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Introduction
Fear and stress reactions are essential for human survival. They enable people to pursue important goals and to respond appropriately to danger. In a healthy individual, the stress response (fight, fright, or flight) is provoked by a genuine threat or challenge and is used as a spur for appropriate action.
An anxiety disorder, however, involves an excessive or inappropriate state of arousal characterized by feelings of apprehension, uncertainty, or fear. The word is derived from the L...
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Expert & Community Posts
Reflections on Fear
By Jerry Kennard , Health ExpertWe all have fears. Fear is a universal and common emotional reaction, but it's also something of a... Read more »
Personality and Cognitive Changes That Accompany Disease and Treatment
By Rick Wirtz , Health Expert...personality changes are the result of the intense fear, pain, and uncertainty that a serious... Read more »
Overcoming Stage Fright
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...that any nervousness experienced tended to relate to fears about faulty equipment, or whether... Read more »
Overestimating Fear
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...who famously commented, "the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." The context and the... Read more »
Living with my IBD
By Elizabeth Roberts , Health Expert...who had colitis. I pooped, I thought about poop, I feared poop. I was poop. Through the... Read more »
Health Guide
Mindfulness Part 6: The Fear Factor
...series. But then, reviewing my five mindfulness articles, I spotted a new one. Let’s call it The Fear Factor. Here’s the connection: Fear underlies our stress pathways. I will be going... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Other Treatments
...then return it the next day. As the patient performs this action, he or she observes any unrealistic fears and thoughts triggered by such an event.As the patient continues with self-observation,... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Causes
...in anxiety disorders is focusing on changes in the amygdala, which is sometimes referred to as the "fear center." This part of the brain regulates fear, memory, and emotion and coordinates these... Read more »Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Complications
...can turn into an enemy overnight when, for example, a boy with ADHD does not perceive his friend's fearful response to over-aggressive roughhousing and fails to let up. The next day the child with... Read more »Eating Disorders: Introduction
...15% to as much as 60% of normal body weight is lost.The patient with anorexia nervosa has an intense fear of gaining weight, even when he or she is severely underweight.Individuals with anorexia... Read more »Images
Medications
...sudden pounding heartbeat mental/mood changes (fear, anxiety, nervousness) decreased sexual... Read more »
...acute alcohol withdrawal. It is also used to relieve fear and anxiety before surgery. This... Read more »
...living. It may decrease anxiety/unreasonable fears, persistent/troubling thoughts... Read more »
...daily living. It may decrease anxiety/unreasonable fears, persistent/troubling thoughts... Read more »
...your interest in daily living. It may decrease fear, anxiety, unwanted thoughts, and the... Read more »
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March 09, 2007JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- "You've got cancer." More than 1 million people will hear those words this year. Just as frightening... Read summary »
New Ovarian Cancer Screening
May 05, 2008REDINGTON BEACH, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- A mammogram detects breast cancer. A Pap test detects cervical cancer. But there's not a test to... Read summary »
Toxic Gas Protects Hearts
November 17, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It stinks and strikes fear in the hearts of those who work underground, but the toxic gas hydrogen sulfide may be a lifesaver... Read summary »
Knocking Out Allergic Asthma
April 10, 2006CLEVELAND (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Sneezing, itching, watery eyes ... Allergies aren't fun -- especially when they cause asthma. Some people have... Read summary »
Medical Debate: C-Sections: Should You Choose?
May 05, 2008ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- The need for control. Scheduling issues. Sexual dysfunction. Fear of pain. They're all reasons women... Read summary »
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