The Vicious Cycle: How Chronic Pain Fuels Anxiety and Then Clinical Depression Whether you experience chronic pain or not, you are aware that it is not just a physical thing. It is an inescapable, undesirable companion that tints every part of your day. What many patients–even doctors themselves, too often omit to notice is the … Read more
Obesity as a Social Epidemic: Why Your Friends’ Weight Predicts Your Own We believe that gaining weight is an intimate affair. A fight was held at a grocery store aisle and the gym. An individual issue of self-discipline. However, what is the other half of the story? Imagine you are more likely to become vegetarian … Read more
It is a powerful composite photograph of someone sitting alone on a park bench during the soft end of the light, looking into the distance. Here, a computerised, anatomical drawing of a human heart, with lines of ECG and blood pressure levels (e.g., 140/90) beginning to appear around it, is also overlaid on the chest. … Read more