11 May, 2009 – 20:04 | 7 Comments

In an about-face to their stance during the Clinton Administration, leaders of the nation’s healthcare industry have promised to cut prices in response to the Obama Administration’s vow to resolve the healthcare crisis and make health care available to every…

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Money Crisis Particularly Hard on American Women
13 October, 2008 – 5:20 | No Comment

The American Psychological Association (APA) gauges the emotional health of the country with an annual survey and its latest, the 2008 Stress in America survey, reveals the level of stress in the nation skyrocketing right alongside our nation’s mounting financial…

Driving, Antidepressants Can Be Dangerous Duo
19 August, 2008 – 6:17 | No Comment

In the past 10 years, the use of antidepressant drugs has tripled in the United States, where one in 10 women takes at least one antidepressant, according to National Center for Health Statistics’ 2004 Health United States report. A new,…

Returning Combat Veterans Prone to Alcohol Abuse
14 August, 2008 – 7:23 | One Comment

Military personnel returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to turn to the bottle to ease painful memories and shocking experiences of the war front than military personnel who did not see combat.  The tendency to turn…

Why The HEADoc Blogs
14 July, 2008 – 14:42 | No Comment

Why do People ?

The most appropriate answer to that question is probably the reply given by President Clinton when asked why he did what he did with “that woman.” “Because I could,” he replied to a probing reporter. I started posting…

Risk of Violence in the Workplace
7 July, 2008 – 2:31 | No Comment

Every now and then The HEADoc finds himself in an undesirable inescapable situation. . .

Growth Hormone for Athletic Performance Simply Mind Over Matter?
19 June, 2008 – 6:58 | No Comment

That’s the question behind a study recently conducted at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. And the evidence is overwhelming that people who think they are taking performance-enhancing drugs think their performance is actually enhanced as a…

The Virginia Tech Massacre Revisited
8 May, 2008 – 15:19 | No Comment

On April 16, 2007 23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho, a student at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, shot to death 32 students and faculty members, wounded many more, and then committed suicide. From an early age Cho was seen to…

Today’s Husband Creates 7 Extra Hours of Housework Each Week
5 April, 2008 – 19:00 | 33 Comments

That’s according to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a federally funded, diary-based study of family dynamics conducted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. They’ve been tracking household labor since 1968.

Satisfactory Sex Can Be Achieved In A Matter Of Minutes
4 April, 2008 – 20:24 | 3 Comments

Survey findings released this week dispel the commonly held fantasy that satisfactory sex requires a significant time commitment. The survey, conducted at Penn State by the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, revealed that satisfactory sex for couples typically lasts…

Could Schizophrenia Be Entirely Genetic?
29 March, 2008 – 9:11 | 59 Comments

The latest gene-scanning technology may have shed some much-desired light on a potential cause for schizophrenia, a mental disorder characterized by delusions and scrambled thought processes. The disease is believed to affect 1% of the population.

Happiness Is Determined By Our Genes
11 March, 2008 – 5:49 | No Comment

A study reported in the March issue of Psychological Science points to heredity as the most important factor in determining a person’s predisposition to happiness. Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh worked with specialists at the Queensland Institute in Austria…

What First Time Moms Expect From Pregnancy
8 March, 2008 – 21:41 | No Comment

A recent study conducted by the University of Haifa by Ora Gazit under the supervision of Dr. Miri Scharf, looked at how personal experiences affected thoughts on relationships with a newborn.

When Discrimination Appears in the Medical Profession
20 February, 2008 – 17:25 | No Comment

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus has been a part of modern society for at least the last 25 years. In that time, numerous reports have emerged detailing how a non-infected person can not obtain the virus simply by coming into general…

Women More In Tune With Feelings Than Men
14 February, 2008 – 12:06 | No Comment

Recent research done in the United States with 97 married and unmarried couples between the ages of 18 and 46 indicates that women are better at describing their feelings and those of their romantic counterparts than men.

The study was conducted…