“A growing body of research shows heavy drinking more damaging for women than men.” By Mary Jo Patterson Credit: Carole Gomez “Women are more likely than men to drink in response to frustration or hurt feelings. They are more likely to drink alone and less likely to seek treatment….

It’s enough to drive a man crazy It’ll break a man’s faith It’s enough to make him wonder If he’s been sane When he’s bleating for comfort From Thy staff and Thy rod And the heavens’ only answer Is the silence of God – Andrew Peterson – Have you…

It’s the day of the party. You wake already worried about how you’re going to manage the cheeses, chips, dips, nuts, drinks, cookies…the list goes on. You imagine countless strategies to keep you away from the temptations of the season. Actually, you don’t have to work hard to come…

This one word evokes a lot of opinions, emotions, and many points of view. It certainly is an interesting concept and one thing we can all agree on is that it is something everyone wants to achieve. However, hitting a…

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Alzheimer’s Reading Room Does Caregiver Love Slow Alzheimer’s Disease? I would like to think so…..so my answer is Yes, Yes, Yes. I have been caring for my Mom for 14 years with Dementia. I do believe she feels safe, happy, loved and trusts her daughter. Her smiles and laughter…

EMS professionals deliver two reports for every patient – the radio report and the hand-off report. A hand-off report is not a verbatim repeat of the radio report. This is how a hand-off report is different. 1. Introduce the patient to the receiving nurse or the physician. I always…

– In response to NY City Decides to Cut Back on Ambulances is this defense of Mayor Bloomberg from John . Take this out of EMS for a second. If this were livery cabs, and the only way to get a cab was to call a central, municipally administrated…

Last year around this time I published a pretty popular post, called “5 Things I learned in 2009.”

Lesley Stahl reports on the recently discovered phenomenon of “superior autobiographical memory,” the ability to recall nearly every day of one’s life in this part two video. Alzheimer’s Reading Room It is often said that we are our memories – that web of experiences, relationships, thoughts, and feelings that make…

Addiction recovery saves lives. It might seem melodramatic to frame the issue so starkly, but facts are facts. Addiction is a disease, and like any disease it will ultimately destroy its host if left untreated. The good news is that exclusive addiction recovery programs administered by private addiction recovery…