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Answers to 4 Important Questions About Starting Mental Health Therapy

Feb 6, 2022 · UHN Staff · Stress & Anxiety

[caption id="attachment_140562" align="alignleft" width="300"] Starting therapy can be the first step toward gaining a better understanding of your feelings and acquiring the tools to help you develop strategies to cope with recent or long-term symptoms.© sturti | Getty Images[/caption] Spurred on by factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability, … Read More

Is CBD Safe and Effective in Treating Anxiety? Insomnia? Pain? The Jury Is Still Out

Jan 20, 2022 · UHN Staff · Stress & Anxiety

In big cities and small towns across the country, stores are sprouting up selling CBD products as treatments for everything from anxiety and insomnia to pain and the side effects of cancer treatment. But are they effective, let alone safe? “People think CBD helps with all these different things, but … Read More

News Briefs – February 2022

Jan 20, 2022 · UHN Staff · Stress & Anxiety

Moderate and Strenuous Exercise May Help Ease Anxiety Symptoms Having an anxiety disorder, even one that is chronic, can adversely affect relationships, work, and quality of life. But in a recent study in the Journal of Affective Disorders, Swedish researchers found that exercise—both moderate and strenuous—may help alleviate symptoms. Most … Read More

Ask Dr. Etingin: Donating platelets; When to stop therapy; Ankle fusion

Dec 21, 2021 · Orli R. Etingin, M.D. · Stress & Anxiety

I donate blood several times a year, and my blood bank recently asked me to donate platelets. Is there any difference between a typical blood donation and platelet donation? First, thank you for donating blood. Blood transfusions save millions of lives every year. Platelets are the components in blood that … Read More

A Resolution for Better Health

Dec 21, 2021 · Orli R. Etingin, M.D. · Stress & Anxiety

New Year’s resolutions related to health are nothing new: Lose weight, eat healthier, get more exercise. But now that 2022 is upon us, it is more important than ever to renew our commitment to healthy lifestyles due to the impact the COVID pandemic has had on our health and health … Read More

Meditation: Yes, it Can Work for You

Dec 21, 2021 · UHN Staff · Stress & Anxiety

Meditation is a way to calm and focus the mind. Research suggests various kinds of meditation may help relieve stress, anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. Scientists are looking at its impact on other health concerns like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Historically rooted in religion and spirituality, meditation … Read More

Ask the Experts: Hepatitis C Screening; Stress Testing; Cranberry Supplement Benefits

Dec 21, 2021 · UHN Staff · Stress & Anxiety

My doctor has advised me to get screened for hepatitis C. Is this really necessary given that I have never used illicit drugs? Hepatitis C triggers inflammation that eventually becomes chronic. Over time, it destroys infected liver cells and also causes cirrhosis (scarring) that decreases blood flow through the liver … Read More

What Anger Is Trying to Tell You

Dec 17, 2021 · UHN Staff · Stress & Anxiety

At its core, anger serves an important purpose. It signals a threat and demands a reaction. Defining the threat and knowing how to respond without escalating anger isn’t easy given that the emotion tends to hijack the logical part of the brain. Because anger can threaten relationships as well as … Read More

Mild Depression May Respond to Behavioral Activation

Nov 24, 2021 · Kate Brophy · Stress & Anxiety

How has your mental health fared during the COVID-19 pandemic? If social distancing policies, along with fear of serious complications from the virus, have impacted your mental health, recent data suggest you’re not alone. Researchers writing in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, July 27, looked at 2,023 people age … Read More

Reaching Out in Difficult Times

Nov 24, 2021 · Rosanne Leipzig, MD, PhD · Stress & Anxiety

The holiday season traditionally is a time for family and friends to join in reflecting on the events of the past year, laughing together and sharing happy memories as we celebrate. However, as we get older, we’re more and more likely to have friends who are facing the holiday season … Read More

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