http://healthblogs.org A free health blogs and free health web sites community Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:20:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Julian Lieb, M.D Prostaglandins are tiny molecules regulating the chemistry of every cell, including those subserving mood, and those subserving immune function. When brain cells produce excessive concentrations of prostaglandins, they depress mood and immunity. In 1973, David Horrobin showed that antidepressants inhibit prostaglandins, and in 1977 that prostaglandins regulate nucleic ... http://healthblogs.org/2009/06/30/defeating-cancer-an-advance-of-paramount-importance-to-health-reform/ by Jane H. I am merely trying to raise awareness of a misunderstood and often misdiagnosed health condition called, rather grandly, Mal de Debarquement Syndrome (MdDS for short) If I may I will explain more. Basically, with this condition it is an imbalance or rocking sensation that occurs after getting off a ... http://healthblogs.org/2009/06/29/mal-de-debarquement-syndrome/ Are you stuck in a rut with your blog's theme, but can't find one that feels right for you?  Let us know what you're looking for, and we'll create one for you! All we need are some ideas.  Send them on and we'll put them into a shiny new theme ... http://healthblogs.org/2009/06/10/healthblogs-themes/ Contributed to Health Blogs by Abhishek Shah and it is we who will be affected most by the decisions we take today on AIDS/HIV epidemic, climate change, food, energy, environmental degradation, economic stability and the continuing challenge of world poverty. Such decisions will influence the shape and quality of our future lives ... http://healthblogs.org/2009/06/05/hiv-aids-blog-health-blogs/ According to a report published at MSNBC.com, Some pharmacists legally switch a drug prescribed by a doctor in a common practice called therapeutic substitution. The new drug is in the same class as the old and treats the same condition, but it's not precisely the same medication. Read the story at MSNBC.com http://healthblogs.org/2009/06/04/laws-allow-substitution-of-generic-drugs-without-patient-knowledge/ We just gave the HealthBlogs home page a new look.  the same content is still here, but is displayed in a simpler, easier to read format. To login or create a new blog, click on the menu link at the top. Look at the list of recently updated blogs on the right ... http://healthblogs.org/2009/06/03/healthblogs-has-a-new-look/ Some experts say medical residents are tasked to the point of exhaustion, putting patient safety at risk. Others say the training makes them better doctors, even when they're tiredread more | digg story http://healthblogs.org/2009/05/25/are-medical-residents-worked-too-hard/ Regardless of the cause, stress sets in motion certain automatic changes in the body that are designed to give it a quick burst of energy. The pattern of changes has been called the "fight-or-flight" response because it most likely evolved from our prehistoric ancestors, who faced daily dangers in ... http://healthblogs.org/2009/05/25/the-physiology-of-pressure-how-your-body-reacts-to-stress/ According to every news report I've seen on television or read on the web, the best thing we can do to help us avoid getting the swine flu (H1N1 flu) is to wash our hands!  We need to become a nation of handwashers.  Just use soap and water and wash ... http://healthblogs.org/2009/05/01/swine-flu-pandemic/ Diabetics..who manage to turn things around, getting their blood sugar under control, either escaping the need for drugs or improving enough to quit taking them, are drawing keen interest from the medical community... "technically, you could call somebody cured," but that patient still needs to be followed closely.read more | ... http://healthblogs.org/2009/04/21/beating-diabetes-some-do-but-are-they-cured/