Mad in America

Mourning on Schedule: How Grieving Became a ‘Mental Illness’

My wife, Ginny, died ten months ago. In another two months, I will have a new mental disorder: “Prolonged Grief Disorder.” ...

How to Cope with Grief Attacks, According to a Psychologist

As the world around her celebrated, Edmonson would be hit with swells of overwhelming, whole-body grief that transported her back to that day on the ship. It felt, she says, like “complete suffocation ...
TheHealthSite

Normal ECG? Don’t Ignore These Early Symptoms Of Heart Disease That Could Signal Hidden Heart Problems

Even with a normal ECG, subtle symptoms like fatigue, jaw pain, and breathlessness may indicate underlying heart disease. Know the early warning signs. Symptoms of Heart Disease: If you have an ECG ...
Irish Sun

I thought I was too young and that my symptoms were normal, but docs told me of ‘sinister’ discovery an hour after scan

NIKITA Heffernan had spent years convincing herself her symptoms were “normal”. But a scan revealed an 11cm cyst — and the young Dublin woman was suddenly hearing words like “sinister”. Nikita and her ...
New Scientist

Why some people cannot move on from the death of a loved one

For most people, the intense sting of grief eases with time. For some, however, persistent and painful grief remains, developing into prolonged grief disorder. A new review of the condition, which ...
The Indian Express

With BP at 130/70 mmHG, pulse beat at 86, ECG normal, 37-year-old woman had a silent heart attack: What are subtle symptoms?

When 37-year-old Gayathri walked into the gastro OPD, she thought her gut was playing up, and that she would be out after a routine consultation. She had experienced heartburn but it abated after she ...