Early Diagnosis Improves Treatment This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care Services(NC)-Popular myths have led many to believe that mental health disorders are untreatable. As a result, a lot of people who suffer don't seek help. In fact most mental disorders are treatable. The tre...
Don't Get Burned By Summer Sun This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care Services(NC)-Warm summer days filled with bright sunshine aren't always good for you. Over exposure to sunlight can cause serious sunburn, pain and the long-term risk of skin cancer. St. John Ambulance, Cana...
Dispelling The Myths About Cellulite This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care ServicesMyths and Realities Cellulite only happens to overweight women. Cellulite results from the skin losing its elasticity and firmness. This allows fluids and fat deposits into the lower layers of the ...
Cancer Survivor Turns Cancer Information Specialist This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care Services(NC)-When callers to the Canadian Cancer Society's information service connect with Isabelle Wilson, they're talking to someone who's been there herself. The Christmas of 1997 was turned upside down ...
Bug Bites… The Itch May Be The Least Of Your Worries This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care Services(NC)-In most cases insect bites are harmless and if left alone, the irritation will subside within 48 hours. However, for some people, particularly children, scratching bites may lead to a highly co...
Book Helps Families Deal With Mental Illness This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care Services(NC)-More people than ever are taking care of their our bodies through proper nutrition and exercise. They realize that the human body is a finely tuned machine that needs on-going maintenance. The s...
A Day In The Life Of A Cancer Information Specialist This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care Services(NC)-The lines can crackle from hundreds of miles away, but it's the telephone that has brought nurse Donna Kennedy closer to those she wants to help. Kennedy is one of the caring pairs of ears in th...
Successful Weight-loss Pointers This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care ServiceWell we're at it again, trying to honor our promise on New Year's Day to lose weight and tone up those flabby parts. Although the year's still young more than half of our New Year's Resolutioners h...
Fighting Asthma - Part 2 One week my wife had severe asthma and it would not go away. In fact, we had visited our doctor numerous times for adrenalin shots. These helped in the short term (for a day or so) but the asthma j...
Fighting Asthma - Part 1 This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Medical TreatmentsMy wife has asthma. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for anyone else to understand what that means and implies. If you have not had to care for someone with asthma, you cannot even beg...
Conquering the Common Cold This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Medical TreatmentsWhat do we know about the Common Cold? No Cure. Antibiotics, designed to knock out bacterial infections, do nothing when it comes to treating a cold. None of us are safe! No matter how strong an...
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Tips This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care ServiceFIVE DON'T DO'S How to Avoid the Wrath of the Narcissist Never disagree with the narcissist or contradict him Never offer him any intimacy Look awed by whatever attribute matters to him (f...
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) At a Glance This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care ServiceMost narcissists (75%) are men. NPD is one of a "family" of personality disorders (formerly known as "Cluster B"). Other members: Borderline PD, Antisocial PD and Histrionic PD. NPD is often di...
Morality As A Mental State This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care ServiceINTRODUCTION Moral values, rules, principles, and judgements are often thought of as beliefs or as true beliefs. Those who hold them to be true beliefs also annex to them a warrant or a justificati...
Metaphors of the Mind (Part II) This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Medical TreatmentsStorytelling has been with us since the days of campfire and besieging wild animals. It served a number of important functions: amelioration of fears, communication of vital information (regarding su...
Metaphors of the Mind (Part I) This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care ServiceThe brain (and, by implication, the Mind) has been compared to the latest technological innovation in every generation. The computer metaphor is now in vogue. Computer hardware metaphors were replace...
The Iron Mask - The Common Sources of Personality Disorders This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care ServiceDo all personality disorders have a common psychodynamic source? To what stage of personal development can we attribute this common source? Can the paths leading from that common source to each of ...
The Cultural Narcissist - Lasch In An Age Of Diminishing Expectations This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care Services"The new narcissist is haunted not by guilt but by anxiety. He seeks not to inflict his own certainties on others but to find a meaning in life. Liberated from the superstitions of the past, he doubt...
On Empathy This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care ServiceThe Encyclopaedia Britannica (1999 edition) defines empathy as: "The ability to imagine oneself in anther's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. It is a term coin...
On Dis-ease This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care ServiceWe are all terminally ill. It is a matter of time before we all die. Aging and death remain almost as mysterious as ever. We feel awed and uncomfortable when we contemplate these twin afflictions. In...
Feed a Cold; Starve a Tumor This Article is About: Medical Treatments, Medical Service, Medical Exams(ARA) - One of the most exciting developments in modern medicine has been the discovery that cancerous tumors have the potential of being "starved" out of existence, or at least into dormancy. Scient...
Beat the Morning Rush This Article is About: Europe AndFrom eating exotic leftovers to brushing their teeth in the shower, Americans get creative when it comes to simplifying morning routines (ARA) - With today's hectic lifestyles, many Americans say it...
New Class of Drugs Brings Hope to Cancer Patients This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service(ARA) - This is an exciting time in cancer research. Recent information on angiogenesis -- the growth of new blood vessels -- is providing researchers opportunities to find new ways to slow or stop a...
March is Family Eye Health Month This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care ServicesFrom 6 months old to 106 years old - everyone needs an eye exam (ARA) - Almost 80 percent of preschool-aged children never have an eye exam. And many vision screenings in school don't test for commo...
Life-Saving Pediatric Drug Becomes Readily Available to Those in Need This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service(ARA) - We can all sympathize with the frustration people experience waiting for a new drug that is being tested for a certain disorder. Imagine you have a child with a rare disorder and the only dru...
