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Healing Emotional Hurts by Jan People's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Kind Heart by Pettirosso on Polyvore.com Many people go through life being aware of emotional pain that has been there so long they might not remember where it came from. It seems as if it is part of who one is, or the way one sees the world. It is important to snap oneself out of the denial zone and realize that this constant pain is something tha ... Read on »
The return of Fatigue by Sabrina R. Patient Expert During grad school, off and on I would be sidled with deep fatigue that felt as if I was exhausted all the way to by bones. It came and went and treatment for both anemia and adrenal fatigue helped to eradicate it. Now it is back. Not all of the time, but some days, especially when I get a minute to hold still it returns. Wednesday I had the da ... Read on »
Standing up for myself? Yeah, it's this thing I do now. by Melissa Bastian Patient Expert So on Friday I pretty much flipped out about the hair thing. It didn't help that I felt too terrible to go to work - that doesn't exactly set the scene for calm rational thinking about my health. And really, it just seems that my body has to be fairly taxed to not even want to deal with having hair. It's upsetting. And it got me to thinking. T ... Read on »
Two Nurses Are Amongst The Dead At Fort Hood by Highway Hypodermics .. Patient Expert It has just recently come to my attention that two of the dead at Fort Hood where actually psychiatric nurses. The following is what I have learned from several public access sources... Capt. John Gaffaney, 56, was a psychiatric nurse who worked for San Diego County, Calif., for more than 20 years and had arrived at Fort Hood the day before the sh ... Read on »
30 Things...slightly overdue ;) by Angel .. Patient Expert During the month of September, one week has been set aside nationally for those with Invisible Illness--to encourage education about these conditions, facilitate conversations, and advocate for better tests, treatments, and cures. September was a bit crazy for me, so I missed posting about it. But thanks to my dear friend PerpetualSpiral, I found ... Read on »
I’m so tired of coping: Self regulation, executive functions and chronic pain by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Changes take energy – that’s nothing new, I know, but perhaps something as clinicians we might forget when we work with people who have chronic pain. I was thinking about this as I’ve had a week away from regular blogging so I could focus on writing and some self care. Things are busy and as we enter the run up to Christmas, not ... Read on »
Bone loss and dental implants by Dr. Long Bones to Blame for Aging FaceThey shrink as years go by, and this process is faster in women, study finds SUNDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Beauty, and age, is more than skin deep. In fact, it's bone-deep, a new study finds. Researchers say shrinking facial bones play a major role in facial aging and that women experience this type of facial b ... Read on »
Healthcare costs to become new battle cryJuly 18, 2009 by Obi Jo People's HealthBlogger Award Nominee As Democrats in Congress push forward THEIR idea of health reform it is becoming clear that the battleground will now move to cost. Cost will become the battle cry along with cost control, savings and eliminating “needless” care. This is a slippery slope America is now going down, one that does not spell a happy ending for the million ... Read on »
A Look at the TMJ – Healthy, Functioning and Otherwise by The Verigin Dental Health Team Doctor of Dentistry The temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, is the “hinge” that allows your mouth to open and close, and you have one on each side of your head. Here’s what a healthy, functioning TMJ looks like: If these joints get damaged or misaligned due to trauma or habits of clenching, grinding and bruxing, the result is pain – starting in t ... Read on »
Drugs and TMD by The Verigin Dental Health Team Doctor of Dentistry When the news came out late last week that Burt Reynolds had been in rehab for painkiller addiction, reports suggested previous drug abuse in the 1980s, “after he was diagnosed with temporomandibular joint disorder, a painful condition which affected his jaw.” The drug was Halcion.Why a sleep med for dealing with TMD?If a person has the ... Read on »