Most Picky Eating Harmless But It Can Signal Emotional Woes, Study Claims
CHICAGO (AP) — Parents of picky eaters take heart: New research suggests the problem is rarely worth fretting over, although in a small portion of kids it may signal emotional troubles that should be checked out.
Preschool-aged children who are extremely selective about what they eat and dislike even being near certain foods are more likely than others to have underlying anxiety or depression, the study found. But only 3 percent of young children studied were that picky.
Less severe pickiness, dubbed “moderate selected eating” in the study, was found in about 18 percent of kids. These are children who will on...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - August 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: miketoole Tags: Health Local News Picky Eaters Source Type: news
Joan Lunden Opens Up About Her 'Emotional Breakdown' After Cancer Treatment
It's been one year since veteran TV host Joan Lunden heard the words that completely changed her life: "You have cancer." Since then, she's appeared in all her beautiful, bald glory on the cover of People magazine, tested negative for any remaining cancer and launched ALIVE, an online TV network where women openly discuss their own battles with the disease.
But the picture isn't completely rosy. On Wednesday, Lunden spoke with HuffPost Live's Nancy Redd and fellow breast cancer survivor Anne Marie Giannino-Otis about the often-underestimated challenges of recovery after cancer treatment.
"There are all these things that ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Needing More Than to Be Needed
As a mother who stays at home, works at home, wipes snotty faces and does everything else at home, on any given day, finding time to shower or go to the bathroom is a struggle. When I do, it's hurried or a spectator sport at best, a crying, massive, ridiculous meltdown in the making at worst. One baby screaming in his crib and flailing his body against the rails while his sister throws things at him or down the stairs or tries to make him dance while he protests and cries harder. Who knew peeing (or God forbid, pooping) could cause such utter chaos? People with bladder control problems and mothers (so basically, just mothe...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How a Day Without My Cell Phone Helped Me Loosen My Grip on the Device
Last week when I dropped my cell phone face-down on cement, I picked it up and cringed, then whimpered. The screen was smashed to smithereens. This meant that not only would I have to pay to replace the screen, but I would also be without my beloved cell phone for awhile.
That's when panic set in. For one thing, I didn't have anybody's phone numbers memorized--not even my dad's. Interestingly, I could still recall the time and temperature number I dialed repeatedly as a youth, but all other digits had left my brain.
But phone calls were just part of it. Without my iPhone, how could I ask Siri the name of the song playin...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Do You And Your Dog Need Couples Counseling?
By Tom Jacobs
Do you dread leaving your dog home alone? Do you come back from dinner and a show to find chewed-up shoes, or foul-smelling puddles on your kitchen floor?
If so, a newly published study suggests the blame may not lay entirely with Fido. Rather, this sort of acting out may be a symptom of a problematic relationship.
Yours and his.
Researchers from Hungary and Germany argue that the tendency to avoid close attachments to others—a personality trait that is a common source of friction within families—sometimes extends to one’s canine companion. Owners who keep their emotional distance "are less responsi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists Create Music For Cats, And Fur A Good Reason
"Cats are not humans and humans are not cats and it is important that we humans, as the servants of cats, be aware of this difference."
That's Dr. Charles Snowdon, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He's been on a quirky mission to--yes, you're reading this right--create music for cats.
You can listen to some of his "meow-sic" here.
"We were motivated to make music for cats for two reasons," he told The Huffington Post in an email. "First, many pet owners told us that they play radio music for their pets while they are at work and we wondered if this had any value. Second, we have developed a theory...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Meditation 101: A Multi-Step Process
Like stress, happiness can be cultivated. The mind is a powerful medium. Here's a guide, rearranged and abridged from The New Meditation Handbook.
Become aware of your breath. To feel the sensation is to be alive and present. Try to think more clearly by quieting the mind.
Take out external conditions from your happiness equation. There are things you cannot control and impending changes that have a tendency to affect our moods. Look within.
If your mind is not peaceful, we will never be happy, even if our external conditions are perfect ... without inner peace, there is no real happiness at all. The more we control o...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
iPhone Separation Anxiety
Are you suffering from iPhone Separation Anxiety?read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - January 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Larry Rosen, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Media Neuroscience compulsion iPhone obsession separation anxiety Source Type: news
My Mother Is Holding Me Hostage
What To Do When Mother Belittles Daughterread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barbara Greenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Relationships agoraphobia anxiety brainwashing children dating daughters divorce Grandparents hostage loneliness marriage mothers paranoia pstchology separation anxiety siblings Source Type: news
Study looks at the reality of separation anxiety related to iPhones
Thor BensonCOLUMBIA, Mo., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- According to a new study from the University of Missouri, separation from their iPhone can cause serious psychological and physiological effects on users. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
iPhone Separation Anxiety Is Real, Study Says
You might think you're doing yourself a favor if you leave your phone behind when you head to an important meeting or dinner with the in-laws, but a new study suggests just the opposite is true.
According to new research from the University of Missouri, being separated from your iPhone can lead to "physiological anxiety" and "poor cognitive performance."
The study, "The Extended iSelf: The Impact of iPhone Separation on Cognition, Emotion, and Physiology," was published online Thursday in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Researchers recruited a total of 40 iPhone-using participants from three journalism co...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 9, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Alterations in skin temperature and sleep in the fear of harm phenotype of pediatric bipolar disorder - Murphy PJ, Frei MG, Papolos D.
In children diagnosed with pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD), disturbances in the quality of sleep and wakefulness are prominent. A novel phenotype of PBD called Fear of Harm (FOH) associated with separation anxiety and aggressive obsessions is associated w... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
5 Ways to Soothe Anxious Dogs
Pets can become stressed for several different reasons. From new roommates to fireworks to long travel hours, dogs react to changes in their environment similar to how we do.
Many types of canine anxiety problems exist. Separation anxiety can occur when a dog is left alone for long periods of time. When dogs become fearful of loud noises, like thunderstorms, they are experiencing noise anxiety. Motion sickness and travel anxiety are possible for dogs, too, and you may think twice before keeping your dog in a crate as their frustration can lead to confinement anxiety.
Because dogs are sensitive to their physical and emo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cats Get Separation Anxiety, Too
(Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - November 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Research, News, Source Type: news
Anxiety affects children in different ways
Conclusion
This is a useful exploratory study, which should give a good indication of the range of diagnoses among children and adolescents referred for anxiety disorders to specialist mental health services in England.
Children and adolescents, particularly in research, can often be placed into one homogenous group, and this study shows specific diagnoses can differ significantly between the groups. For example, this study showed that children more often had separation anxiety disorder.
And adolescents were marginally (but not significantly) more likely to have generalised anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder. Ad...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 10, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Source Type: news
