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Treating Children Correctly in a Doctor’s Office

Children are typically ignored in our everyday adult lives of social interactions and business dealings. It is much easier to allow the parents to describe the symptoms and explain what is going on with their son or daughter, but if we as physicians fail to personally make a connection with the

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When You Have Multiple Symptoms

In traditional medicine, it’s sometimes easier to focus on the primary (or only) complaint when patients come in. Granted, some patients who see me do have just one primary issue or complaint, and that’s what I call the beginning of the rabbit hole. In most cases, if asked enough questions, we can

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Non-addictive medications help relieve depression, other symptoms

From Dr. Paul Corona’s book, Healing the Mind and Body, Volume 3 We’re so fortunate to live in a time when many excellent medications are widely available to relieve depression and other symptoms. In one generation, the treatment of anxiety and depression has moved from symptomatic medications and narcotics – that did little

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The Real Truth of Psychosomatic Conditions

There is a prejudice in our culture that becomes apparent when particular words are introduced to a conversation … “He’s seeing a psychiatrist.” … “She’s seeing a shrink” Another word that often reveals our prejudice is “psychosomatic,” which conjures images of people who create illnesses for themselves that not not

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New Year Got You Feeling Less Than Motivated?

So, the New Year has dawned. Everyone around you is high on goals and visions and new activity and efficiency. You, on the other hand, would just rather stay in bed. Millions of people feel depression after the holidays more than any other time of the year. And, millions of people don’t

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Holiday Blues Are a Serious Problem

What we call “holiday blues” are actually a documented disorder that we refer to as Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. In most cases, SAD is more prevalent in late fall through early new year, and can be as simple a case as “winter blues” or “seasonal funk” to an outright

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Robin Williams Had Early Form of Lewy Body Dementia

On Nov. 12, this report was released by ABC News: In recent autopsy reports released, Robin Williams had a common but difficult to diagnose condition known as Lewy Body Dementia and this may have contributed to his decision to commit suicide last August. All people with LBD have dementia and

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Recognizing a True Personality Disorder

  From Dr. Paul Corona’s book, Healing The Mind and Body, Volume #2 As early as the playground in elementary school, we begin to notice particular traits in children that set them apart from others. There was the bully, the goof-off, the spoiled brat, the cheater, the teacher’s pet. Later,

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Perimenopause Symptoms Can be Dramatically Lessened

From Dr. Paul Corona’s book, Healing the Mind and Body, Volume 2 Unfortunately, there’s no uniform female response to the onset of menopause (perimenopause symptoms), moving through it and transitioning out of it. The psychological passage from fertility to infertility produces a variety of physical and psychological responses in women. Some react

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Postpartum Blues: A Neurochemical Song

From Dr. Corona’s newest book, Healing the Mind and Body, Volume 2. Mood changes due to chemical imbalances can add to the considerable stress often experienced by mothers after giving birth. In light of a mother’s natural worries for her newborn, increased responsibilities, unrelenting busyness, biological adjustments, and lack of

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