Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Teen Depression, Part 2
I have nothing good to say today, and I don't care to do any research. Besides, we are all doomed anyway. Can you tell I am suffereing from teen depression? Wish me luck. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Teen Depression
When it comes to treating teenage depression, two treatments appear to be better than one. Almost three out of four depressed teens reported feeling better when they were treated with a combination of an antidepressant and cognitive behavioral therapy, reports a study in the Aug. 18 issue of the...
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Monday, August 16, 2004
Allergy Cream
Now this is something new: The "pollen blocker cream" is applied to the inside of the nose up to four times a day. Recent tests on patients suggested it could reduce hayfever and other nasal allergy symptoms by up to 60%. More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3563258.stm. Can't be any worse than...
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Sunday, August 15, 2004
Rolling Stone Has Cancer
It is almost better when the old rockers die from drug overdoses and plane crashes than to read stuff like this: ROLLING Stone Charlie Watts is battling throat cancer. The 63-year-old drummer, who gave up smoking in the 1980s, was diagnosed with cancer in June after he discovered a lump in his neck....
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Friday, August 13, 2004
Eating Disorder? See Your Dentist
Now, this is interesting: Physical changes in the mouth are often the first signs of an eating disorder. Dentists and their staff need to watch for any signs of eating disorders so they can refer people to professionals who deal with those kinds of disorders, says Barbara J. Steinberg, clinical...
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Antidepressants and Pregnancy
When I was pregnant with the twins, I asked my doctor about her patients taking antidepressants and other drugs that came with warnings against taking them while pregnant. She told me, in many cases, going off the medication could potential cause more problems than staying on it, especially when it...
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Thursday, August 12, 2004
Obscene
Yahoo! News reports a man weighing over 1,000 pounds now wants to lose weight to save his life. Guess who gets to pick up the tab? That's right. It's you and me, folks. How do you feel about paying for someone else's weight loss when your own insurance probably won't cover your own medically...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Help Me! I've Taken the Wrong Meds and Can't Get Up
According to GlobeAndMail.com: "At least one in five people over the age of 65 is taking prescription medications that are inappropriate and potentially damaging to aging bodies, according to a new U.S. study." Why doesn't that surprise me? I had an aunt who had a double tiered lazy susan on her...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Other Heart Attack Symptoms
Considering the increased danger to women of having a heart attacking, it is disheartening to hear the really dangerous ones come without the expected chest pain. There is a history of heart attacks in Joyce Singer's family, so she was acutely aware of the telltale symptom, "a bone-crushing chest...
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Monday, August 9, 2004
Carbs Cause Cancer
Fuelling ongoing controversy over the benefits, or downfalls, of a low – carbohydrate diet a new study carried out on nearly 2000 Mexican women finds hefty rations of carb’s could impact the risk of developing breast cancer but other scientists warn against abrupt conclusions. More at...
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