Mental Health Archives - Gary M. Verigin, DDS, inc.

Cultivating Consciousness in an Unconscious World

Posted on Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

In last week’s post, Dr. V explored some of the factors that can affect our decision-making and, ultimately, well-being. And it brought to mind David Foster Wallace’s famous speech “This Is Water,” which he originally delivered as a speech to Kenyon College’s 2005 graduating class. The inability to recognize how distracted we are seems to […]

Are Loneliness & Your Health Related?

Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

Physician Dr. Lissa Rankin says, “Yes” – and offers some thought-provoking ideas for becoming less isolated, more connected. “This is medicine, people,” she says…

News Flash, Pharmacological Edition

Posted on Wednesday, August 14th, 2013

That, of course, is part of the point. The Case Against Antidepressants (The Week) The Antidepressant Debate (British Journal of Psychiatry) SSRI Antidepressants Are Not Medicine (SaveYourself.ca) Take a Pill, Kill Your Sex Drive? 6 Reasons Why Antidepressants Are Misnamed (AlterNet) Are Antidepressant Drugs Actually Worth Taking? (Discover) Challenging Received Wisdom: Antidepressants and the Placebo […]

30 Health & Wellness Articles Worth Your Time

Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2012

Want to damage your teeth? Here’s how! On the other hand, opening beer bottles with his teeth was not the cause of George Washington’s famous dental woes. (His dentures weren’t made out of wood either.) More about the bad old days of dentistry. Yes, teeth are made for tearing and chewing food. But what to […]

Protein (Not Sugar) for Energy, & Other News of Note

Posted on Monday, December 5th, 2011

Mid-Afternoon Slump? Why a Sugar Rush May Not Be the Answer (ScienceDaily) A new study has found that protein and not sugar activates the cells responsible for keeping us awake and burning calories. The research, published in the Nov. 17 issue of the scientific journal Neuron, has implications for understanding obesity and sleep disorders. Wakefulness […]

3 Basic Steps to Better Health & Wellness

Posted on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Multitasking’s Effect on Brain Health, & Other News of Note

Posted on Monday, April 25th, 2011

All Those Tweets, Apps, Updates May Drain Brain (SF Chronicle) Human minds evolved to constantly scan for novelty, lest we miss any sign of food, danger or, on a good day, mating opportunities. But the modern world bombards us with stimuli, a nonstop stream of e-mails, chats, texts, tweets, status updates and video links to […]

Keeping Your Balance in Unsettled Times (Guest Post)

Posted on Monday, April 11th, 2011

Current world affairs are causing a lot of distress. From the Japanese disasters to Middle Eastern uprisings and beyond, daily news of what we might have once thought of as unthinkable can easily pull us away from our natural balance. Not long ago, we were most concerned with the health effects of wifi and processed […]

Lowering Oral Cancer Risk through Diet, & Other News of Note

Posted on Monday, April 4th, 2011

Eat Your Greens to Reduce the Risk of Oral Cancer (Medical News Today) Eating green leafy vegetables “significantly lowers the risk” of oral cancer among women who smoke, a recent study has revealed. The research showed for every one serving of green leafy vegetables, the risk of oral cancer for current women smokers is reduced […]

No Cholesterol / Stroke Risk Link, & Other News of Note

Posted on Friday, March 11th, 2011

Study Says Cholesterol Doesn’t Cause Stroke (Diet Blog) A new study published in the journal Annals of Neurology suggests that cholesterol has little or no causative role to play in the development of ischaemic stroke. * * * 14,000 men and women were followed for more than 30 years. Researchers looked at the relationship between […]