The key is to identify those patients at risk for the development of chronic pain.

Do you have times where it's like a light switch goes off, and your friends know that they have three minutes to feed you or you will kill them? Do you crave sugar? These are symptoms suggesting that your body's Adrenal Gland stress handling system is getting exhausted. Here's how you can support your adrenal "stress handler," so that you can feel better. 

Don't want to be one of the over 16,500 Americans who unnecessarily die yearly from arthritis medications? Although these medications can sometimes be helpful, natural remedies have been shown to be more effective - and very safe. Here's a 6 week proven program to help you get relief - naturally!

Interestingly, initial studies have shown that Chi training has helped manage chronic pain and mood disorders, improving relaxation and anxiety, and even strengthening the immune system.

America's pediatricians have chosen a puzzling approach to kiddie obesity.

Many of you will have heard of the concepts of: "Chaos Theory" "The Butterfly Effect" or maybe even "Emergence" "Fractals" "Complexity" or "Catastrophe" theories. Each of these is an example of a nonlinear dynamic. My challenge in this blog will be to make nonlinear dynamics understandable and interesting to you. My experience thus far has been that everything in psychology is a part of a nonlinear system. So we will be able to talk about nearly any topic here. That will help to keep things interesting.

Research has found that when human stem cells - which can turn into any type of cell - were exposed to a common virus they turned into fat cells. They didn't just change, they also stored fat. Earlier research showed another common virus causes cells to store more fat.

This week the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a policy statement recommending that kids receive blood tests to check their cholesterol levels, and to start cholesterol medication in some who have high cholesterol.

Pandemonium ensued!

Some of you are finding that despite proper eating and exercise you simply cannot lose the extra weight. There are a number of metabolic processes contributing to this and when you treat them the weight will often begin to disappear!

Last week I had minor surgery after breaking two fingers, which explains why it’s going to take me 5 times as long to write this entry as it’ll take you to read it. Depending on my mood at the time of the question, if you ask me how I broke them, I’d either tell you by pulling orphans out of the rubble after a small earthquake or by hitting a foul ball with a wet bat during a slo-pitch softball game. I’ll let you decide which is the more impressive feat...

Dance therapy has recently been recognized in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, autism, and posttraumatic stress. And dance—whether you can move and groove with the best or not-- offers more than just good medicine; it unites the heart and soul of humanity on a global level. Enjoy a compelling film, a testament to the power of dance, that was 14 months in the making, spans 42 countries, and includes an international cast of thousands.

Dara Torres broke all stereotypical thinking over the weekend. At 41, she has the world in awe as she beat her own record from only a couple of decades earlier. . . Both men and women look up to her and wonder: she was 17 in her first Olympics and she's ready for the next, 24 years later.

Did you know that strontium, a safe and cheap nutritional supplement, is almost 70% more effective than prescription Osteoporosis medications?

Would you feel like you'd still like to be president after you have just been liberated from six years of captivity?

In China and Myanmar, the innate impulse to communicate through art, play, and imagination is emerging as children begin the long process of recovery. But what about those who don’t want to remember what happened or discuss the terror they have experienced? Some children are so traumatized they may never learn to be children again.

Looking at commercials, you would think that we are suffering from an epidemic of excess stomach acid. This is not the case. Natural remedies can heal your digestion, so that you can get off of acid blocker medications effectively and comfortably.

Caring for aging parents unearths a minefield of emotions and practical concerns. How do adult children cope? A new blog chronicles the author's journey and explores geriatric issues and research.

If you take even a quick look at the newspaper, you can see that there are massive public policy efforts aimed to curb smoking. States are raising their cigarette taxes. Cities around the world are banning smoking in restaurants. Even Holland (where it seems like almost every vice is legal) will no longer allow cigarette smoking in restaurants and public places. What makes it so hard to quit smoking?

The New York Times reports that " One in five adults in Europe have used marijuana or related drugs like hashish, the European Union’s drug agency said." As per their usual ignorant fear-mongering, recent reports from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy warning of the new, stronger strains of marijuana being produced get things not just wrong, but 180-degrees wrong.

I appeared on ABC World News last night, where my small voice was drowned out by a chorus of government and media ones shouting - "Don't ever, ever let your kid drink."