There seems to be a lot of buzz about Provigil lately. I’ve mentioned in a previous post that Provigil is used to treat wakefulness disorders such as narcolepsy, sleep apnea and shift-work disorder. Psychiatrists and others have used Provigil off label (non-FDA approved reasons) for other indications such as an adjunct to antidepressants, to counteract […]
What is Heavy Drinking?
Update June 28, 2010 Here is a video I posted to get a visual. For more videos like this, subscribe to my Youtube Channel by clicking here. Clinically, health care providers consider heavy drinking to be more than 2 drinks a day totaling 14 or more drinks per week. But what is a drink? In […]
For Elderly, Pain May Be Depression
Several recent studies show that in some elderly patients who met criteria for depression, a large percentage of them visited their doctors with only pain complaints. There seems to be a direct relationship between the number of pain complaints and the likelihood of having depression. That is, the more pain symptoms the more likely the […]
Brain Injuries Common in Our Troops
Mark McDonough PhD, who specializes in brain injuries spoke at an international conference on combat stress and discussed the impact of brain injuries on troops. He concluded that traumatic brain injury may be the “signature injury” of the Iraq war. The Kelvar helmets help prevent penetrating head wounds, but don’t adequately protect an individual from […]
What is Shift Work Sleep Disorder?
Shift work can have a dramatically negative impact on the quality of your sleep and ability to sleep. There is a diagnostic entity called Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder, formally called Sleep-Wake Schedule Disorder of which shift work type is a specific subtype. Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder occurs when a person has recurrent or persistent disrupted […]
Senior Adults Are Still Having Sex
A survey out of the University of Chicago conducted by Dr. Stacy Lindau found that one third of individuals aged 64-75 are having sex at least once a week. This survey was administered to 3005 older people who were divided into 3 groups of roughly one thousand each. The three age groups were 57-64, 65-74 […]