Archive for October, 2009
Listed by most recent articles first.
- Anticipated Fullness Is Crucial to Calorie Intake
Experts have challenged two basic assumptions behind food choices and the causes of obesity.
Drs. Jeff Brunstrom and Peter Rogers of the University of Bristol, UK, investigated the theory that we eat larger amounts of tasty ...
- Teen Drinking: Limits vs. Punishment
According to the National Institute of Health, drinking -- the drug of choice among youth -- plays a major role in death from injuries, and injuries are the leading cause of death for ...
- Weekends at Bellevue
Ever wanted to go beyond the doors of a psychiatric hospital? To have a key to the locked units? To witness the day-to-day at a legendary institution mired in mystery and folklore? Weekends at Bellevue, ...
- Couples Facing Finances in Lean Times
When I was a new therapist, I thought the hardest thing for couples to talk about would be their sex life. Not so. As long as neither one is cheating, talking about sex ...
- High Aspirin Doses and Brain Damage
Researchers have found that older people who take aspirin or certain other drugs to prevent blood clots are at risk of "microbleeds" in the brain.
Elderly people often experience damage to the small vessels in the ...
- Does Your Teenager Want To Get Caught?
Travis was 15. He’d always been a good kid – no trouble, unlike his brothers. His parents saw him as the perfect child.
That’s ...
- Breaking Up? Blame the Chick Flicks!
My 20-year-old daughter tells me she thinks the reason so many young relationships fail is because of the “chick flicks.” You know: Those movies where the focus is entirely on the heady romance between a ...
- I’m an Only Child. So What?
I do not have any brothers or sisters. Yes, I am an only child. So what?
It is okay with me that I don’t have brothers or sisters, so why is it often not ...
- What’s the Difference Between Depression and Manic Depression?
Sometimes people are confused about the differences between clinical depression and manic depression. And it's no wonder -- they both have the word "depression" in their names. That's one of the reason's manic depression's clinical ...
