Oh yeah, I think the internet has definite advantage for people like you said because you really pretty much can find out anything or at least where to go, so thats a huge advantage. I know personally I had found that the internet is great for shopping. I can buy and find anything on the internet.Shopping aside, how have you used the internet/technology to help you with your diagnosis?I have used ...read more
Karen: My name is Karen I'm from East Lansing, Michigan and my question for the doctor is how much sleep does an adult need each night and we able to adapt to less sleep as we age?Jonathan Evans: Well thanks for the question Karen, there is a lot of variability and how much sleep a person needs we generally think that a healthy younger adult needs between say 6 and 8 hours of sleep in night. With ...read more
Cymbalta (Duloxetine)Cymbalta is the brand name for Duloxetine, an anti depression medication approved by the FDA in 2004 Sandra Takami, PharmD.Nuclear Pharmacist, Memorial Sloan-KetteringDoctor of Pharmacy, USCDuloxatine is a prescription medication which is available only under the brand name Cymbalta. This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as Selective Serotonin Norepinephrine Reupta...read more
Interviewer: Medicine, probably has been revolutionized more by one thing we invented, anything else? That is vaccination. And the first vaccine, which is possibly trying this country and is getting for was small pox. It was a cruel thing, obviously, which from cowpox, taking a little patch to hook up in the skin then if someone absorbs, then you if you get cowpox, you do not get smallpox.So that ...read more
Jennifer DiDonato: Hello! Welcome to another wonderful episode of MadeFitTV. I'm your host Jennifer DiDonato and this is episode number 35. MadeFitTV is everyone's source for health and fitness information and entertainment, just in case you didn't know. Today's episode is a very, very important topic that I want to talk about, because I have been getting, over the past few months, email after ema...read more
Postpartum Depression and Postpartum PsychosisThe confusion between postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression has had sort of a mixed effect on, I think, on the media and on new mothers. New mothers worry that if they feel depressed postpartum, if they feel tearful, agitated, overwhelmed, which is perfectly normal in the first, you know, week or so, postpartum, that they are going to become t...read more
Poisonous substances are part of our everyday life and you may believe you taken proper care to keep them out of reach, but it's worth double checking. The kitchen is probably the most likely place for an accidental poisoning. That's why a trash can like this one with a lead is a good idea. It keeps your poison items away from small hands. And also think in terms of placement, putting your chemica...read more