Anxious? A Simple Yoga Posture That Helps
Yoga teacher and authentic living expert Amy Patee demonstrates a simple yoga posture (asana) and two breathing exercises that help reduce anxiety.
Patee used yoga in her personal journey recovering from anorexia and depression, and now shares her knowledge through offline yoga instruction and free online resources like a YouTube channel and ebooks. In this short video, she shows viewers how to do an easy yoga posture, explaining its benefits and what to do if you experience physical discomfort. She also discusses belly breathing and straw breathing, two techniques that help calm tension and anxiety.
Yoga has proven to be ...
Source: Channel N - April 16, 2013 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: All Online education anxiety brain breathing exercise psychology stress video yoga Source Type: blogs
Eating Disorders in Adolescence Can Have a Long Term Effect on Women’s Health
Despite the prevalence of eating disorders in adolescent girls, it’s difficult to find information about longer term health consequences in adults, as little follow-up has been done. A new article in the journal Maturitas on the long-term health consequences of the female athlete triad, a syndrome that may include eating disorders, is an important contribution to the research.
First defined in the early 1990s, female athlete triad used to be defined as the combination of an eating disorder, amenorrhea (lack of a menstrual period), and osteoporosis.
The definition was adjusted in 2007 to focus more on a spectrum o...
Source: Our Bodies Our Blog - April 10, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Rachel Tags: Body Image Research & Studies Source Type: blogs
“Accident”
I don’t do much with guest bloggers, but when people are willing to share their story, I want to give them a platform. Let’s all support Adele and thank her for her insight and courage.
Guest blog By: Adele Schroder
It’s funny how perspective is everything. Looking back now I see how completely ridiculous what I believed to be true then actually was, but at the time it made so much sense, I was doing what was right, what was healthy. There was nothing wrong with eating about 500 calories per day – so many diets out there suggest it – smart people, famous people, doctors even, all support the idea that the...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - March 25, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: diet eating healthy food life nutrition overweight weight loss anorexia diets Source Type: blogs
Understanding the Motivations of Others
I’m grateful that my training as a
therapist focused on understanding motivation, that is, why people say what
they say and do what they do. Understanding motivation is key to having positive
interactions with people whether talking
about eating or anything else under the sun. After all, the why is as
important as the what.
Did it ever occur to you that
someone’s remarks or actions have nothing to do with you even though they’re directed at you? Here’s an example. Say you’re telling a friend that binge-eating
is now considered a disorder under the same clinical umbrella as anorexia and
bulimia, whi...
Source: Normal Eating - March 25, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs
The happy “coincidences” of wheatlessness
Wheat Belly Blog reader, Limor, posted this triumphant story of freedom from the health-destroying bonds of wheat:
You validated what I have felt for so many years!! I read you book and watched your lectures over and over again and was fascinated by your knowledge and findings.
I am a therapist in NYC specializing in Eating Disorders and I also recovered from Anorexia and Bulimia. I have been gluten-free for over a year and, after reading your book, I am working hard on being wheat-free.
Prior to being wheat-free, I suffered severe pains and cramps in my stomach. After several failed attempts to ask various doctors why I...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 26, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Eating disorderes Wheat-elimination success stories Source Type: blogs
Join us on Tuesday 2/26 for a Tweet Chat on eating disorders
It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men. One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia and 2-3 in 100 American women suffers from bulimia. Please join us for a Tweet Chat and get the latest info on this emotional issue. The chat is hosted by ABC News’ chief medical correspondent Dr. Richard Besser. Guests include experts from the Mayo Clinic, NEDA, NYU and others, including Disruptive Women’s own Robin Strongin! Be sure to check out Disruptive Women’s Body Image ebook, which contains some very compelling personal accounts of eating disor...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 25, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Body Image Events eating disorders Source Type: blogs
Magnetic Brain Stimulation Could Ease Pain: Scientific American
Treating the brain with magnets went mainstream a few years ago, when the technique proved successful at relieving major depression. Now the procedure, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), shows promise for another mysterious, hard-to-treat disorder: chronic pain.Until now, pain seemed out of reach for rTMS because the regions involved in pain perception lie very deep within the brain. The other disorders helped by rTMS all involve brain areas close to the skull. To treat depression, for example, a single magnetic coil directs a magnetic field at the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, a region of the...
Source: Psychology of Pain - February 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
The Essential EMR Checklist for Psychiatry Practices
The Unique Requirements of Medical Documentation in Psychiatry & Psychiatry Electronic Medical Records
Psychiatry and psychology hold somewhat unique requirements among the medical specialties in that the diagnosis itself cannot be visualized or examined in the same way as a healing surgical incision or a growing infant. The physical results of some psychiatric disorders, however, are demonstrable by physical symptoms. Anorexia, for instance, can be clearly identified by individuals untrained in medicine. Psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric nurses can also identify the mania of a bipolar diagnosis, the usual p...
Source: EMR EHR Blog for Physicians - February 21, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Aparna Prasad Source Type: blogs
February is Eating Disorders Awareness Month
February is Eating Disorders Awareness month in Canada, The United Kingdom and The United States. Eating disorders result from an interplay of genetic, social and psychological factors. Some of the most common symptoms involve self-critical beliefs, negative feelings about one's body weight, conflictual thoughts about food, and eating habits that disrupt normal body functioning. Eating Disorders can range from mild, moderate to severe - and interfere with daily life activities.Types of Eating DisordersAnorexia Nervosa~ Essentially self-starvation, this disorder involves a refusal to maintain a mini...
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - February 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: awareness days eating disorders Source Type: blogs
Interview: Phillip Hornbostle,MD Bariatric Surgeon
This is the first in a series of interviews I plan on publishing. Dr Phillip M. Hornbostel, M.D., FACS, FASMBS is an accomplished bariatric surgeon in Missouri who has performed thousands of weight loss procedures over the years. He is also the resident dean of the commentariat at the physician-only social media website Sermo. The following represents a series of email exchanges he and I had over the holidays:
Dr Hornbostel, tell me about your professional journey from general surgeon to an exclusively bariatric practice.
I finished general surgery residency in 1984 and immediately wen...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - January 22, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD Source Type: blogs
USMLE Questions – Characteristic Disease Findings
The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is designed to emphasize knowledge of clinical scenarios and clinical pearls, even on Step I. Listed below are some commonly encountered disease findings and characteristics.
Feature
Disease
45, X chromosome
Turner’s syndrome
5-HIAA increased in urine
Carcinoid syndrome
Aganglionic rectum
Hirschsrpung’s disease
Apple-core sign on barium enema
Colon cancer
Arched back (opisthotonos)
Tetanus
Argyll-Robertson pupil
Syphilis
Ash leaf on forehead
Tuberous sclerosis
Auer rods
Acute myelogenous leukemia
Austin Flint murmur
Aortic regurgitation...
Source: Inside Surgery - January 18, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Surgpedia USMLE diseases findings VMA water hammer pulse Source Type: blogs
New definitions for CKD! Medrants version 1.0
This represents my first attempt at explaining the new CKD definitions. I invite my readers, especially my loyal renal readers, to suggest modifications. This rant will become the basis for a regular talk, and I want to get it right. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Ten years after we have new definitions for CKD. Soon after they established the initial stages, authors began to argue that we should divide stage 3 into 3a and 3b. Now they have.
For those who want to read all the details - KDIGO 2012 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidn...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - January 18, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Attending Rounds Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
Don’t Ask Me What I Do, Instead Ask Me Who I Am
I carry a few different business cards in my purse. Because I never know what conversation I will have with a stranger at any given time.
A month ago I fetched cream for my coffee at a café in South Bend, Indiana. Naturally my family didn’t know a soul in the joint. However, by the time I returned to my table, I knew some incredibly intimate (not to mention interesting) details about the daughter of the man next to me who was reaching for a napkin: his daughter is bipolar; she was anorexic as a teenage ballerina; and she’s on some of the same meds as I am.
I ended up giving him a business card with everything but m...
Source: World of Psychology - January 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Dreams General Industrial and Workplace Personal Accountant Ballerina Bipolar Booz Allen Hamilton Business Card Business Cards Conundrum European Friends French Couple Grumman Industrialized Countries Insecurity Meds Nort Source Type: blogs
Plan to Attend 2013 Binge Eating Disorder Conference in March
The Binge Eating Disorder 2013 National Conference will be coming to Bethesda, Maryland this March 8-10, 2013. Binge eating disorder affects more than 8 million people — more than anorexia and bulimia combined. It’s often not talked about so many people aren’t aware of it.
Registered Dietitians / Nutritionists Special Workshop
I spoke and attended the conference last year (and am speaking again this year), and it was an amazing experience for me seeing as I have many clients who struggle with binge eating disorder.
There will be a day-long track targeting what RDs need to know in identifying BED, effec...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - January 9, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: eating healthy nutrition BEDA binge eating disorder Source Type: blogs
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Underweight models BANNED in Israel to fight anorexia: New law forces women in ads to stay healthy (and faked images have to be identified too)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256025/Underweight-models-BANNED-Israel-fight-anorexia-New-law-forces-women-ads-stay-healthy-faked-images-identified-too.html#ixzz2H23NtA8W
Baruch HaShem!
Filed under: Link Tagged: baruch hashem, dailymail, underweight models (Source: white pebble)
Source: white pebble - January 4, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Patti Niehoff Tags: Link baruch hashem dailymail underweight models Source Type: blogs
