As a parent, you are likely to be one of the first to recognize when your child may have an emotional or behavioral problem. Still, making that decision to seek professional help for him or her can be difficult and painful.
First, gently engage your child in a dialogue about his or her feelings. You may […]
Designer smoothie bars are almost as common as coffee shops these days. It’s little wonder too. Where else can you get a healthy snack that contains so many nutrients all in one glass? The answer is: at home. With a high speed blender, it’s easy to re-create those fancy, nutrition filled […]
Depression is not just an affliction of adults. Your children or teenagers also may also suffer from it.
You should consider treatment for them when their severely melancholy and sad feelings persist and interfere with their ability to function. This is not a small matter. It has been estimated that approximately 5 percent of […]
Asthma can be defined as the inflammation that causes restriction of air in and out of the lungs. Due to this restricted air flow, there is a very distinctive wheezing and panting sound. Asthma is considered to be the most common childhood chronic illness. Instead of the airways allowing air to exist and enter during […]
Just like grown ups, children are subject to a host of psychological complaints and even full-blown illnesses. Anxiety in children, in fact, is not out of the question.
Contrary to popular belief, children do have things to be worried about and no matter how minute their problems seem to adults, they can be very big […]
Women have been having babies every since humans have roamed the earth. However, with the centuries of medicine and technology improving it has become very common for women to seek pain management for labor through drug therapy. Although epidurals are an excellent way for women to go through labor with as little pain as possible, […]
Okay ladies, its time to talk about PMS. Premenstrual Syndrome is something that happens once a month and the severity definitely varies among women. Some women have emotional and physical symptoms that completely disrupt their lives while others experience minimal symptoms.
The typical treatments for PMS are over the counter medications that can help with the […]
Depression is one of the most common mental health diagnoses in society today. Unfortunately, the typical medications can have harmful and sometimes devastating side effects. Fortunately there are alternative therapies for depression that can be used alone or in addition to a drug therapy plan.
Some of the common signs and symptoms of depression include […]
Ethics can be defined as a philosophical mentality of right conduct and good living. Ethics in medicine are typically about what is appropriate practice and inappropriate practice. It defines specifics about what is allowed in the workplace, in the profession, and with clients.
However, the medical field is in fact, a business. Just like alternative […]
Almost every child ever born suffers from a touch of separation anxiety at some point in the toddler years. Somewhere between the ages of about 18 months and three years, a child will have an incredibly difficult time when a parent is out of sight. Crying, temper tantrums and overall agitation and angst are not […]
