Smoke Signals
Trying to quit smoking? Well, new research out this summer suggests that you may have a harder time being successful if you are a woman. Indeed, a review of clinical trials by Dr. Shiffman at the...
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Colorado Ranks High in Brain Health
Healthy Colorado BrainA recent study indexed 21 different brain health indicators for people across the United States. Colorado ranked in the top 10 healthiest brain states. What does that mean? Well,...
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Jury is Still Out on Autism
With flu season here and the frenzy about both flu and H1N1 vaccinations, there has been a flury of new media attention on the reported increase in Autism and it’s causes. About 1 in 150 American...
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Self-Injuring Adolescents on the Rise
In my practice, I’ve noticed an increase in adolescents who are harming themselves by cutting, burning, pinching or abrading themselves. The research confirms this increase as well, unfortunately....
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Is Your Teen Sleeping Enough?
Looking for a New Year’s challenge? How about getting your teenager to sleep more hours during the week? New research out this week suggests that this is more important than we’ve realized, and that...
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Messy Media
This summer, there was a whole month devoted to healthy media, so I decided to search around and see what kids could find out there in the media, aside from pornography websites kids might trip upon. I...
View ArticleIt’s Not Over Yet
Wonder why we don’t hear much now about the 33 Chilean miners that were trapped underground for over two months? So much hype in the beginning and then the story faded away into the ethos. That’s...
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Understanding the Psychology of Adult Relationships
It's Hard WorkRelationships are a part of all our lives – they start from the time we’re born and continue till the day we die. Over the course of our life, we forge various kinds of bonds – some are...
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Big Belly, Big Brain
Have you ever wanted (or needed) a bigger brain? Researchers at the Yale University School of Medicine might suggest getting pregnant then. Sorry guys. Indeed, their studies have concluded that after...
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Got…Water?
Good for the Body and the BrainThe research is old but it doesn’t hurt to remind everyone that dehydration and poor water consumption can easily impact our mental health. There are key nutrients,...
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