I have long believed that much of what we cardiologists treat relates to what goes on from the neck up-namely patient emotions. My book, Heartbreak & Heart Disease, which I wrote back in 1996, covers one aspect of the emotional equation.
Stress in the form of suppressed emotions-from heartbreak and overwhelming sadness to hostility and [...]
I’ve come across an online “in advance of publication” report that would be funny if it were not so grim.
Let’s say you’re not as young as you once were . . . and your mind starts to slip. You have problems with various cognitive capacities — word finding, calculation, and the like. Are you suffering [...]
How vigorously should we treat depression?
Research in the last two decades, and here the trend is overwhelming, shows that patients with “residual symptoms,” indicators of depression that persist even when by standard definitions mood disorder is no longer present, are likely to become depressed more rapidly — and then to suffer the consequences of a [...]
For the sake of the record, here is what Nassir wrote: "To me, the crux of much of this gets to how we understand science. Science is not about adversarial viewpoints that compete with each other, and in fact glory in such confrontation - as, say, in the law, or in the political theory of [...]
In case the image itself does not tell you I will : just came back from a trip to another wonderful country, Peru. Seldomly have I met nicer and friendlier people, living in a beautiful place. Have to organize a bit, but will post some more pictures soon…This little girl was helping her mom in [...]
