When Hot Flashes Meet the Heat of Summer
What could be worse than hot flashes in this heat?
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Tag Archives : Patricia Yarberry Allen
Fighting Off Heat Stroke at ‘The Bates Motel’
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
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I told Steve, the motel’s front-desk clerk, that I’d be sleeping in the back of my SUV, since the chemical and tobacco stench in Room 209 was intolerable. He offered me a suddenly available room on the third floor. I thanked him and declined.
Antidepressants: What Are Your Options When Your Medication Isn’t Helping?
By Megan Riddle, M.D. Ph.D.
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"The depression came on gradually, slowly sapping me of my energy and typical enthusiasm. I can’t concentrate at work; all I want to do is sleep all day, and nothing in life is enjoyable any more. . ."
The Holiday That Still Delights
Even after 40 or 50 or 60 Christmases, family traditions can still warm the heart.
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Dr. Pat Consults: Preventing Alzheimer’s—What Do We Know Now?
By Dr. Baxter Allen
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As Dr. Richard Isaacson, Director of the Weill Cornell Medical Center’s Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, states, “While there is no magic bullet or magic pill for the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, evidence-based and low-risk interventions have great potential to maintain our brain health.”
Cognitive Health Plan: Exercise and Food for Brain Health (Dr. Pat Consults)
By Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen and Dr. Richard S. Isaacson
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Several recent studies have shown the positive benefits of physical activity (from regular exercise to household chores) in possibly reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s and mental decline, even in people older than age 80.
Family Fitness Month—TIME TO SHAPE UP
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
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The backbreaking part of my reinvention is over now, and I have used the start of the New Year in 2014 to take stock of my health. I am shocked at my loss of flexibility, loss of balance, loss of muscle tone. Some of my family members have fallen off the fitness wagon as well.
The Return to Standard Time: The Gift of an Hour
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
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Morning light! It's the most important light for synchronizing our circadian rhythms. Every autumn, that extra hour of morning light when we return to Standard Time seems like a glorious gift.
Dr. Pat Consults: Flu Shots for All!
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D. and Jason S. Kendler, M.D.
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) does NOt preferentially recommend any specific vaccine over the others, but DOES recommend that EVERYONE 6 months of age and older (including pregnant women) receive a flu vaccination, unless there are medical reasons for not doing so.
Dr. Pat Consults: Heart Disease by the Numbers (Good and Bad)
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD and Timothy C. Dutta, MD, FACC
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Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen is a collaborative physician. This week, she asks cardiologist Timothy C. Dutta to lay out the startling, research-backed numbers showing the impact of the lifestyle choices of Americans on their risk of heart disease.
An Open Letter from Dr. Pat
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
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At today's almost-annual WVFC fund-raiser, we'll be spotlighting the energy and vision that have made Women’s Voices for Change into your online magazine, but we'll also be celebrating—more than anything—you, our readers.
Spartan-Racing in Velvet Shoes
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
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"Wearing my red three-quarter-length Akris red spring coat, my Josephine & Laurentina gray fur scarf over their fabulous black, thin-wool turtleneck, and Leggiadro gray wool stretch Capri pants with my favorite Stubbs & Wootton velvet shoes, I joined the other Lunatic to test my endurance. If they carried me out on a stretcher, at least I would be well dressed."
Dr. Pat’s Recommended Reading: “Almost Alcoholic”
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
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When does a person slide from “drinker” to “alcoholic”? That worrisome question is at the heart of "Almost Alcoholic: Is My (or My Loved One’s) Drinking a Problem?”, a new book by Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D, a clinical psychologist, and Robert Doyle, M.D., of Harvard Medical School.
Bergdorf Goodman Spring Fantasy Shopping Spree with Verdura Jewelry
No spring fantasy shopping spree would be complete without jewels.
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