While “drunkorexia” is not a medical term, it has become easily understood slang for the practice of swapping food calories for those in alcohol.
Rehabilitation Blog Posts by Casa Palmera Staff
Magnet Therapy an Option for Tough-to-Treat Depression
A treatment for major depression that uses intense magnetic pulses to stimulate the brain, previously shown to reduce acute symptoms for brief periods, appears to work over the longer term… Read More
Omega-3 May Fight Depression
When some Montreal researchers studied the effectiveness of omega-3 fatty acids in fighting depression, they found that it did seem to provide some relief, at least for those who did… Read More
10 Careers With High Rates of Depression
Some jobs are more depression-prone than others. Here are 10 fields (out of 21 major job categories) in which full-time workers are most likely to report an episode ofmajor depression… Read More
Best Practices for Pain Management of Knee Osteoarthritis
With treatment costs for knee osteoarthritis (OA) reaching $185.5 billion annually,[1] research efforts to discover more effective, cost-efficient treatments have increased considerably in recent years. In fact, the Osteoarthritis Research… Read More
Lessons From My Life as a Fat Kid
The recent U.S. Senate decision to pass a resolution naming September as “National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month,” gives this former fat kid much reason to pause and question. Hailed by… Read More
Why exercise won’t make you thin
Got a few pounds to lose? Cancel the gym membership. An increasing body of research reveals that exercise does next to nothing for you when it comes to losing weight…. Read More
Can Adderall be Dangerous?
Adderall is a drug that’s most commonly prescribed to treat ADD (attention-deficit disorder), but it has also been adopted by college students and athletes to enhance their performance, and by… Read More
Top 12 Signs of Prescription Painkiller Addiction
Prescription painkiller addiction is a growing problem in our country because many people don’t take the abuse of prescription drugs as seriously as they should. Prescription painkiller abuse can lead… Read More
OxyContin Treatment Programs
OxyContin is a powerful painkiller that, when used correctly, is a highly effective at treating pain. When OxyContin is misused or abused, however, it can be one of the most… Read More
