By MICHAEL SHAPIRO, PhDMay 2019 I once heard sleep compared to a fickle girlfriend: when you want her and need her, she’s nowhere to be found. When you don’t want her around, there she is (before you ladies get indignant…this is just a metaphor. The same could certainly be said of a boyfriend!). Very few […]
A Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression
By Lenny Salzberg, M.D.May 2019 In 1987, a revolutionary new treatment of depression was introduced. Prozac® (fluoxetine) is an effective antidepressant with fewer side effects than the medications we formerly used to treat depression. Prozac was the first in a new class of medications called “Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)”. Four years later, in 1991, […]
Clean Air Month
Take a deep breath and smell the trees and spring air. May is Clean Air Month. Clean air has a natural balance of gases such as carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen. The Clean Air Act started in 1970 and has been successfully reducing air quality related to premature death and health conditions. The four key […]
Alcohol Awareness Month
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. This is a disease that is not pinpointed by factors like sex, race, genetics, or socioeconomics as a single case but behavioral, psychological and genetic factors can contribute to having this disease. Alcoholism changes the neurochemistry and brain, which is why a person with this addiction may not be able […]