MedLINE: DEPRESSION – Specific- Clinical Notes: Big 'Soda' Tax Needed to Change Habits Sunday, May 20, 2012Taxes on unhealthy foods need to be set at 20% or more to improve major health outcomes such as obesity, researchers said. Also this week: a recent spike in fatal falls may be illusory.
- DSM-5: What's In, What's Out Thursday, May 10, 2012PHILADELPHIA -- Reports here provided what may be the last public update on DSM-5, the next edition of American psychiatry's diagnostic guide, before it is formally released in May 2013.
- Study Links Late Depression, Risk of Dementia Tuesday, May 8, 2012Depression that strikes for the first time in later life may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported, but depression in the middle years that recurs later may be one of the causes of vascular dementia.
- DSM-5 Panel Tiptoes on Grief, Depression Monday, May 7, 2012PHILADELPHIA -- Psychiatrists writing new diagnostic criteria for major depression hope an explanatory note will mollify critics of a proposal to let patients grieving a dead loved one receive a formal diagnosis.
- Most DSM-5 Revisions Pass Field Trials Monday, May 7, 2012PHILADELPHIA -- Field trials of proposed new diagnostic criteria for many mental disorders showed that, for the most part, they were at least adequately reliable.
- Clinical Notes: Big 'Soda' Tax Needed to Change Habits Sunday, May 20, 2012
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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: ARE WE CLOSER TO A CURE?
Are we closer to a cure for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? Too early to tell but researchers are making headway in the treatment. This week Scientists have announced they found 29 new genetic variants linked to (MS) and the findings should … Continue reading
HAPPY EASTER – Some Easter Humor
SOME EASTER HUMOR ENJOY!!! . . Click on the link below for a special letter from the Easter Bunny! Easter_Bunny_Letter_Funny_Adult . HAPPY EASTER TO YOU AND YOURS !! Donna . .
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SHOULD PHYSICIANS BE ACTIVISTS: (via Bear Market News) A MUST READ
In your lifetime you will come across those who do give a damn. There are doctors out there who will take the time to discuss your problems with you. They will ask you how your family is, and even remember … Continue reading
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MY JOURNEY
~Magickal Graphics~ In 2006 I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia(FM). My family doctor didn’t believe me. He kept saying it was my depression. By the time I got a referral to a rheumatologist I could hardly move the pain was so … Continue reading
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