Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Sarah Baldauf

Try Meditation to Lower Your Blood Pressure and Protect Your Heart

Cheap, low-tech stress relief may also protect against depression, insomnia, and anxiety. more >>

What Science Is Discovering About Exercise and Depression

Research suggests the depressed brain gets a boost from that workout. more >>

Health Insurance: Your Health Plan After Reform

The future points to health insurance plans that provide solid coverage for just about every American. more >>

Chronically Depressed? What to Do When Antidepressants Don't Work

The range of options includes cognitive behavioral therapy and brain stimulation techniques like ECT. more >>

Alzheimer's Disease Is Sharply Rising, But You Can Lower Your Odds

Research is mounting that diet, exercise, and social and mental engagement play a protective role. more >>

Eating When You Should be Asleep (and 3 Other Weight-Loss Saboteurs)

Exercise and dieting aside, behavior and biology appear to have a real influence on weight. more >>

Choosing Between the Urgent Care Center, In-Store Clinic, and ER

When you're sick with no doc—or face too long a wait—determining where to go isn't always clear. more >>

8 Facts to Know About Palliative Care

Misconceptions abound. Patients and families need not be afraid to ask for help. more >>

Foods Surprisingly High in Added Sugar

New American Heart Association guidelines warn against Americans' sugar bingeing. more >>

Clinical Trials Are Testing Stem Cells as Heart Failure Treatment

A bounty of trials are exploring the healing potential of injecting stem cells into ailing hearts. more >>

10 Ways to Get Your Omega-3s Without a Pill

Omega-3 supplements are everywhere, but do you really need one? more >>

The Huge Health Toll Obesity Takes on Kids

And it goes way beyond a raised risk of heart disease. more >>

Preparing Kids—and Yourself—for Their Hospital Visit: 11 Tips

Before a test or procedure is needed, getting kids comfortable with medicine makes all the difference. more >>

Brain Stimulation: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

No surgery required—magnetic pulses treat symptoms of depression and other conditions. more >>

Brain Stimulation: Electroconvulsive Therapy

ECT, checkered past and all, is making a quiet comeback. more >>

Deep Brain Stimulation: A Pacemaker for Parkinson's Disease and More

In some Parkinson's cases, DBS is almost standard. Can it help patients with other brain disorders? more >>

Brain Stimulation: Can Magnetic or Electrical Pulses Help You?

Targeting misbehaving brain circuitry with therapies like ECT, DBS, and TMS more >>

Chad Mirkin: Standing Tall in a Nanoparticle Universe

Chad Mirkin's nanotechnology could muster impossibly small bits of stuff to fight numerous ailments. more >>

Safety Around the House and Playground Can Keep Kids Out of the ER

Summer is "trauma season," a time when accidents and injuries send loads of kids to the ER. more >>

How Safety Around Bikes, Cars, ATVs—Even Mowers—Can Keep Kids Out of the ER

Summer is "trauma season," a time when kids get hurt all too frequently. How to be attentive to risks. more >>

Summer Safety: 8 Reasons Kids End Up in the ER—and How to Prevent It

Drowning and other accidents spike when school is out, earning the summer the moniker "trauma season." more >>

Your Child Needs the Hospital? 12 Tips for Parents

Pediatric medicine is not a downsized version of adult care. more >>

Get an Assist to Your Goal From a Healthcare Coach

Need help adopting better habits? Consider getting your own cheerleader. more >>

Got Heartburn? A Caution About Your Proton Pump Inhibitor

Prolonged use of these drugs carries a risk of osteoporosis and heart problems. more >>

Stroke Prevention: 5 Ways to Prevent a Brain Attack

You can prevent the third-leading cause of death and the top cause of adult disability in the U.S. more >>

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