Stress

Is Your Time Driving Hurting Your Health?

By Guest Author For many of us, driving long distances has become part of our daily routine. But did you know that doing so can be harmful to your health? Several studies have given credence to the fact that long drives can significantly affect a person’s physical well-being. Driving for long hours every day leads [...]

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How Work-Life Imbalance Makes You Sick

Dr. Sheldon Cohen‘s keynote presentation at the 8th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine was published in International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2005 Vol 12 No 3, 123-131). Cohen summarized 20 years of research on psychosocial influences on infection susceptibility. Cohen also debunks these pervasive myths of stress and disease: Myth: Infectious disease-causing agents is wholly [...]

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Let Me Count the Ways to a Heart Attack

I don’t know what’s going on, but October has been a productive month for studies that show different ways to get heart attacks. For example, in addition to the “traditional way” of getting a heart attack, you can also get a heart attack by: Undergoing prostate cancer therapy (consumer news / original research), speculated to [...]

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Benefits of Power Napping

By Deborah Serani, Psy.D. I am the Queen of napping. I can nap anywhere, anytime. It’s one of my many talents. Most often, at around 2:30 everyday, I am at rest. I am Semi-conscious, not sound asleep but not fully awake. I can ease out of this wonderful place without a jarring effect. And when [...]

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Suicide and SSRI When Medical Legal Risk is High

By Robert Lamberts, M.D. I had a tough situation in the office yesterday. One of my patients is a 17-year old who went to the ER on Sunday for shortness of breath. They said she had a panic attack and should follow-up with me as soon as possible. When I saw her, she was clearly [...]

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