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Depression is a treatable illness, with many therapeutic options available. Increasingly, professionals are viewing major depression as a chronic illness (the condition nearly always returns when treatment is stopped). Therefore, medical intervention and help must be ongoing.
Patients with chronic depression have a number of options, including psychotherapy, antidepressants, or both. In general, the treatment choice depends on the degree and type of depression and other accompanying cond...
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Prescribing Narcotics: A Doctor's Point of View
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent
By Karen Lee Richards , Health ExpertIn the U.S., in fact in most free societies, presumption of innocence is one of the key tenets of... Read more »
“I Have Always Felt Different”: a new study examining the inner experience of childhood ADHD
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health ExpertAn interesting report in the February 2008 issue of the Journal of Pediatric Nursing (Volume 23,... Read more »
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Alcoholism: Complications
Alcoholism reduces life expectancy by 10 - 12 years. Next to smoking, it is the most common preventable cause of death in America. Although studies indicate that adults who drink... Read more »Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus): Diagnosis
...before the rash appears. It therefore may be mistaken for disorders, such as gallstones, that cause acute pain in internal organs.In the active rash stage, shingles may be confused with herpes... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Treatment
Acute pain from gallstones and gallbladder disease is usually treated in the hospital, where diagnostic procedures are performed to rule out other conditions and complications. There are... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Treatment for Acute Low Back Pain
...gradual fashion as soon as the patient feels ready.Therapeutic exercises should not begin until after the acute pain has gone away.Specific Tips for Relieving PainBed rest is no longer recommended... Read more »Sickle Cell Disease: Complications
...expresses his or her experience.)Many patients use emergency rooms of large hospitals for treating acute pain. Waiting times are long, and there is no single health care provider who knows the... Read more »Images
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