Reason for Getting Up in the Morning – Richard Leider on Purpose — Allergy & Depression — Trading a Beer Gut for Brain Power
POWER OF PURPOSE
Why do you get up in the morning? What gets your juices flowing?
Finding meaning in our lives is a journey and some get it early and others it takes a lifetime. Finding satisfaction in what we do, making a difference can truly consist of very small acts. Richard Leider is Founder and Chairman of Inventure Group in Minneapolis. which is dedicated to helping people live passionately for today and purposefully for tomorrow. Richard is the author of eight books, including three best sellers, and his work has been translated into 21 languages. Repacking Your Bags and The Power of Purpose are considered classics in the personal development field.
Allergies Can Increase the Risk of Depression
A wave of emerging research suggests that may be the case. While there’s no firm evidence that allergies cause depression, large studies show that allergy sufferers do seem to be at higher risk of depression.
07-10-11 Alergy-Depress–Beer Gut Brain Power-Part 4
Heart Health – How Women’s Heart Issues Differ from Men – Dr. Thomas Nero
Understanding differences in how women are diagnosed for heart issues as well as symptoms they experience is a matter of life and death. Until recently, diagnosis followed a similar path as men. Doctors now know that the two sexes can vary significantly. We met with Dr. Thomas Nero a Stamford, CT based cardiologist to discuss heart health and specifically differences between the sexes. This is the first part of Dr. Nero’s interview. Aired 5-8-10
Dr. Thomas Nero is a cardiologist practicing in Stamford, CT. His specialty is Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. He is a graduate of Ohio State University College of Medicine & Public Health (Columbus). He did his residency at Beth Israel Med Center. His certifications include; – Internal Medicine 1998; Board Certified – Echocardiography 2001 Board Eligible – Nuclear Cardiology (Level II)2001 Board Certified – Cardiovascular Disease 2001 Fellow American College of Cardiology; Board Certified – Diplomat – Interventional Cardiology 2002-SCAI Pending
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Long Hours at Work May Boost Heart Attack Risk – People who work an average of 11 or more hours per day have a 67% higher risk of suffering a heart attack or dying from heart disease than people who work a standard seven- to eight-hour day, according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. news.health.com
Fish Oil May Prevent Symptoms of Postpartum Depression - Postpartum depression can affect up to 25% of new mothers during the first year after delivery, but researchers say there may be a relatively easy way to lower that risk — starting before women give birth. Healthland.time.com
Decoding Cancer – The first map of breast cancer genomes could revolutionize patient care. Time.com
Report sets new dietary intake levels for vitamin D and calcium –
In recent years, many studies have suggested that we take much more vitamin D than we do now — especially those of us living in northern climes who may get too little sunlight to produce adequate amounts in the skin. Harvard Health Publications
Meat or beans: What will you have? – Ask a red-blooded, all-American guy what he wants for dinner, and he’s likely to ask for a steak or roast. Ask for a second choice, and it might be a burger or chop. Keep asking, and you may eventually come up with chicken or fish. But despite persistent questioning, our average gent is not likely to request beans. Harvard Health Publications
THE CAREGIVERS CORNER
Gerontologist Sheryl Inglat discusses care giving issues on Value System of the Elderly and Keeping the Kids Visiting and Involved with Mom or Dad.
Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy
Medicine is rapidly changing in the United States from a cottage industry to one dominated by large hospital groups and corporations, but the new efficiencies can be accompanied by a telling loss of intimacy between doctors and patients. And no specialty has suffered this loss more profoundly than psychiatry. New York Times 3/5/11
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/health/policy/06doctors.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=health
Docs warn about teens and ‘Facebook depression
Add “Facebook depression” to potential harms linked with social media, an influential doctors’ group warns, referring to a condition it says may affect troubled teens who obsess over the online site.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42298789/ns/health-mental_health?GT1=43001
Fish Oil Supplements Good For Heart, Maybe Not For Depression
Fish Oil Supplements Good For Heart, Maybe Not For DepressionThere’s oodles of evidence linking fish oil to heart health. Studies have shown Omega-3s can help lower triglycerides (a type of fat in the blood), improve heart rhythm problems, and protect against a range of cardiovascular diseases. But evidence that fish oils may help with post-partum depression? Not so much.
10/19/10
Fish Oil Supplements Good For Heart, Maybe Not For Depression
7/25/10 – Life Solutions of Darien – Maud Purcell
Depression and Anixety
Dealing with life’s stressors is a challenge for most of us and an insurmountable object to some. Finding the advice or just an ear to discuss issues with can make all the difference.
Issues of depression and anxiety, while similar in ways can be vastly different in severity and treatment. Cutting edge developments in the treatment of depression are only some of the issues discussed in this interview.
Unipolar Depression
http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Search/85,P00746
http://en.wikipedia.org/Unipolar_depression
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder is a condition in which a person makes impulsive actions, and has an unstable mood and chaotic relationships.
An Emotional Hair Trigger, Often Misread
People with the disorder are said to have a thin emotional skin and often behave like 2-year-olds, throwing tantrums when some innocent word, gesture, facial expression or action by others sets off an emotional storm they cannot control. The attacks can be brutal, pushing away those they care most about. Then, when the storm subsides, they typically revert to being “sweet and wonderful,” as one family member put it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/health/16brod.html?em
Online Therapy Successful for Depression
Online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression — with patients and therapists communicating in real time via instant messaging — was effective in a randomized trial and could broaden access to treatment, a study found
