Judith Palfrey: Is Asthma in Children Preventable?
With asthma rates on the rise, are there any steps parents can take to prevent it from developing in their children? Judith Palfrey: The worldwide increase in asthma is thought to be due to many...
View ArticleStress, W.Va. culture big factors in high rate of pregnant smokers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rosa Lara remembers a doctor advising her not to quit smoking during her pregnancy because her baby was used to it. Lara had been living in California at the time. Most of her...
View ArticleHow Stress Can Break Your Heart—Literally
Dr. Ilan Wittstein, MD, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, once had a middle-aged patient who discovered that her husband was cheating on her. Shortly after a heated argument over...
View Article‘I’m worried that I’m not getting enough sleep’
Dear Readers’ Clinic Following recent reports about the elderly needing more sleep than they think, I am worried that, at 68, I’m not getting enough. I sleep for only four or five hours a night. Over...
View ArticleIs your work making you sick?
Are you ambitious and highly competitive, a corporate high-flyer who values achievement and status, and for whom perfection comes as standard? Would others describe you as workaholic, possessing a...
View ArticleParents Aren’t Only Ones Who Feel Stress of Unemployment
With nearly 10 percent of the nation’s workforce unemployed, the emotional impact of a job loss is well-known to millions of Americans. But the psychological fallout can be equally tough for their...
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