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Yes, Shopping Can Be Addictive
If you can’t pass up a good deal, Prime Day will be hard to resist. Even more so for the nearly six percent of Americans affected by compulsive buying disorder or, more widely known as, a shopping addiction. Today is like Christmas in July for online shoppers (and Amazon Prime members) around the world, as…
The Longest Day: Raising Awareness for Alzheimer’s
“Alzheimer’s is a road for which the majority of people don’t have a road map,” says Dr. Upinder Singh, a geriatrician at HCA Healthcare’s Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Most of the time people are seeing it for the first time. They don’t know how to handle it.” This statement…
Fidget Spinners: Do They Really Work?
Children across the globe are clamoring for fidget spinners – simple, handheld devices you can spin with your fingers. The devices are marketed as a tool to help children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism and other similar disorders focus. But do they really work? One expert weighs in on the gadgets. Siobhan Smith, a…
The Good, The Bad & The Why “13 Reasons Why” is Striking a Chord
They’re calling it the new must-see series on Netflix. But it’s giving pause to some schools, parents and mental health experts. 13 Reasons Why, whether you like it or not, has sparked a crucial – and perhaps overdue – conversation about youth suicide. Based on a young adult (YA) novel of the same name, 13…
TriStar Centennial Medical Center Caregivers Take on Domestic Violence
Less than two years after a mass shooting killed 14 people in San Bernardino, tragedy struck the California community again last Monday when an elementary school teacher was fatally shot by her husband in an apparent domestic violence incident. The abuser also killed an eight-year-old boy and wounded another child, before turning the gun on…
Alcohol: How Much is Too Much? The Risks, Warning Signs & Resources for Help
A common misconception about alcoholism is that if the individual goes to work, they’re not alcoholics. But Dr. Martin Buxton, the chief of psychiatry at Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, an affiliate of HCA, begs to differ. “You can still be an alcoholic and get to work,” he says, “but ultimately, it’s going to catch up…