High blood pressure is one of those conditions that can sneak up on you over time. You go for a checkup and your blood pressure is right where it should be in the normal range. A year or two later, nothing has changed except maybe you put on a couple of pounds, but when you… Read More »
“Anxiety is a normal, predictable part of life,” explains Tom Corboy, MFT, co-writer of the book The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD. However, in further words quoted by Psych Central, he adds that “people with an anxiety disorder are essentially phobic about the feeling state of anxiety.” In truth, it’s possible to feel anxiety about “just… Read More »
by Jessica Peters The 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that over 47 million American adults experience mental illness. According to Mental Health America, more than 10 million adults in the U.S. have an unmet need for mental health treatment. Among Americans aged 10-34, suicide is the second leading cause of death,… Read More »
New research, which appears in the journal Nature Communications, shows that delivering two small molecules to mice helps their hearts regenerate after a heart attack. New research may pave the way for regenerating the heart muscle after a heart attack. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and responsible for… Read More »