Since they retired, they have become stick-in-the-mud, bossy, worrywarts.
They watch the Weather Channel all day and refuse to leave the house if there is a dark cloud in the sky.
They get mad at my 27-year-old brother, who lives near them, if he travels at all in weather they consider “bad.”
I live several states away, so [...]
IN the process of restoring a patient’s mental health, a close relationship between the doctor, patient and his parents is highly recommended.
The Ceria Programme held recently at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) saw these three parties interacting with each other through a fun-filled aerobic workout and an informational psycho-education session.
Initiated by the Psychiatric Adolescent and [...]
There’s an old saying that %26quot;talk is cheap,%26quot; but that doesn’t appear to be the case when it comes to keeping the pounds from slowly settling back around the waistline after someone loses a chunk of excess weight. Researchers have found that even short but regular counselling sessions can be better than other strategies [...]
OTTAWA–Junk-food hawkers manipulate the minds of young children to get to their mouths. There was little disagreement about that at a conference here this week sponsored by the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada.In hot dispute, however, was just how much the intensive marketing of fast foods and soft drinks was contributing to the obesity [...]
LONDON, England: In June 2008, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance will start a project in Haiti to ensure that those who need HIV prevention, treatment, and care are able to access these services. The three-year project, supported by the Big Lottery Fund, will work with local leaders, health providers, and community members to increase their involvement [...]
WASHINGTON %26#151; Antidepressant medications appear to help only very severely depressed people and work no better than placebos in many patients, British researchers said Monday.
Researchers led by Irving Kirsch of the University of Hull reviewed a series of studies, both published and unpublished, on four antidepressants, examining the question of [...]
“The state of gay unions” is a series that looks at modern gay relationships.Robert is tall, dark, trim and obsessed with love handles; Sung Hee is a wild-haired fashionista in love with the gays. Together, they’re a real-life “Will %26 Grace” — crazily connected, charmingly codependent and for years comfortably bound [...]
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series on the different stages of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia though one family’s eyes. This week’s focus: caregiving in the early stage.
Where did she go now?
As they walked the supermarket aisles, Marjorie Jackson kept losing track of her mom. Lorraine Jackson, then 72, [...]
The celebrity magazine said on Wednesday it will publish photos of the family in its issue that appears on newsstands this Friday, March 21, accompanied by an interview with the parents in their home on Long Island, New York.
They spoke candidly about the pregnancy, addressing everything from Jennifers weight gain to rumors of infertility, People [...]
As the gruelling training starts to kick in, our marathon guinea pigs learn
how to stay in the zone
Mrs Millard thinks %26ldquo;Its not the running, but the thinking about the running that is dreadful
Five weeks to go. Actually, there are seven, but during the last two weeks
marathon runners are supposed to put their feet up and [...]
