Suicide Prevention

When it comes to nutrition and our diet, there are good fats and there are bad fats. Artificially produced trans-fatty acids are bad in any amount and saturated fats from animal products should be kept to a minimum. The best fats are those that contain the essential fatty acids so named because we need them [...]

In a survey of women who had suffered from noticeable hair loss, half said they had seriously considered suicide and the other half said it had badly affected their marriages. It’s obviously a condition that deserves to be taken seriously by the medical profession, yet until recently there has been a marked disinterest.
‘A lot [...]

Schools and daycare centers should almost be considered Ground Zero when it comes to lice. Head lice, those pesky little white bugs that seem to make their way to your child’s head every so often will probably return soon. The reason is that the lice problem continues to be a growing [...]

If a person finds that they have an inability to sleep or are unable to sleep for a reasonable period of time then they are considered to have insomnia. People who suffer from insomnia sleeping disorder typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or even rest for more than a few minutes at [...]

I don’t have a degree in journalism, but when I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and be Brenda Starr: the red-headed ace investigative journalist of the Sunday comics. I even worked as a copy girl for one year after high school, but decided to go into nursing and that led me to [...]

To make matters worse, the credit history of the enterprise is beginning to be affected, and the credit rating has become poor. In fact, the credit rating has declined so far that the usual lenders will not entertain any request for a new loan.
Is it time to start looking for a bad [...]

Imagine going out one day and buying 50 hats, or shopping for a baby or a pet that you don’t have. Maybe you decide to buy a couple new cars and just go to the bank, get the money and do it. Or, you might just go to the mall and have a day long [...]

The addiction to any drug should be treated by understanding the nature of illness and the response of the patient. We should not treat the addiction like a disease by following a fixed protocol but by having an individual approach. The cocaine drug has such a strong hold on the addict that it requires [...]

Have you ever experienced a sudden and excruciating pain as if your eyes are about to jump out of their sockets? If these pain episodes occur at the same time within days, or only during certain times of seasons, then most likely, you are suffering from cluster headaches.
A cluster headache is definitely one of the [...]

John was a hard working and caring teacher. He loved his job, despite increased workload pressures and the demands of extra curriculum activities. He regularly took work home and his wife often complained that he was “married to his job”.
Of concern to her was his occasional bouts of work related stress and depression.
Just over [...]