Dreams and sleep are inexorably linked…
By Deena Sherman “And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven, and behold, the angels of God […]
November 2006
Understanding Osteoporosis
By Mark Jacobs, Pharm.D. Over the past several years, the public has become very familiar with the terms osteoporosis, as it is written about in the daily papers and the […]
Are Newer Sleep Aids Superior?
The Oregon Health & Science University recently posted an on-line report (Drug Class Review on Newer Sedative Hypnotics, December 2005) that offers an answer to this question. The authors conclude […]
Placebo Effect – Why Do You Need to Know About It?
Alexander Golbin, MD “You take a sugar pill and your pain will be gone.” “If you believe that your doctor gave you a magic pill, then that is a placebo,” […]
Managing Stress-Related Insomnia
Among various psychiatric disorders that can cause a sleep disorder, anxiety disorders are the most prevalent in the general community. In fact, an anxiety disorder is present in 15% to […]
Brain Gets Smaller Under Pain
According to some research from Northwestern University in Chicago, central nervous cell shrink when the organism has strong and chronic pain. It is interesting, however, that if the pain is […]
Do You Need to be a Hero to Survive Cancer?
An interesting article by a cancer survivor, Joshua Charlson, appeared in the Chicago Tribune on July 31, 2005 speaking against Lance Armstrong’s image as a fighter against cancer. Armstrong has […]