Elizabeth Lawrence Before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States, Chris Trondsen felt his life was finally under control. As someone who has battled obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental health issues since early childhood, it’s been a long journey. “I’ve been doing really, really well,” Trondsen said....
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Arthur Allen If there is a silver lining to the flawed U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, it is this: The relatively high number of new cases being diagnosed daily — upward of 20,000 — will make it easier to test new vaccines. To determine whether a vaccine prevents...
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by Shefali Luthra April 24, 2020 In 2018, opioid overdoses claimed about 47,000 American lives. Last year, federal authorities reported that 5.4 million middle and high school students vaped. And just two months ago, about 2,800 cases of vaping-associated lung injuries resulted in hospitalizations; 68 people died. Until mid-March,...
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 11, 2020 Andrea Amelse knows hand-washing. For the past eight years, she’s been washing her hands pretty much every time she passes a sink. When she’s near a bottle of antibacterial gel, she uses it. She makes a point of avoiding people with contagious illnesses,...
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Clinical History Ketamine, sometimes known as the party drug Special K, is a compound made of two mirror-image molecules. It has long been approved as an anesthetic, is not covered by a patent, and is widely used — meaning it’s not going to make much money for a pharmaceutical...
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Shawn Snyder has battled depression for most of her life. She had come to believe that suicide was her last option. But a few months ago a friend suggested ketamine therapy as a means to overcome. Five treatments later, Shawn could immediately tell a difference. “The ketamine treatment has...
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It’s the First Day of Spring and today we are posting 7 steps to a happier and healthier you! The steps may be simple, but the journey isn’t always easy. Focus on one step at a time by challenging yourself each month with just one of these healthy habits. ...
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A recent article in the Washington Post examined 19 suicides from October, 2017 to November, 2018 which took place at Veterans Administration facilities and hospitals. This tragic news, coupled with data from the VA that reports a shocking 6,000+ veteran suicides per year, is both sobering as it relates...
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(photo credit: Getty Images) Source: Kimber Price for Stanford University Ketamine works as an antidepressant at least in part by activating the brain’s opioid system, new research reports. The finding overturns previously held beliefs that the drug’s antidepressant effects stemmed solely from its impact on the glutamate system. These beliefs led...
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Christmas is just around the corner and that means all kinds of ways to burden ourselves unnecessarily and chronic pain can make a Scrooge out of many of us even without all the holiday crazy. While this article probably should have been posted in October, here’s hoping you can...
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