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• Coordinating Care: Make Sure Your Docs Know About Each Other

  Posted Thu, Aug 07, 2008, 3:22 pm PDT

  When medical care is coordinated or "integrated" by a single clinical manager, the quality of care and the patient's quality of life are improved more…

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• For Healthy Brains, Get the Lead Out!

  Posted Thu, Jul 24, 2008, 5:07 pm PDT

  In addition to causing many other toxic effects throughout the body, lead exposure, in the nervous systems of children, can permanently impair mental…

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• Anger and Depression: Can Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help?

  Posted Wed, Jul 02, 2008, 6:00 pm PDT

  Controlled clinical studies of Omega-3 have shown some improvement in symptoms related to depression, anxiety, and attention.

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• Eat Fish For a Healthy Brain

  Posted Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 5:53 pm PDT

  While fatty acids play an important role early on in the developing brain, they may also be important for brain and mental health throughout our…

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• When Eating Right Goes Wrong

  Posted Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 5:04 pm PDT

  Making an effort to eat healthier and then losing some weight can be very satisfying, and the lost weight becomes a good motivation to continue eating…

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• Awake or Asleep: Defining Sleep Problems

  Posted Wed, May 21, 2008, 2:19 pm PDT

  Insomnia becomes a problem when people are unable to sleep when they expect to sleep and when they suffer undesirable consequences because of their…

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• Does Talking to Yourself Mean You're Crazy?

  Posted Wed, May 14, 2008, 3:52 pm PDT

  A reader recently asked whether it was abnormal for people to talk to themselves. I don't believe there's anything unusual in someone speaking out…

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• Could a Breast Cancer Treatment Help Bipolar Disorder?

  Posted Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 2:30 pm PDT

  Surprisingly, recent studies have suggested that a breast cancer therapy might also help with bipolar disorder.

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• Poetry: Good for Your State of Mind

  Posted Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 5:11 pm PDT

  No matter what you happen to be feeling, you can try expressing a moment's moods and sensations creatively, using combinations of words. Just start…

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• Strokes Create Serious Depression Risk

  Posted Tue, Apr 15, 2008, 3:07 am PDT

  The depression that may follow a stroke is often more severe than would be expected, even after suffering a physical disability.

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