By Joshua Hill Sunday, May 4, 2008
Sufferers of deep depression may finally have a solution to an illness that can literally debilitate living. Depression is now getting the sort of attention that cancer and AIDS have been getting for years, though it has no doubt affected just as many people over the decades. However even with this new attention, it is neither curable nor necessarily easy to live with.
Depression turns off the music in the mother-baby danceBy OnTheWeb Friday, May 2, 2008
Your newborn is crying. If it’s a cry of pain, you’re going to respond more strongly than you would to a cry of hunger – that’s the normal pattern.
Dummy Pills, Guns and DoctorsBy Dr. Gifford Jones Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Winston Churchill, Britain’s wartime Prime Minister, remarked, “To almost every question there is an answer that is clear, concise, coherent and wrong”! For years we’ve been told that anti-depressant drugs were the be-all-and-end-all for depressed patients. Now, a recent report claims that placebos are just as effective for many patients. So should doctors use placebos (dummy pills) to trick patients? The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) helps to answer this dilemma.
Anorexia and Suicides; a Sadly Emphatic LinkBy Joshua Hill Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Recently Time ran a story focusing on new research which has shown that suicide in those suffering from anorexia nervosa (AN) is often attempted much more effectively than others.
Acute Stress During Birth Linked to Schizophrenia in ChildrenBy Joshua Hill Sunday, February 10, 2008
We’ve known for some time now that stress is not conducive to healthy living. It affects us in a myriad of ways from something simple like not being able to concentrate, all the way through to raised blood pressure. But in a Time article recently, it was shown that stress can also increase the risk of a child developing schizophrenia later in life if during the pregnancy, the mum suffers from acute stress.
