It sounds strange to say there’s an emotional dynamic we have with illness or pain conditions, but it’s absolutely true. Anything we must interact with on a daily basis, which affects our life, causes loss, frustration and alienation, which demands our attention and which we strive to understand, we end up in a relationship with.[…]
How the heart reacts to anger seems to predict who’s at risk for a life-threatening irregular heartbeat. Negative emotions like hostility and depression have long been considered risk factors for developing heart disease. But research released Monday goes a step farther, uncovering a telltale pattern in the electrocardiograms (known as ECGs or EKGs) of certain[…]
A new type of psychotherapy created specifically to target symptoms of complicated grief appears to be more effective at helping patients recover after the death of a loved one. Complicated grief occurs after the death of a loved one, and symptoms (which persist for more than six months after the death) include a sense of[…]
January 30, 2009 A Report from Northwestern University This illustration shows the brain from the left side, demonstrating the differences in brain function between patients with chronic pain and patients with no chronic pain. In a new study, investigators at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine have identified a clue that may explain how suffering[…]