Sunday, April 18, 2010

Other Ineresting Articles

P. A . D (Perpheral Artery Diease), TV commerical.


SCHIZOPHRENIA: The Tonya Williams Story (The Herald), Sunday, April 11, 2010.


Study: Breast Feeding Saves Lives. (The Herald), Monday, April 5, 2010.


Wanted: 27 People With Hearing Loss - Technology Field Test.

(The Herald - Sunday, March 7, 2010)


Easy Heart Disease Fighter (Fitness Magazine).

Feed Your Brain - Pick Up Your Mood With Food

Resource: Today's Charlotte Woman Magazine


According to researchers, food has long been assoicated with mood behavior patterns. It's suggested that monounsaturated fatty acids in olive oil (used in Mediterranean Diet) may be connected to a lower risk of severe depression symptons. Also, Archives of General Psychiatry suggest that people who follow a traditional Mediterranean Diet rich in foods such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains, olive oil and fish are 30 percent less likely to develop depression. Mediterranean Diet can reduce health risks associated with diabetes, asathma, and cancer.


Other Resource: In Chapter 10, page 405, it says, depression is influenced by negative life events. Men who are masculine and women who are feminine in their gender roles experience a significant increase in "Depression" when they are expose to an increase number of life events.

Local Doctors Restore Men's Sexual Health

Resource: The Herald (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)


Also, Women: Birth control with no regular monthly periods (Wyeth).


These articles discuss restoring men's sexual health, and for the women, no monthly periods with the use of Lybrel - Birth Control.


Other Resource: Psychology Book, Chapter 10 (The Physical Side of Human Sexuality).
Man's ability not to perform sexually is a type of mental/physcial death, a for a woman not have a period, is like having Christmas everyday.
Master and Johnson did an Observational Study of the human sexual behavior and defined it in 4 stages.
Phase One: Excitment - the beginning of sexual arousal.
Phase Two: Plateau - the physical changes that began in the first phase are continued.
Phase Three: - Orgasm - involves the muscles of the rhythmic muscular contractions known as orgasm.
Phase Four: Resolution - the return of the normal state before arousal began ( True-That).
WOW, we can understand a reason why men want to keep on "keeping On", and why women don't want the hassel of mother nature.

Too Fat For 15

Resource: Channel 39 (Wednesday, April 7, 2010)


This program was about an overly obesed fifteen year old girl named Georgia.

- she weighed 462 lbs.

- mother was obese.

- Georgia was too young for medicine, and suffered type 2 diabetes.

- father died, a lot of stress and depression because of the fact.

- her mother needed assistant.

- turned to food for comfort.

- received a scholarship for Well Springs Academy Camp in NC.

- weighed in at 462 lbs.

- at risk for heart and lung failure.

- 2 months in program, encountered a setback, she broke her angle which

means no exercising, and at risk for amplitation.

- start sneaking food, saying her brain was constantly telling her she need food.

- 3 months in program, she losted 62 lbs.


Georgia was so stressed out thinking it was her responsibility to take care of her famiy. With the help of Behavior coaches, exercise and positive routine, Georgia had a whole neww outlook on life. By the end of the program she had losted a total of 200 lbs. There were other struggles, but she over came them as well.

Other Resource: Psychology Book, Chapter 9 (P.373).
There are several factors that create obesity. 1). There appear to be several sets of genes, some on different chomsomes, which influence a person's likelihood of becoming obese. IF there is a history of obesity in a particular family, each family member has a risk of becoming obese. 2). Another is overeating. As developing countries get stronger economies and their food supplies become stable, the rates of obesity increase dramatically and quickly. Over the last 20 years, rates of obesity in developing countries have tripled. In children from these countries, 10-25 percent are obese. In recent years, a hormone called Leptin has been identified as one of the factors that controls appetite, which may also play an impoetant role in obesity.

Regain 10-15 Years of Lost Memory Power.

Resource: The Herald (Thursday, March 18, 2010)


This article states how new pill can help sharpen focus, clear away "brain fog", and erase up to 15 years of lost memory power! The pill is called Procera AVH. Also, increases your mood in just 30 days or less.



Other Resource: Psychology Book - Chapter 6 (discuss short/long term memory, and what cues help people remember).

This article talks about using a pill to regain memory, but Chapter talks about Retrieval Cues for STM and LTM. FOr example, words, meaning, sounds, and other stimuli that are encoded at the same time as a new memories. The more cues stored with a piece of information, the easier the retrieval of that information will be.

Should You Try A Sleeping Pill?

Resource: Fitness Magazines


This article talks about how 1/3 of women aren't getting enough sleep, and how certain medicine can help restore a more normal sleep.


Examples:

Ambien, Sonata - used for people who can't nod off no matter what.

Lunesta, Ambien CR - used for the middle-of-the-night clock watchers.

Rozerem - used for frequent travelers dealing with jet lag.


Of course, with all other meds, there are side effects.


Other Resources: Psychology Book - Chapter 4, page 147 states, don't take sleeping pills or drink alcohol or other types drugs that slow down the nervous system, because these drugs force you into any REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep or the lighter stages.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has an excellent website at www.aasmnet.org.