Anxiety is associated with several different diagnosable conditions, but symptoms tend to overlap. Mentally, there’s the persistent and often irrational worrying. Physically, there’s everything from shortness of breath to sweaty palms and headaches. Some of the more severe reactions may fall under the category of panic attacks. A panic attack is a particularly intense period […]
There’s depression that’s just a low mood, and there’s depression that’s an actual medical disorder with diagnostic criteria. Well, even that’s not strictly true; there are several conditions with similar symptoms that come under the heading of mood disorder and the subset of depressive disorder. What you probably think about when you hear the term,
You may have heard people talking about diabetes in terms of type 1 and type 2, with maybe an occasional reference to gestational diabetes. There is another word that’s useful to know though, and that’s “prediabetes”, the informal description of the stage just before you develop diabetes proper. It’s important because if you know the
We talk a lot about the increasing popularity of organic food, its supposed benefits, and whether the claims proponents like to make about it are true (short version: the evidence is promising but in the early days). However, none of that is any good if we don’t understand exactly what is meant by organic. Luckily,
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You go to the doctor for a regular checkup or because of some minor complaint, and they take your blood pressure. That’s a pretty regular thing. But this time, they tell you it’s too high. What should you do now? The doctor tells you need to bring your blood pressure down. This seems a bit
There’s a conception in some parts of the health world that nutritious food and tasty food are incompatible. Surely it’s the sugar and fat that the experts are always warning us about that provide all the flavor in our diet? Doesn’t committing to healthy eating mean sacrificing our favorite meals? In a word, no. There
Some types of exercise are considered more glamorous than others. Some people get fixated on one particular goal, like having the biggest muscles possible, and maybe neglect other areas of physical health. Sometimes it’s just hard to find the best advice on how to get started. All this means you might not realize that if
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We all know that flexibility tends to decline as we age. Children seem endlessly bendy and elastic. Adults start to slow and stiffen a bit, but generally maintain a decent range of motion. By the time we’re old, moving our joints can become particularly challenging. Arthritis is one of the most common conditions that can
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