Part II: Your Health Care Team and Treatment Regimen
Chapter 9: Your Role On Your Health Care Team
It’s critical that we be active members of our health care teams. Those of us with chronic headaches and Migraine Disease need to be able to make basic treatment decisions when we have a headache or Migraine. We need to decide what medication to take and when to take it. It’s just not possible to call our doctors each time. Especially with Migraine, if we educate ourselves about the whole...
Read moreIsn't it annoying that stress has a negative impact on our health? I mean if we're already dealing with emotional and mental strain, we... Read more »
Migraine and depression are often comorbid diseases -- that means that people have them simultaneously, but neither causes the other. In... Read more »
We all know that with the holiday season comes stress. Even now, as it is winding to a close, you still may be feeling the... Read more »
There is little doubt that a diagnosis of Alzheimer's often results in major tensions and difficulties within the family. It changes... Read more »
Sleep problems, stress, anxiety, frustration and depression are common emotions we caregiver's experience. But there are also many positive... Read more »
"An individual’s emotional response to severe, acute stress (e.g., trauma, terrorist acts) or to more prolonged chronic stress (e.g., divorce,... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Complementary Cancer Therapies
Care Versus CureIn discussing the role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for the management of cancer, it is important to... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Bladder Cancer
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Definition of TermsThe National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) defines... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Breast Cancer
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Definition of TermsThe National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) defines... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Carcinoid Tumor
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Definition of TermsThe National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) defines... Read more »