NY Post: HealthThis is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader, such as GoogleReader, or to display this data on your own website or blog. Subscribe to this data using MyMedWorm.Subscribe to this data using GoogleReader.Subscribe to this data using Bloglines.Subscribe to this data using MyYahoo.

This page shows you the latest items in this publication.

Pages: 1 2 3

139 records returned

How to stay safe from predatorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Headlines about predators like Anthony Sowell, whose “House of Horrors” in Cleveland contained the remains of at least 11 victims, are evidence that too many people put themselves in harm’s way by interacting with dangerous individuals. I’ve evaluate... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - November 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

It's mind over marriageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Marriages are difficult -- almost all of them. This should come as a relief to any husband or wife out there who thinks that the lack of emo tional intimacy and physical passion that has set in after five or 10 years together means that something... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - October 27, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Calorie-ality checkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
So you ran two miles on the treadmill this morning, and now you can have that cheeseburger, small fries and Diet Coke, guilt-free. Not so fast. The 200 calories you burned doesn’t even cover the 230-calorie McDonald’s fries. Which is why some exerc... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - October 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARY HUHN Tags: Health Source Type: news

Past imperfectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
During the past 17 years I have treated thousands of patients, including the homeless, government officials, men and women of every race, children, the elderly, minimum-wage employees and Fortune 500 CEOs. The central issue with which most have strug... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - October 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Do or dietEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
IT’S hibernation season, and as the weather gets colder, the urge to eat (and eat!) becomes intense. But instead of packing on the calories Saturday night, you can lose weight with The Post’s Weekend Diet and Workout Plan. It’s simple. Start on Frida... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - October 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARY HUHN Tags: Health Source Type: news

'Do or diet' fit recipesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Chicken Chili With White Beans Makes 6 servings - only eat one! Ingredients 2 teaspoons almond oil 1 onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 4 cups chicken broth. 1 16-ounce container of salsa verde (green salsa) 1 16-ounce can diced tomatoes... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - October 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

3 Americans share Nobel Prize in medicineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
STOCKHOLM — Americans Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, an insight that has inspired new lines of research i... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - October 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ASSPCIATED PRESS Tags: International Source Type: news

Economy brings home depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A whole new group of patients is finding its way to my office. People in their 20s are suffering from symptoms of depression after having moved back home to seek shelter from harsh economic conditions. Many of these people are having problems with th... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - September 29, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Pounds & loversEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OK, so you've lost a cou ple inches off your waistline, conquered daily crunches and can run as fast as Jason Bourne . . . for at least three miles on the treadmill. But your boyfriend is still a couch surfer, and he's got an expanding beer belly to ... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - September 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARY HUHN Tags: Health Source Type: news

Kids learn humanity from petsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PETS have always been the stuff of childhood memories. There’s a reason Norman Rockwell had puppies in many of his paintings. These days, I believe that having a pet may not only be part of a happy childhood, but also an important way to have a psych... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - September 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By Dr. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Paying attention to root of adhdEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I'VE treated at least a few hundred people with at tention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The symp toms included lack of attention to detail, trouble listening, difficulty organizing tasks, a tendency to lose things, fidgeting and interrupting... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - September 1, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Take a chance to find a friendEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
THESE days, the things that pass for friendship make me think that people have forgotten about the real thing. People busily count their Facebook "friends" (my own profile has collected just shy of 600 of them) or they're busy getting instant... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - August 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Sobering truths about alcohol's subtle gripEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OVER the course of my work, I end up treating many patients for alcohol abuse. But in the beginning, very few of them actually come to me worried about whether they might be alcoholics. Most of them come for help with depression, marital discord... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - August 4, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Diet soda diatribeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
COKE is apparently not It in Venezuela. The government there recently took the step of banning Coke Zero "to preserve the health of Venezuelans," as a government minister put it, leaving even the most unflappable among us wondering what the heck... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - July 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By REED TUCKER Tags: Health Source Type: news

Keeping the faith after infidelityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
INFIDELITY is often treated as the atom bomb of marriage problems. When an affair is discovered, many people assume the only solution is divorce. But it doesn't need to mean the end of a marriage. Instead, it can turn out to be the beginning of... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - July 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Something strange is afootEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LOOKING for a new sole mate this summer? Vibram's new FiveFingers shoes (right) make an interesting statement -- if you're strong enough to brave the skeptics who will stare at your feet and judge you. They're far from glamorous, but so are Crocs... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - July 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ALISA WOLFSON Tags: Health Source Type: news

Fly girlEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
MY first mistake was eating cottage cheese for breakfast. My second mistake was adding extra intensity to my prescheduled fitness routine by riding my bike to the gym. But the piéce de résistance was not wearing sneakers. As a yogi and... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - July 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By SARA LIEBERMAN Tags: Health Source Type: news

Et tu, duane reade?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
STORES come and go in this town faster than you can say "the city that never sleeps." The place you used to go for brunch: closed. The corner bodega: Wachovia. The Au Bon Pain? It's now a Gap! So when a local chain manages to stick around for... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - July 8, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By JUSTIN ROCKET SILVERMAN Tags: Health Source Type: news

The power shortage of positive thinkingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TRY this on for a new self-help mantra: "I'm not good enough, I'm not smart enough, and doggone it, people may not like me all that much." According to a new study, a little negative thinking may be more helpful for the chronically insecure than... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - July 7, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Foundation for building characterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LATELY, scores of parents have been contacting me with concerns about their children's characters. Their sons and daughters seem focused on browsing the Internet, instant messaging compulsively and buying gadgets and clothes -- but not on testing... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - July 7, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Shame: slim chanceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
FORGET about your trainer. If you're really ready to shed some pounds, it's time to find some new motivation. Cold hard cash and complete embarrassment should do the trick. That's the idea behind Flaab.com, the weight-loss Web site that combines... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - July 7, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By JENNIFER TIS Tags: Health Source Type: news

Jedi mind trick do you canEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
THE Force can be with anyone now. Later this summer, anybody anywhere will have the ability to physically move stuff with their minds like characters do in "Star Wars." No joke. A new toy that harnesses the same technology doctors use to... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - June 30, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DON KAPLAN Tags: Health Source Type: news

Women who will date for giftsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WHEN it comes to the business of a woman selling her companionship, cash upfront is only one way to play the game. In fact, all women sell themselves to some degree, insists author Anna David, and the great majority would never be confused with a... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - June 23, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By JUSTIN ROCKET SILVERMAN Tags: Health Source Type: news

Food addiction a real afflictionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A lot of men and women have been turning up in my office lately because they haven't been able to lose weight through diets or exercise. Some are only 10 pounds overweight, whereas others are overweight by 30 pounds or more. The diets have plenty... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - June 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Health mythconceptionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
STOP taking your vitamins. Lay out in the sun. Don't eat so much fruit. This may run counter to just about everything you've heard from your mother -- and everyone else -- your entire life. But that's what a doctor suggests in a new book... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - June 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARY HUHN Tags: Health Source Type: news

Tomato scoopEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AN apple a day is no longer the only fruit that will keep the doctor away. The tomato, often misrepresented as a vegetable, is the new fruit that British scientists claim will keep your heart healthy -- and fend off our country's No. 1 killer, to... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - June 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ALISA WOLFSON Tags: Health Source Type: news

Love's afterlifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PEOPLE are stories. Our lives proceed through childhood to adolescence and then into adulthood, much like chapters of a book. One experience builds on another. That's why figuring out what we want, why we want it and how to get it can seem so... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - June 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Final lotusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OM my god! Is there a yoga backlash brewing? It's hard to say exactly when some started to turn on America's favorite legging-wearing pastime -- it may have been about the time last year a studio in the East Village introduced a version for dogs --... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - May 26, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By REED TUCKER Tags: Health Source Type: news

Learn to earnEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
With the anticipated dog days of summer around the corner, a classroom is the last place you're thinking about spending your time. But what if that extra instruction gamble turned into more income? It just might. Schools around the area are... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - May 14, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By SHARI LOGAN Tags: Health Source Type: news

Hey losers!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
IN tonight's finale of "The Biggest Loser," the contestants will unveil their new svelte selves. But how long will it take before they return to their fat forms? It may sound cynical, but it's the reality: Of people who have lost a significant... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - May 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARY HUHN Tags: Health Source Type: news

Fit factsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
HOW do you avoid yo-yoing like Kirstie Alley, who regained 83 pounds in two years? Look at weight loss and maintenance as one continuous process. "What helps people lose weight will keep weight off," says Dr. Donald Hensrud, with the Mayo Clinic... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - May 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Text pix give teens kicksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AS many as 20 percent of American teenagers now do it: send nude or partly nude photos of themselves via text message. It's sleazy, to be sure. But what many people might not know is that it can also be illegal. When the photos are of underage... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - May 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Six signs you've found true loveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
THEY say all you need is love -- and having practiced psychiatry for 16 years, I can say it's at the center of the biggest question people struggle with: Have I found love? In my life, have I been really, truly loved? So many of us are told in... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - April 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Sixteen candlesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Fancy candles look nice and can smell delicious, but if you knew that formaldehyde, ethanol and acetone were components of the fragrant air you're breathing thanks to those candles, chances are you'd walk around with your own oxygen supply for 10... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - April 14, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ALISA WOLFSON Tags: Health Source Type: news

Doc this way!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
THIS month, the West Village will get its own branch of a revolutionary new health clinic built for these recessionary times: Hello Health, an independently funded, privately run enterprise, which first opened nine months ago on the north side of... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - April 7, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MAUREEN CALLAHAN Tags: Health Source Type: news

This talk doesn't have to kill youEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WHAT'S harder to talk to your kids about than sex? For many families, it's death. Some of us feel as though telling our children the truth about death will scare them or leave them psychologically scarred. Our anxieties about death feed the trouble... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - April 7, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Just what the online patient orderedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
THINK OpenTable meets FreshDirect -- only for doctors. It's called ZocDoc.com, a health site that allows users to search physicians and make same-day appointments just as fast as you can book an online restaurant reservation. "People can book... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - April 7, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARINA VATAJ Tags: Health Source Type: news

Reflection on rejectionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
REJECTION is a normal part of life. But coping with it or learning from it? That's another thing entirely. Now, with so many people out of work and finding it hard to get jobs, rejection - and our reaction to it - has become especially important... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - March 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Homebody repairEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CALL it homestead-style beauty on a budget - haircuts, massages, even eyebrow-shaping without ever walking into a spa. Increasingly, beauty professionals are freelancing, coming to your home or having you to theirs for the same services they... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - March 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARINA VATAJ Tags: Health Source Type: news

Get your spa on for $50Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Spa Week kicks off April 13, but booking the $50 treatments starts Monday. To make appointments, visit Spaweek.com. Meanwhile, here are some to consider. Amore Pacific Beauty Gallery and Spa (114 Spring St.; 212-966-0400) Vitalizing recovery... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - March 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARINA VATAJ Tags: Health Source Type: news

Divorce interruptusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
THE lousy economy has become an unexpected ally of mine in the part of my practice devoted to couples therapy. Much of my success in this arena has depended on convincing couples on the threshold of divorce to slow down and consider alternatives... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - March 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Perils of workplace guiltEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WITH the economy under siege and layoffs increasing, I'm see ing symptoms of job-related depression and anxiety. Never in my 16 years of practice have I seen people so shaken by joining the ranks of the unemployed, with all the challenges that... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - February 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Cold war!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A cup of warm milk with garlic a day keeps the cold away. Or is it boiled vodka that keeps the symptoms at bay? The remedies may differ in weirdness, but the goal is always the same: to cure the common cold. And with sick season in full swing... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - February 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARINA VATAJ Tags: Health Source Type: news

Doc's dos and don'ts:Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
* Do blow your nose one nostril at a time. Don't continually sniffle. * Do stay three feet away from people around you for the duration of the cold. * Don't get close because the symptoms are at bay. * Do take a hot shower for symptomatic relief... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - February 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Events shape the lives we're born to liveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PEOPLE often ask me how one family can have one child that ends up faring well emotionally, personally and professionally, while the other child falls victim to depression, drug dependence or repeated toxic relationships. The fact that children... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - February 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Move it!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NOW that we've got a president who shoots hoops religiously, isn't it time we got our kids looking like the fit leaders of tomorrow? Getting physical pays off in so many ways. Get your children to move and stretch and you'll build their... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - January 31, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By SARAH SCHMERLER Tags: Health Source Type: news

Tips for calm parentingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
MILLIONS of parents across America think they have short tempers that interfere with parenting. They want to be loving and nurturing with their children but find themselves yelling at their kids or even hitting them. Far from trying to justify... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - January 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Resolve meets realityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NEW Year's resolutions are heady things. They invite goals that would sweep away bad habits the instant midnight strikes. Yet while "out with the old, in with the new" is a catchy phrase, it can invite overreaching goals that end up being... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - January 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DR. KEITH ABLOW Tags: Health Source Type: news

Helpful hintsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here are some tips that made my weight loss, if not easy, at least less difficult. - K.S. 1. Prepare to win. Make sure you are stocked up on healthy foods. When there's "nothing to eat," that's when people turn to quick, easy, junky alternatives... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - January 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

The radical new way to lose weightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A year ago, like millions of other Americans, I made a resolution to lose weight. I was porked out and tipping the begging-for-mercy scales at more than 200 pounds - and I'm only 5-foot-7. Today, I am 40 pounds lighter! How I did it is really quite... (Source: NY Post: Health)
Source: NY Post: Health - January 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By KEVIN F. SHERRY Tags: Health Source Type: news