There are also numerous ‘tricks’, psychological or otherwise, that you can use to good effect to help you feel less hungry or make a smaller portion of food just as satisfying as a larger one. Researchers have found that the following ideas work well for most people, enabling them to adhere more easily to a [...]
The diagnosis of depression has always been – and continues to be – made largely on the basis of a person’s subjective history. Although a skilful clinician will see traces of depression in a person’s face, observe sluggishness or agitation in the body’s movements and hear the slow cadence in the voice, it is the [...]
Once the home oasis is established, it is possible to attempt to make changes in the workplace as well. If the patient is self-employed, this is usually fairly easy to arrange. If he or she works for someone else, it may require some argument to convince an employer to make changes for the patient’s benefit. [...]
Thanks to their bitter taste, potato stems and leaves are rarely eaten. This is fortunate because all parts of a potato plant except its root tubers (the potatoes) contain the potent poison, solanine. High concentrations of solanine are produced in the shoots of potatoes; and the potatoes themselves, as well as their shoots, become loaded [...]
Signs and symptoms
The onset of heatstroke is signaled by a feeling that lungs and muscles are “on fire.” The child may have a dry mouth, difficulty in breathing, dizziness, nausea, and blurred vision. However, the most characteristic signs of heatstroke are extremely hot, flushed, dry skin; high fever; and the complete absence of sweating, which [...]
In 1995, more than 21,500 people were murdered in America. That’s about 8 out of every 100,000 people. Homicide is the second leading cause of death among all young people ages 15 to 24. What’s more, 77 percent of the people killed in 1995 were men.
Yet the reality is that violent crime is on the [...]
If the ocean can help relieve the symptoms of arthritis in a better way than some other remedies, and various other treatments, then the details of how and why should be presented right away. If this treatment is so good, then it has to be made known to the world and be used wherever possible. [...]
For the majority of women with endometriosis the initial decision regarding treatment is whether to have hormonal or surgical treatment. Ideally, you should make this decision yourself in consultation with your gynecologist.
The reasons for selecting a particular treatment vary widely and will depend on a number of factors including:
• extent and severity [...]
Physical aspects of anorexia nervosa
Some of my anorexia patients tell me that they rarely feel hungry. They are so good at starving themselves, they say, because they’ve trained themselves to suppress hunger.
I’ve dealt with enough patients to know that’s not always the case. These people may be frequently hungry. Their illness is such that they [...]
Whenever Cheryl Allard goes to the gym, she abides by her 10-minute rule: Use one machine for 10 minutes, then move on to something else. This strategy helped her beat the boredom that nearly ended her exercise program. It also helped her lose 100 pounds.
Cheryl began working out in 1997 after finding out that she [...]