Health Blogs

It is an amazing story and one that has kept most of us glued to the media over the last several days. Three women, who had been abducted as teenagers in 2002, 2003, and 2004, were all found alive ... Read More »

Do you wish that you had more energy? I do. I often look at my six-year-old with envy as she jumps out of bed, full of life and excited to face the adventure of the day. But unlike my six-year-old ... Read More »

Some you have heard of and some you have not. What scares physicians and parents about the new party drugs is they are hard to spot and hard to treat. Terrifying and longstanding withdrawal syndromes ... Read More »

How to Talk to Your Children about the Boston Bombing By: Jeremy Shapiro My heart goes out to all those affected by the tragedy that occurred in Boston last week. I am also extremely ... Read More »

It is difficult to write about a tragedy just after it has occurred because it forces us to review the details of a horrific event-- but it is cathartic as well. Looking at the Boston bombing through ... Read More »

The sad news last week about the suicide of Rick Warren’s 27-year-old son Matthew rocked churches and Christians around the world. Rick Warren is a beloved pastor and author of the best-selling ... Read More »

Mankind has had pets for tens of thousands of years. While we're not sure when the first human adopted his or her first pet, we know that the bond between human and animal goes back to ancient ... Read More »

Behaviorists are always on the lookout for new ways to help their patients feel better. Tim Dalgleish, Ph.D., of the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit conducted a study using ... Read More »

Most clinicians think of autism, attention deficit disorder, bipolar disease, major depression, and schizophrenia as distinctly different mental illnesses even though there are some similarities in ... Read More »