Tag: harvard health
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February 21, 2008 12:01 PM EST --
New Year's resolutions often serve as great motivators to get us to the gym, but what motivates you after the champagne and party hats are gone? How do you find the motivation to make it to the gym? . . .
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August 07, 2007 11:24 AM EDT --
By Howard LeWine, M.D.
Obesity is contagious. It spreads from person to person, but not in the same way as germs or viruses. You don’t need to be standing near someone who is overweight to catch . . .
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August 21, 2007 03:06 PM EDT --
When a patient receives a diagnosis of cancer, fear, disbelief, concern, anxiety and sometimes anger are the emotions often felt. In great part, these very justified emotions are due to the notorious fashion . . .
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January 14, 2008 04:28 PM EST --
One of my patients is now considering whether to have children. While this is never a simple decision for anyone, hers is made even more complicated because she has panic disorder. Although she's . . .
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March 11, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
Some nights the newscasts make it seem unsafe to eat, breathe, exercise, or sit still. Yet even as the number of hazards in our daily lives seems to be multiplying, reports of treatment breakthroughs . . .
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May 08, 2007 10:40 AM EDT --
Americans take a lot of medicines. I am a Primary Care Physician, and much of my life's work is helping people prevent health problems. I recommend a growing number of medicines to guard my patients’ . . .
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February 05, 2008 05:37 PM EST --
Remember when it was so simple? Take two aspirin, call the doctor in the morning. Now we've got a staggering number of pain relievers to choose from. Picking the right one is enough to give you a . . .
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May 29, 2007 12:50 PM EDT --
In Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Konstantin Levin keeps himself strong and healthy by tending to his immense farm, even taking up a scythe to mow his fields. Perhaps you are a modern day Levin who, in part, . . .
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August 28, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Here is a little quiz to test your knowledge about osteoporosis:
Developing osteoporosis as you age is inevitable . . .
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February 25, 2008 02:30 PM EST --
Years ago in my medical practice I saw a woman in her late forties who was gaining weight despite no change in her diet or exercise. She felt tired and completely disinterested in sex, and she started . . .
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September 25, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
These days, I’m doing something in my pediatric practice that I didn’t plan on doing: I’m giving medications to children with attention problems.
When I started working in pediatrics . . .
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January 28, 2008 11:24 AM EST --
Depression is more common in women than in men all over the world, and in the United States, the ratio is two to one. One out of eight women will have an episode of major depression at some time in her . . .
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September 24, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
Whenever I start reading about how to eat healthy, I jump to the conclusion that to really do it right I’ll have to give up my job, grow organic fruits and vegetables, and spend hours and hours on . . .
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October 09, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
I know some people who can’t wait to get to the gym, but I am not one of them. I do go, though, because exercise seems to have endless health benefits.
And lately I’ve been more and more convinced . . .
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April 24, 2007 02:41 PM EDT --
Why would two people with cancer receive different treatments? Patients often ask me this when they find out that they are being prescribed a medication that is different than the one that worked for their . . .
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May 01, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
If you’re confused about what screening tests you need, you’re not alone. Screening seems like a no-brainer. Catch a disease early and deal with it before it causes trouble. Unfortunately, . . .
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June 02, 2008 11:20 AM EDT --
I have a neighbor who prides himself on having the perfect lawn. He spends hours each week tending, mowing, and weed-whacking his yard. I get tired just watching him.
Perfectionism can be exhausting. . . .
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May 08, 2007 10:15 AM EDT --
How much money did you spend on prescription drugs last year? $500? $1,000? So much that you don’t want to think about it?
You probably know as well as any health-care analyst that the cost of prescription . . .
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October 10, 2007 03:22 PM EDT --
Many of my patients (and even more of my relatives) tell me that their arthritis pain is affected by weather. More remarkably, for many the joint symptoms precede weather changes. Often my patients . . .
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October 22, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
As I practice medicine as a cancer specialist, I realize that though we have learned so much already, we still have so much more to learn.
As I look into my crystal ball, I believe that the . . .
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