Online Therapy: Can it help diagnose, treat depression?
By Paul Sisolak From Newsmax But is click, tap, and chat entirely appropriate when it comes to psychotherapy? Mental-health experts are still divided over whether online psychotherapy — where counselors hold sessions with their patients over the Web — is…
Japan scientists grow drugs in chicken eggs
AFP From Newsmax Japanese researchers have genetically engineered hens whose eggs contain drugs that can fight serious diseases including cancer, in a bid to dramatically reduce the cost of treatment, a report said Monday. If the scientists are able to…
US: FDA may look into medical marijuana health claims
From Newsmax The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may start cracking down on claims that marijuana has health benefits that haven’t been proven, the agency’s commissioner said Tuesday. “I see people who are developing products who are making claims that…
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Officials: GMO mosquitoes aren’t ‘Drugs,’ need EPA oversight
AP From WLRN U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials say genetically modified mosquitoes are not “drugs” and should be regulated by environmental authorities. According to guidelines posted online Wednesday, federal officials have decided that mosquitoes engineered by the biotech firm…
PAHO Director in Dominica to review health response after disaster
Rouseau, Dominica, Oct. 6, 2017 (PAHO) – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne traveled to Dominica to review the health situation on the island after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria, and commended health care workers for…
Why restoring morale is important to mental health in difficult times
By Joan Cook, The Conversation From business Insider The term demoralization was originally coined in the 1970s by a psychiatrist who was seeing patients that didn’t quite meet full criteria for major depression. Nonetheless, they were suffering – in a shared state…
Lions Club of Tropical Gardens-October Breast Cancer Awareness month
In October the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens will be hosting a series of events for ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ month. . Two 5k/10k walk/runs are taking place: – Saturday 7th October, Kaibo restaurant beach bar at 6.00 a.m –Sunday 15th October,…
Caymanian man brought back to life after heart stops twice at Health City Cayman Islands
Advanced life support sustains him after emergency medical team refuses to give up; complicated 10-hour surgery saves his life CAYMAN ISLANDS (October 4, 2017) – A 33-year-old Caymanian father, son and brother is breathing again – with a sigh of…
We should never have told people to take supplements — and a new lawsuit shows why
By Erin Brodwin From Business Insider More than 5,000 Americans are about to get a check in the mail, after regulators discovered that a Florida-based supplement maker was peddling an herbal drink mix that it claimed could help treat addiction….
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US: Terrible response on Caribbean disaster
By Thomas Gans letter to Napa Valley Register I am distressed to the point of righteous rage over our American government’s despicable response to the devastation of Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. President…
