• Teaching about mental health

    Updated: 2010-11-23 11:03:43
    Teachers who are concerned about helping students understand mental health issues have at least one sensible places where they can go for teaching resources: Breaking the Silence, a Web resource offered by a local National Alliance on Mental Illness group. BTS, as it calls itself, provides a combination of neighborhood (NY, US) and widely [...]

  • Zolpidem (Ambien) in Pregnancy: Is it Safe?

    Updated: 2010-11-22 21:04:25
    It is estimated that up to 95% of women experience some type of sleep disturbance during pregnancy.  While for many women the insomnia is relatively benign and may respond to simple interventions, other women experience more severe insomnia which has a significant impact on their quality of life and ability to function.  While zolpidem (Ambien), [...]

  • ACOG Focuses on Smoking Cessation in Pregnant and Postpartum Women

    Updated: 2010-11-10 16:02:55
    In the November issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued recommendations to providers regarding efforts to support smoking cessation in pregnant and postpartum women. The article states that while about half of women smokers stop smoking during pregnancy, about 13% of women in the United States continue [...]

  • Antidepressants and Weight Gain

    Updated: 2010-11-04 14:12:31
    Many individuals have the experience of weight gain while receiving treatment with an antidepressant, and often wonder if selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are associated with weight gain.  This is an excellent, complex, and clinically important question. Depression, anxiety, appetite, and weight:  There is a relationship between appetite and depression, with changes in appetite representing [...]

Current Feed Items | Previous Months Items

Oct 2010 | Sep 2010 | Aug 2010 | Jul 2010 | Jun 2010 | May 2010