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Impact of Chronic Illness on Social Relationships

Impact of Chronic Illness on Social Relationships

Natasha M.’s comment: I never go out anymore. How can I? I never know when I will have to get to a bathroom really fast! It’s so embarrassing. I have to be so careful about...

Chronic Illness
Deal with the Difficult Emotions of Chronic Illness

Deal with the Difficult Emotions of Chronic Illness

Is denial a bad thing? Denial is a normal part of adjusting to the diagnosis of a chronic illness. In the denial stage, we feel numb. We feel as if we have been transported into...

Chronic Illness
Restless Legs Syndrome Risk, Prevention and Epidemiology

Restless Legs Syndrome Risk, Prevention and Epidemiology

If I am diagnosed with RLS during pregnancy, what are my chances of having this condition permanently? In most pregnant women with newly developed RLS, symptoms will resolve near the time of delivery. In a...

Restless Legs Syndrome
Is Heavy a Hereditary or Genetic Problem?

Is Heavy a Hereditary or Genetic Problem?

My husband and I, along with our parents, are heavy. Is this a hereditary or genetic problem? Undoubtedly, an element of genetic inheritance is involved in excess weight. In fact, two syndromes are clearly genetic:...

Childhood Obesity
Epidemic of Obesity in the United States

Epidemic of Obesity in the United States

I’ve heard people say that there is an “epidemic” of obesity. What does that mean? How bad is the problem in the United States? The World Health Organization has noted that there are 1 billion...

Childhood Obesity
Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

What is the role of trauma in the creation of anxiety? This question raises complicated, far-reaching, and deeply compelling issues. Asking one question in this area raises even more questions than it provides definite answers....

Anxiety
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by intensive obsessions and/or compulsions which patients experience and which absolutely interfere with workings of their minds and lives. Obsessions are commonly known as worries, fears, thoughts, or feelings that one...

Anxiety
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

Generalized anxiety disorder usually comes across in the patient who does not worry about any one topic or fear in particular, but instead always characteristically worries. It is a free-floating anxiety that might be described...

Anxiety