9 Steps to Treat Depression Naturally
Ever since I started an online community for treatment-resistant depression — depression and anxiety that don’t respond to psychotropic medications — I’ve been inundated with mail from desperate people who have tried 30 to 40 different kinds of antidepressants, and feel no relief. I repeatedly hear from family members of folks who have tried everything, and are not getting better. I sense the utter frustration and despair in their words, and it pains me. I, too, felt hopeless after trying countless medication combinations and sitting through years of psychotherapy sessions, only to continue my death ob...
Source: World of Psychology - September 14, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Depression Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Treatment Alternative Medicine Bipolar Disorder homeopathy Immune System Mood Disorder Omega-3 fatty acid Sleep st Source Type: blogs
That Breast Cancer Bond Thingy
While I was at the gym yesterday, I was on the bike getting my cardio in when I two women who I know started talking next to me. Then one of them came over to said hi. I knew she had a lot of cardiac issues last spring and I asked her how she was doing. She said she is better now but still had some soreness on the side of her rib cage. That didn ' t seem like a cardio issue so I asked her what it was.She had a mastectomy because she had her third occurrence of breast cancer. Twice on the left and this third time on the right. And all three were different cancers. I thought wow three different breast cancers and now two sep...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer bonds pinkification Source Type: blogs
I Am Done Making Lifestyle Changes
When I was 19 and diagnosed with thyroid cancer, after treatment the doctors told me to stay healthy, take care of myself, eat right and get plenty of rest. Um, great advice. I was in college so it did not exactly fit my lifestyle.But I did put some deep thought into how I was going to live my life. Having cancer sucks (if you want to disagree with that, please let me know). It was a big wrench in my life. A huge elephant in the room. And one I was not too sure how to approach (there was no social support for cancer people in 1981). However, I decided cancer was not going screw up my life.I made the decision that I would t...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: changes healthy lifestyle Source Type: blogs
8 Ways to Safely Take Charge of Your Health While Avoiding Toxic Vaccines
CONCLUSION
Conventional medicine has plans to develop more vaccines targeting every disease imaginable. Diseases targeted include diabetes, autoimmune disorders and cancer. Vaccinations have been causally linked to these diseases. No evidence supports that vaccines are safe or effective at preventing any disease.
Instead of using more toxic vaccinations to theoretically prevent a disease, we should avoid all vaccines like the plague. We can then focus on leading a healthy lifestyle, by eating a clean, nutrient dense diet, exercising, sleeping and getting lots of sun.
About the Author:
Michelle Goldstein is a mental ...
Source: vactruth.com - September 1, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Top Stories Healthy Living Pro Biotics Weston Price Source Type: blogs
The Many Conditions that Mimic Depression
Finding the right diagnosis for any disorder requires a comprehensive evaluation. Because many illnesses share many of the same symptoms. Take symptoms such as headache, stomachache, dizziness, fatigue, lethargy, insomnia and appetite loss. There are countless conditions with these exact signs.
Similarly, many mental illnesses share the same symptoms, said Stephanie Smith, PsyD, a psychologist in practice in Erie, Colo., who specializes in working with individuals with depression. Which makes “the process of diagnosing mental illness tricky, to say the least.”
For instance, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADH...
Source: World of Psychology - August 22, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Anxiety and Panic Depression Disorders General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Self-Help Stress Beck Depression Inventory Bipolar Disorder Cancer Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Clinical Depression Source Type: blogs
Just like Atkins ’ . . . only better
This question comes up with some regularity: Is the Wheat Belly lifestyle like the Atkins’ diet? Is Wheat Belly just another name for a low-carb diet?
There are indeed some important areas of overlap. The Wheat Belly lifestyle, for instance, adheres to the concept that carbohydrates, not fats, are responsible for destructive health effects and weight gain. We also need to give Dr. Robert Atkins and his low-carb predecessors great credit for voicing their opinions during an age when low-carb was an heretical, against-the-mainstream concept, given the antics of Dr. Ancel Keys, Dr. Henry Blackburn, the US Department of ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 19, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle atkins blood sugar diabetes gluten grains Inflammation low-carb low-fat Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Breast Cancer Retrospective
Before my breast cancer diagnosis, I was aware of breast cancer around me. A co-worker ' s mother, another co-worker ' s wife, my parent ' s neighbor, and more. But it never really touched me because no one I knew personally was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a disease of older women. I also felt because I had previously had cancer that sometimes people expected me to be more sympathetic to other ' s cancer diagnoses. I did feel some guilt because of this.I never expected to be diagnosed with another cancer. I felt I already had my share of cancer with thyroid cancer. I didn ' t ' deserve ' any more. Because I had a ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 18, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: acceptance anger breast cancer denial depression grief Source Type: blogs
Radiation in Radiology Department & The Truth
Conclusion based on the available present data , seems to suggest : Diagnostic radiation need not be feared , if an indication exists . Screening studies if spaced adequately are extremely beneficial , as they play major role in reducing morbidity/ mortality from the suspecting disease. Appropriateness criterion for each test , as developed by ACR, is less useful in third world countries like India , in view of the cost considerations and major health expenditure coming from out of pocket resourcesFamous Radiology Blog http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com
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Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - August 10, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
Disappointment
When I stopped working where they brought cookies, bagels, and pastries in several times a week, when for runs to the bakery next door for snacks, and shared pizza, Chinese, or Thai lunches, I thought I would lose weight. I did lose some weight, maybe 10 lbs. Then I gained some of it back.Some how over the past ten years, besides getting older and developing a million health ailments, I have managed to put on more pounds than I can believe. I am thirty pounds over what I consider my fattest ever weight. I am not sure how that happened. And now, even though I go to the gym three times a week, I can ' t seem to lose any more...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 2, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: disappointment food shopping weight Source Type: blogs
Most Embarrassing Cancer Moments
I think everyone has embarrassing moments in their life. I mean who didn't awkwardly walk into a wall at one point, trip as they entered a room or a building, or realized you got home and you had a toothpaste stain on your shirt since morning - after having a big meeting at work.My famous embarrassing moments in life include also coming back to the hotel at the end a day at a very busy and important conference and realizing I had been wearing one blue shoe and one black shoe all day long.But my mortifying cancer moments include:Needing a quick appointment with my cancer surgeon and realizing after he didn't come back...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - July 15, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer bonds memory moron stupid me Source Type: blogs
Changing Stressors
As life goes on, my stressors have changed. Or maybe just the list gets rearranged. When I first started blogging, breast cancer was my primary concern. But then my health started to fall apart and things have changed.At my breast cancer diagnosis, I quickly prepared myself to cope with breast cancer and I came up with a plan - support groups, etc. And I dealt with it. Then I got gall stones and had my gall bladder out. Then I found out I should be seeing an endocrinologist about my thyroid cancer which made it harder for me to ignore it. When I went to one she sent me for an ultrasound which found some thing on the t...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - July 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer bonds stress support Source Type: blogs
Lessons learned from constipation
Here’s an excerpt from Wheat Belly Total Health about constipation. As uninteresting as it can seem at first glance, constipation can offer useful insights into diet and health, but not simple-minded insights like “get more fiber.”
A condition as pedestrian as constipation serves to perfectly illustrate many of the ways in which grains mess with normal body functions, as well as just how wrong conventional “solutions” can stray, Keystone Kops of health stumbling, fumbling, and bumping into each other, but never quite putting out the fire. Drop a rock from the top of a building and it predictabl...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 21, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel health cellulose constipation fiber grains prebiotic Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 54-year-old man with fatigue
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 54-year-old man is evaluated because of fatigue. He also notes constipation and cold intolerance. Medical history is significant for tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma treated with radiation 3 years ago. There is no family history of thyroid disorders.
On physical examination, the skin is dry. Mild periorbital edema is present. The thyroid is of normal size and without nodules. Reflexes are delayed.
Laboratory studies show a hemoglobin level of 11 g/dL (110 g/L), a serum sodium level of 129 mEq/L (129 mmol/L), ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: mksap Tags: Conditions Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
Why I Became a Cancer Advocate: Amy
by Amy Mattes, LIVESTRONG Leader
Walking out of a friend’s funeral that had lost her battle with leukemia, and watching her three young daughters, husband, family and community grieving, felt very unnecessary. In addition, her twin sister had stage IV lymphoma. I was forever changed that day.
I vowed to use my experience and knowledge and advocate in the fight against cancer. As a cancer registrar, I have witnessed almost every aspect of cancer. A very insightful aspect of my job has been participating on a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, and pastoral care staff. We discuss our patient...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - May 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Are we practicing medical misogyny?
When it comes to cancer, I’m neither physician nor patient, nor even a policy expert. But being both a critical thinker and a feminist, I’m struck by what the juxtaposition of two seemingly unrelated new oncology studies, published in highly respected medical journals a month apart, can tell us about how gender shapes the way we perceive (or misperceive) illness, and the impact that has on patients’ well-being.
On April 14, JAMA Oncology published “Nomenclature Revision for Encapsulated Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.” Although the title may be nearly impenetrable to the...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lois Leveen, PhD Tags: Conditions Cancer Source Type: blogs
