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Web-Based Pain Management Tools Reduce Visits to the Doctor

| June 28, 2015 Comment

Web-Based Pain Management Tools Reduce Visits to the Doctor – A new Australian study found that online tools for managing pain can be quite effective and may reduce the need to visit the doctor. Study author Blake Dear, a psychology researcher at Macquarie University in New South Wales, and his team, recruited about 500 patients […]

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Chamomile Tea May Increase Your Lifespan

| June 14, 2015 Comment

Chamomile Tea May Increase Your Lifespan – If you’re a fan of chamomile tea and drink it regularly, here’s a new reason for continuing to do so. A study on Mexican-American women, sponsored by the US national Institutes of Health and published in the journal The Gerontologist, found that women who consumed chamomile tea reduced […]

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Caregiver’s Moods Affect Health of Cancer Patients

| June 3, 2015 Comment

Caregiver’s Moods Affect Health of Cancer Patients – Researchers at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) found that when caregivers are depressed, the loved ones they are caring for also become depressed. Good mental and physical health in caregivers is associated with better mental health in cancer survivors, showing how important it is for caregivers […]

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Antipsychotic Drug Sales Skyrocket amid Health Concerns

Antipsychotic Drug Sales Skyrocket amid Health Concerns

| May 15, 2015 Comment

Antipsychotic Drug Sales Skyrocket amid Health Concerns – Abilify, or aripiprazole, is an “atypical antipsychotic,” a class of drugs that debuted in the 1990s as a safer, more humane means of curbing psychosis in people with schizophrenia. But over the past decade, manufacturers of these drugs have successfully pushed for their use in far more […]

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New Tests Identify Alzheimer’s Early Stages

New Tests Identify Alzheimer’s Early Stages

| May 4, 2015 Comment

New Tests Identify Alzheimer’s Early Stages – The way doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease may be starting to change. Traditionally clinicians have relied on tests of memory and reasoning skills and reports of social withdrawal to identify patients with Alzheimer’s. Such assessments can, in expert hands, be fairly conclusive—but they are not infallible. Around one in […]

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Glenn Close Remembers Robin Williams as She Accepts Award for Mental Health Activism

Glenn Close Remembers Robin Williams as She Accepts Award for Mental Health Activism

| April 28, 2015 Comment

Glenn Close remembers Robin Williams as she accepts award for mental health activism – Actress Glenn Close fought back tears at the Variety 2015 Power of Women luncheon in New York City on Friday as she accepted an honor for her mental health activism and remembered her late friend Robin Williams. The Fatal Attraction star […]

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The Weirdest Health Studies of 2014

The Weirdest Health Studies of 2014

| December 27, 2014 Comment

The Weirdest Health Studies of 2014 – One of this year’s strangest studies found people prefer painful electric shocks to being alone with their thoughts. Health experts are always coming out with new studies that have developed breakthrough treatments or clued us in to some major medical mystery — but sometimes the studies they comes […]

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Benefits of Chocolate

Benefits of Chocolate

| December 8, 2014 Comment

Benefits of Chocolate – Wellness and fitness expert, Annick Robinson, shares the benefits of chocolate, which can improve your health and your love life! Also find out how chocolate is made and gets tips on how to pick the healthiest and most beneficial chocolate bar. Chocolate in it’s raw form is high in antioxidants. Antioxidants can […]

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Could Your Genes Be the Reason You’re Single?

Could Your Genes Be the Reason You’re Single?

| November 21, 2014 Comment

Could Your Genes Be the Reason You’re Single? Researchers in Beijing discovered a gene called 5-HTA1, and carriers are reportedly 20 percent more likely to be single. Are you one of those people who’s always in a relationship? Or maybe you’re perpetually single? Well, your status might have something to do with your genes, according […]

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Winter Blues Busters

Winter Blues Busters

| November 19, 2014 Comment

Winter Blues Busters – Health coach Carey Peters gives host Judy Greer five simple remedies for the winter blues. Some of her top tips: Get outside. Fresh air (even if it’s cold) and light (even if skies are overcast) will help offset lower melatonin levels that can cause some depression. No. 4 on her list […]

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Changes Found in Brain after One Dose of Antidepressants

Changes Found in Brain after One Dose of Antidepressants

| September 21, 2014 Comment

Changes Found in Brain after One Dose of Antidepressants- A study suggest antidepressants can kick in much sooner than previously thought.

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10 Surprising Facts about Yawning

10 Surprising Facts about Yawning

| September 7, 2014 Comment

10 Surprising Facts about Yawning – Yawning is considered a pretty good indication of being tired or having a case of the doldrums, but there’s really so much more to it. Here are 10 facts about yawns. Yawning is considered a pretty good indication of being tired or having a case of the doldrums, but […]

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