Psychotherapy and Medication (and Thrift Shopping) Will Beat My Depression
For the last few months, I’ve been depressed, so much so that I haven’t been able to thrift shop. Thrift shopping is my cure-all. This particular kind of retail therapy usually takes away my mental — and sometimes physical — pain. But my presence hasn’t graced the local thrift stops because I’ve been doing a lot of sleeping and staying in the house. When extremely depressed, it’s difficult to get myself together to go out.
My mood has picked up. I’m thrift shopping again.
The thrift store is a huge place that sells everything under the sun. One never knows what one will find there. This is part of ...
Source: World of Psychology - November 18, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura Yeager Tags: Happiness Medications Personal Psychotherapy Bipolar Disorder Depression Depressive Disorder Source Type: blogs
How to Upgrade your Speech by Not Saying “Like”
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Language and speech are a beautiful thing. And while there are countless books available on the ‘correct’ way to use words and sentences, ultimately the only right way is the way you wish. Each culture and sub-culture contains as many variations on the local language as it does individuals. Efforts to regulate the way people talk are often bound up in politics and social currents that have little to...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Taylor Tags: featured self improvement success Source Type: blogs
Everything You Need to Know About Net or Gross Saving Rates
Writing inProject Syndicate,Stephen Roach, former chief economist for Morgan Stanley, declares the U.S. economy ’s foundations fundamentally unsound:“America’s net national savings rate – the sum of saving by businesses, households and the government sector – stood at just 2.1% of [gross] national income in the third quarter of 2017. That is only one third of the 6.3% of the average that prevailed in the final three decades of the twen tieth century… America… is saving next to nothing. Alas, the story doesn’t end there. To finance consumption and growth, the U.S. borrows surplus saving from abroad to co...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 12, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alan Reynolds Source Type: blogs
We Asked the British Public What Kind of Brexit They Want — and a Norway-Like Deal Is the Clear Winner
The Brexit referendum outcome reveals very little about what people actually wanted. But a RAND Europe study of what people value about the EU finds that their priorities map most squarely onto a Norway-style model for future relations between the UK and the EU. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - October 11, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Charlene Rohr; David Howarth; Jonathan Grant Source Type: blogs
PragerU's " A Nation of Immigrants " Video Has Serious Problems
This report finds problems with immigrant assimilation in Europe, especially for those from outside of the European Union, but the findings for the United States are positive. In comparison to Europe and the rest of the OECD, immigrants in the United States are assimilating very well. The thirdwork by University of Washington economistJacob Vigdor offers a historical perspective. He compares modern immigrant civic and cultural assimilation to the level of immigrant assimilation in the early 20th century (an earlier draft of his book chapter ishere while the published version is available in thiscollection). For t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 26, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Another Jones Act Absurdity
As North Carolina grapples with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, transportation officials in the state areattempting to secure the use of a U.S. government-owned vessel, the Cape Ray, to transport supplies to the port of Wilmington. With the citytemporarily transformed into an island by recent flooding, the roll-on, roll-off ship —or “ro-ro” in maritime parlance—will enable trucks filled with needed goods to drive aboard.It ’s a good thing the ship is government-owned—under private ownership the Cape Ray’s provision of relief supplies would be illegal. This absurd situation is due to a nearly 100-year-old...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 21, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Do you worry too much? 4 Worrying Mistakes You Should Stop Making
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Do you worry too much?
According to the Anxiety and Depression American Association (ADAA) almost 40 million American adults --- one-fifth of the population--- suffer from chronic worrying and other anxiety disorders which makes them the most common mental illness in the U.S.
This has lots of reasons, too much technology, insomnia and sleep deprivation, loneliness and the lack of proper commu...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Marwan Jamal Tags: featured happiness self improvement how to be less stressed how to stop worrying Source Type: blogs
Dander Still Up, And Also Down, All OVer the Place. What Gives?
A.I ' ve started this piece a whole bunch of times. So in fairness to you, reader, you have a few paths through it. If you don ' t feel like starting by sharing some navel-staring about today ' s bizarre predicament, please skip to ' D. ' Or ' B, ' or ' C. ' Wouldn ' t blame you in the least.I ' ve still got my dander up about what ' s happening in the many troubled reaches of health care in the United States. OK, truth to tell, also about what ' s up world-wide. Scary stuff. Readers have no doubt waited patiently for me to recover from confusion about this sudden mess, much of said predicament stemming from various delaye...
Source: Health Care Renewal - August 24, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs
The Jones Act Makes Little Sense in a Globalized World
Late last month that rarest of commodities, a new U.S.-built commercial transport ship, completed its maiden voyage by entering the harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico to deliver its cargo. CalledEl Coqu í, the vessel is among the world ’s first hybrid roll-on/roll-off container vessels—a “ConRo” in industry parlance—that is powered by liquefied natural gas. Supporters of the Jones Act, a protectionist law which mandates that ships transporting goods between U.S. ports be U.S.-owned, crewed, flagged, and built, have pointed to El Coqu í as a symbol of the measure’s success. The President of the Shipbuilder’...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 20, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
" Unstable Angina still exists " , even in the Age of High Sensitivity Troponin
This case comes from a long term blog reader from Norway.Case: 49 y.o male. No previous medical hx. 15-20 pack year smoking history. Parent with ACS in their 60 ' s. No DM. No HTN, no dyslipidemia, normal weight. Brought to the emergency department due to chest pain. Patient stated that 20 hrs before presentation he experienced numbness of the left hand, 1-2 hours after which he developed retrosternal chest pain ongoing from 02:00 lasting until 08:00 with no pain free period. Went to bed at 08:00. Awoke 11:00 pain free. The day of presentation, the chest pain started again whil...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - August 16, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
The many ways to describe chest pain
There are at least 50 words in the Eskimo languages for snow, 25 in mainstream Swedish, and supposedly 180 or so in the Sami language of the nomadic inhabitants of the northernmost parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
But there are even more words than that for “chest pain” among my patients, many of whom do not consistently or fully comprehend the English phrase, “If you have chest pain, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.”
This Saturday I had three serious cases of chest pain, but of course, they all used different words, like “empty feeling,” “tightness,” and “pressure.”
“The medical ter...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 15, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/a-country-doctor" rel="tag" > A Country Doctor, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Cardiology Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
Cats & Dogs: Can We Find Unity on Health Care IT Change?
By MATTHEW HOLT
Today we have a humming economy and insane politics. In early 2009 we were in economic meltdown and were about one week into the sanest, soberist Administration and even Congress over many recent decades. In February 2009 They passed a stimulus bill that had a huge impact on the health IT market (and still does). At that time there was much debate on THCB about what the future of health IT policy should look like and how the stimulus “Meaningful Use” money should be spent. My January 2009 summary of that whole debate introduced the notion of “Cats and Dogs in health IT”. They’...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Matthew Holt 2008 Election EHR Health 2.0 Policy Policy/Politics RHIOs Startups Source Type: blogs
Why Hillarycare failed …and what we need to learn from that failure
By MATTHEW HOLT
In July 2005 George W Bush had relatively recently won a Presidential election in which the Republican won the popular vote (something that will likely never happen again) & the Republicans controlled all three branches of Government. Those of us liberals at the bottom of a dark trench were wondering if and how we’d get to health reform. So in another reprint to celebrate THCB’s 15th birthday, here was my then take on what went wrong in 1994 and what would happen next–Matthew Holt
There are lots of versions about what killed the 1993-4 health care reform effort. Hillary C...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Matthew Holt HillaryCare Source Type: blogs
Forskolin: another natural compound goes on my list of myeloma killers
Yesterday I came across a 2015 study that really caught my attention. A group of Norwegian researchers has discovered that the combination of dexamethasone with a natural compound called forskolin kills multiple myeloma cells.
They tested forskolin with other conventional myeloma drugs, too: bortezomib (Velcade), cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and melphalan.
And by itself.
Results in a nutshell: dead myeloma cells.
Excerpt from the abstract: “Our findings support a potential role of forskolin in combination with current conventional agents in the treatment of MM.”
The researchers believe that forskolin mi...
Source: Margaret's Corner - August 1, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll forskolin myeloma Source Type: blogs
The Top 12 Social Companion Robots
What do you get if you combine the best features of a smartphone, a vacuum cleaner, and a pet? No, it’s not Dr. Frankenstein’s dog, but rather the new family members of the household of the future: social companion robots. They might do the chores, guard the house, teach the children and keep company to the elderly or people with health issues. Here are the current best examples on the market, but the best is yet to come.
The newest member of the family?
Joe Hawkins lives in London with his wife and three kids. Running a household and having a job would already be an immense task for the parents, but Laura, the mother,...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 31, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Medical Robotics Top Lists AI companion robot digital digital health empathy future humanoid robot social companion technology Source Type: blogs
