Category: Health

“Money can’t buy me love,” the Beatles sang. But can greenbacks buy a measure of happiness? Yes, to an extent, psychologists say, but many people don’t know how to spend for maximum happiness. “Money is an opportunity for happiness, but it is an opportunity that people routinely squander because the things they think will make […]

Dec. 5, 2022 – The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) “season” this year is notable for a number of reasons, including the relatively early and large spike in cases that is challenging the capacity of children’s hospitals nationwide.  But the spotlight on pediatric cases is overshadowing how this virus also raises risk for people 65 and […]

SOURCES: Jackie Dishner, Phoenix. Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, director, Clinical Epidemiology Center, Washington University, St. Louis; chief of Research and Development Service, Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System. Nature Medicine: “Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection.” The Lancet eClinical Medicine: “Impact of COVID-19 vaccination on the risk of developing long-COVID and on existing long-COVID […]

By Denise Mann  HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Growing numbers of Americans are suffering prolonged, life-threatening seizures known as status epilepticus, and Black people are nearly twice as likely to experience these seizures as white people.  These are the main findings from new research looking at hospitalizations for status epilepticus from […]

By Amy Norton  HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People who’ve had a bout of shingles may face a heightened risk of heart attack or stroke in later years, a new, large study suggests.  Anyone who ever had chickenpox can develop shingles — a painful rash that is caused by a reactivation […]

By Sonja Wasden, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson   I’m a mental health advocate living with major depression. I speak with Fortune 500 companies, women’s prisons, firefighters, police officers, drug rehabilitation centers, nonprofit organizations, and media outlets about the importance of mental health. My hope is to break the stigma and let people know they’re not […]

By Deborah Serani, PsyD, as told to Hallie Levine   When it comes to talking about how depression affects relationships, I’m the expert. And it’s not just because I’m a psychologist. I’ve lived with major depressive disorder since I was 19. I not only work on this issue with my patients, but I encounter it […]

By Bianca Palmisano, as told to Hope Cristol   I talk a lot about what it means for me to be disabled, both with my friends and in the workplace. So talking about depression is quite common. I do have a physical disability: a hypermobility spectrum disorder. It means some of my joints bend way […]

By Elena Sledge, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson I’ve been living with depression for almost 12 years. I’m 31 now and I found out I had major depressive disorder when I was 19. I had a miserable freshman year of college, but I didn’t really know what was wrong. I saw a therapist and […]

By James Giordano, PhD, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen major strides in the treatment options for major depressive disorder. We now understand that depression isn’t the same for everyone. The idea is to identify and diagnose what’s happening in a person’s neurochemistry so we can target our […]