by Sue Robbins | Jun 1, 2016 | Miscellaneous
They say there’s a time for everything – though you might not know it from looking at a pill-bottle label. Most say how many pills to take but not when to take them. That’s a problem, “because symptoms and treatment efficacy vary by time of...
by Sue Robbins | May 10, 2016 | Miscellaneous
Researchers at a The Ohio State University have found that when participants who took acetaminophen learned about the misfortunes of others, they thought these individuals experienced less pain and suffering, when compared to those who took no painkiller. “These...
by Sue Robbins | May 3, 2016 | Miscellaneous
According to data from a national survey of more than 34,000 adults, those with bipolar are just as likely to develop anxiety as depression following an episode of mania. This finding was published today in Molecular Psychiatry. An estimated 5.7 million Americans have...
by Sue Robbins | Apr 14, 2016 | Miscellaneous
I was 8 years old when I first considered my career choice. As an adult, helping people became my life’s work. Within the span of a day, my body settled into various spaces of my psychotherapy office. There was my green tweed chair, the carpet piled with toys...
by Sue Robbins | Apr 13, 2016 | Miscellaneous
Physician, and New York Times writer, Abigail Zuger, M.D. talks about her own personal journey with pain. My elbow is killing me. I mean that quite literally. Yes, it hurts, but it is also destroying me, the me as I was without a bad elbow, a happily balanced...
by Sue Robbins | Mar 20, 2016 | Miscellaneous
A large-scale meta-analysis recently published in The Lancet concludes that taken alone, acetaminophen is “not effective at any dose” for relieving pain or improving physical function for patients with osteoarthritis. Dr. Sven Trelle, of the University of...
