Depression Trap #1: Social Withdrawal
Depression can go hand-in-hand with social isolation.
"When we're clinically depressed, there's a very strong urge to pull away from others and to shut down," says Stephen Ilardi, PhD, associate professor of psychology at the University of Kansas. “It turns out to be the exact opposite of what we need.”
What helps: Gradually counteract social withdrawal by reaching out to your friends and family. Make a list of the people in your...
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
When health problems affect your kidneys, they can cause CKD. This is permanent damage that may get worse over time.
If they’re so damaged that they stop working, it’s called kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The treatment is usually either dialysis -- when a machine does the work your kidneys normally do, or a transplant -- when you get a new healthy kidney from a donor.
Diabetes
This leading cause of kidney...
Approximately one in five people worldwide under the age of 50—around 846 million individuals—are estimated to be living with genital herpes, according to the latest global data published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
CNN – After a relatively slow start to the respiratory virus season, Covid-19 levels in the United States began ramping up just ahead of the winter holidays.
In previous years, Covid-19 levels have typically started to rise in early November and reach their seasonal peak by the end of December.
But this year, levels were nearly the lowest they’ve ever been through October and all of November, according to wastewater surveillance data from the US Centers...
Slow Walking
If your walking pace slows while you're in your 40s, it may be a sign you're aging faster than is typical. Walking is one of the easiest and best exercises you can do. To start a walking program, begin with 5 minutes a day and build up to 30 minutes.
Try to work up to 100 steps a minute. (To track this, count your steps for 10 seconds and multiply by six.) To make...
The key to yoga for sleep is to stick with calm and restorative poses.
Though it may be tempting to think you should tire yourself out with intense workouts before bed, you actually want to calm your nervous system and wind down from your day.
A study found that a regular yoga practice improved sleep efficiency, total sleep time, and how quickly participants fell asleep, among other improvements for those living with insomnia.
Follow this routine to...
THE NEW YORK POST – Hangovers are common during the holidays because Americans tend to drink double their usual amount of alcohol.
For those who got deep into the holiday spirits, there’s an amino acid that may be able to alleviate your hangover.
Drinking plenty of water, taking a pain reliever like ibuprofen, eating bland foods like crackers and getting adequate rest can help speed up recovery.
There are several hangover remedies you can try, including an...
The $6 billion the government is supposed to save from drug price negotiations is very close to the amount Medicare has already lost thanks to Big Pharma’s abuse of the patent system.