Published: January 9, 2008
You feel tired. Your muscles ache. Sometimes, it hurts to touch your neck, shoulders, back and arms. On top of that, you can’t sleep. You’re stiff when you wake up in the morning and, at times, even your thinking and memory are foggy.
You could have fibromyalgia.
Doctors are on a continual search for new and better ways to treat this painful disorder which so far include diet, exercise and ever-increasing doses of pain-killers, up to and including opiodes.
Researchers in the Department of Anesthesia in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University are currently investigating the feasibility of whether non-invasive electromagnetic treatment might make a positive difference in the lives of the 900,000 Canadians (3 in 100) suffering from fibromyalgia. [continue reading…]
Published: January 9, 2008
The typical distancing from parents by adolescents is exacerbated by divorce for fathers, but not for mothers, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
“Historically, teens distance themselves from parents and increase involvement with peers,” says co-author Dr. Alan Booth, distinguished professor of sociology, human development and demography at Penn State. “Coupled with divorce, this distancing may result in further declines in father-child closeness.” [continue reading…]
Published: January 8, 2008
You live in a majorly stressed out world. You’re never very far from a ringing cell phone or a guilt-inducing laptop. Traffic makes you flip out. And as if stressing out over lines, health, your job, your grades, or global terrorism wasn’t enough, along comes the APS Observer with one more thing in your life to stress out over: Stress. [continue reading…]
Published: January 7, 2008
It’s hard to stay on the wagon when you’re depressed, according to a new study of problem drinkers.Researchers from the Minneapolis VA Medical Center documented the quitting success of 462 people who tried to give up alcohol and cigarettes simultaneously. The study appears in the January edition of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. [continue reading…]
