by Dr. Keith Nemec
Recognizing and giving thanks for the positive aspects of life can result in improved mental, and ultimately physical, health in patients with asymptomatic heart failure. “We found that more gratitude in these patients was associated with better mood, better...
by Dr. Keith Nemec
New research shows that babies not only pick up on their mother’s stress, they also show corresponding physiological changes. “Our research shows that infants ‘catch’ and embody the physiological residue of their mother’s stress,”...
by Dr. Keith Nemec
People feel good when they make a charitable donation, but they feel even better if they make the donation directly to someone they know or in a way that builds social connection. Research investigates for the first time how social connection helps turn generous...
by Dr. Keith Nemec
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects those cells within the brain that are responsible for producing dopamine, a chemical necessary for the transmission of neural information to and from the motor centers of the brain and body. When...
by Dr. Keith Nemec
According to Stanford University School of Medicine researchers, a good night’s sleep may even help fight cancer. The quality and quantity of a person’s sleep can have a tremendous affect on the balance of hormones in the body. That fact makes the sleep/wake cycle...
by Dr. Keith Nemec
More than 23 million people in the United States suffer from migraines. 2 to 3 million of those Americans are chronic sufferers, experiencing a minimum of one severe migraine per month. Only a migraine sufferer can truly understand just how debilitating an attack can...
by Dr. Keith Nemec
Sun exposure has a protective effect against the development Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), a blood cancer, Australian researchers report. Dr. Anne Kricker, of the University of Sydney, and colleagues investigated the possibility that high sun exposure is associated...
by Dr. Keith Nemec
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. NIV Let us start with what love is NOT. Love is not an emotion. Love is not a feeling or sensation. The English language has only one word “love” whereas the Greeks used 5 different word for the...
by Dr. Keith Nemec
Marriage keeps you healthy, married people are less likely to smoke, drink heavily or be physically inactive, the report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows. They are less likely than singles, divorcees or widowed adults to be in fair or poor health,...
by Dr. Keith Nemec
Addison’s disease is a disorder of the endocrine system. Also known as hypocorticism, Addison’s is a chronic condition in which the adrenal glands fail to produce the necessary levels of cortisol and aldosterone, two hormones which are vital to the total...
