer funded troubled teen industry.

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Walking for a Cause: Eating Disorder Awareness

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Dr. Susan Albers, Treatment, Eating Disorders, Prevention, National Eating Disorders Association, Body Image, New York City, Mindful Eating, Eating Mindfully, Living News
Dr. Susan Albers

See a Two Minute Video: Join Dr. Susan Albers on the walk: http://www.youtube.com On October 11th the very first National Eating Disorders Associ...

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Here Is Your Chance to Help End the Failed War on Drugs

Anthony Papa | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, New Mexico, Marijuana, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Treatment, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Ondcp, Cocaine, Politics News
Anthony Papa

Our nation's drug policy should be based on reason, compassion, health and human rights, but to do so will take a great deal of strategizing and organizing.

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Candidates Drug Use Not A Deal Breaker, But Hypocrisy On Issue Should Be!

Tony Newman | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Cy Vance Jr., Rockefeller Drug Laws, Drug Policy Alliance, District Attorney, Marijauna, David Paterson, Richard Aborn, President Obama, Hypocrisy, Treatment, Marijuana Arrests, Cocaine, Manhattan District Attorney, New York City, New York News
Tony Newman

We have two candidates running for District Attorney of Manhattan, one the of the most powerful law enforcement jobs in the country, admitting to cocaine use.

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Hypnosis: Beyond Mumbo-Jumbo

Bob Pargament | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Treatment, Treatment Through Hypnosis, Hypnotize, Hypnosis, Living News
Bob Pargament

Most people don't realize that hypnosis is a naturally occurring state, and that all of us by necessity enter into a level of what I call organic trance at different times of the day. It is necessary for us to conserve energy.

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Preparing Society for the Cognitive Age

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia, Brain Health, Tbi, Cognitive Assessments, Bill Reichman, Cognitive Bias, Neuroscience, Schizophrenia, Cognitive Training, Treatment, Dana Foundation, Stanford University, Augmented Cognition, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, World Economic Forum, Brain Fitness Software, Frontiers, Workplaces, Augmenting Cognition, Aging, Brain Awareness Week, Lifestyle, MATRICS Cognitive Battery, Libraries, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurocognitive, Pharmacological, Society for Neuroscience, Brain Age, Torkel Klingberg, Cognitive, Cognitive Age, Baycrest, Schools, Cognition, Healthcare, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years -- without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination.

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Michael Douglas' Son Should Not Go to Prison

Anthony Papa | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Addiction, Treatment, Criminal Justice, Methamphetamine, Michael Douglas, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Cameron Douglas Drug Bust, Governor Pataki, Entertainment News
Anthony Papa

The role of drugs and drug addiction loom large in our society, but instead of demonizing addicted individuals, we need an alternative approach: treatment, not imprisonment.

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Who Is the Most Important Stakeholder in Health Care?

Roni Zeiger | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Treatment, Quality of Care, Participatory Medicine, Health, Peter Orszag, Patients, Physicians, Barack Obama, Doctors, Evidence-Based Decision Making, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Care Costs, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Evidence-Based Medicine, Personal Health, Living News
Roni Zeiger

Consumers need to be part of the health care conversation and doctors and patients alike need better access to basic data about what works and what doesn't.

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Radiology Myth Buster: Radiologist - Technologist or Physician?

Helene Pavlov | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Technician, Imaging, Examination, Treatment, Fluoroscopic, Ct, Ultrasound, Radiologist, Health, Xray, Mr, Wellness, Living News
Helene Pavlov

Radiologists are medical doctors and can be an unbiased, patient advocate for your healthcare needs.

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On World Malaria Day, Commitment to Malaria Continues Despite Tough Economic Times

Richard Chin | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Malaria, Treatment, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Artemisinin, Procurement, OneWorld Health, World News
Richard Chin

The magnitude of eradicating malaria can seem daunting, but there are important short-term and long-term efforts that anyone can support on World Malaria Day and every day.

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Size 9 With a Life-Threatening Eating Disorder

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Purging, Marya Hornbacher, Recovery, Nicole Johns, Writing, Ednos, Eating Disorders, Seal Press, Wasted, Anorexia, Bisexuality, Purge, Memoir, Treatment, Rehab Diaries, Journaling, Bulimia, Living News
Rachel Kramer Bussel

Nicole Johns suffered severe damage to her body, including exercise-induced asthma, irregular heartbeat, and hypotension, and had to be hospitalized to be treated... while a size 9.

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12 Depression Busters

Therese Borchard | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Bipolar, Addiction, Treatment, Recovery, Therapy, Depression, Mental Health, Personal Health, Depression Busters, Happiness, Living News
Therese Borchard

The following piece is the most popular Beyond Blue post I have written. Click here for the gallery version. My therapist helped me to build a person...

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Happy To See My Mug Shot on the Home Page of the NY Times

Anthony Papa | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Drugs, Treatment, Breaking Politics News, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Prison, Politics News
Anthony Papa

The reason my mugshot was on the New York Times site is because they featured me in a video on the New York Assembly passing legislation yesterday to overhaul the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

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DEA, Florida 'Honor' Abusive Rehab Founder, Wife of Republican Financier

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Bush, Addiction, Treatment, Drugs, Straight Inc, Sembler, Rehab, Republicans, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

Imagine if Wall Street were to honor Bernie Madoff for his skills as an investor. The equivalent just happened in Florida, where Betty Sembler has been honored for her work fighting drugs.

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The Short End of the Stick

Trisha Gura | Posted 02.14.2009 | Living

Read More: John McCain, Children, Growth, Being Tall, Hormones, Barack Obama, Being Short, Heightism, Stature, Kids, Personal Growth, Height, Health, How Tall Is John McCain, Synthetic Growth Hormone, Hospitals, Treatment, Doctors, Children's Health, Medicine, Living News
Trisha Gura

A study surveying presidential elections from 1824 to 1992 suggests that Americans harbor a subtle form of prejudice called 'heightism,' in which short people are seen as inferior to their taller counterparts.

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Harm Reduction and Allan's Diplomatic Faux Pas, on the Final Day of the U.N. Drug Treatment Conference, Vienna

Allan Clear | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Drugs, Treatment, News, Politics, United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, United Nations, Addiction, Foreign Policy, Harm Reduction, Vienna, Drug Policy, World News
Allan Clear

At last, my final day in Vienna attending the United Nations' "Technical Seminar on Drug Addiction Prevention and Treatment: From Research to Practice" conference.

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Vienna U.N. Drug Treatment Meeting Day Two: The Clockwork Orange Brainwashing Day

Allan Clear | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, United Nations, Addiction, Harm Reduction, Treatment, Drugs, Foreign Policy, Vienna, Drug Policy, Politics News
Allan Clear

Cross posted from from the Stop the Drug War Chronicle Blog (12/18/08) Ah, the Clockwork Orange brainwashing day. (For my preamble, click here. For c...

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Why Should You or Anyone Care About This Week's U.N. Anti-Drug Meeting?

Allan Clear | Posted 01.18.2009 | World

Read More: United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, Addiction, Harm Reduction, Treatment, Drugs, Drug Policy, Vienna, United Nations, Foreign Policy, World News
Allan Clear

Are the collected nations going to sign on to yet another tour of duty with the War on Drugs? Or will this new Declaration finally shift the focus of international drug policy towards a human rights, public health-based approach?

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