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Which kind depends on the nature of the anxiety. If it's part of a chronic, underlying problem such as depression or something called "generalized anxiety disorder," the doctor would probably prescribe a so-called selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor such as Paxil. Such inhibitors take up to six weeks to begin working. But by putting your brain chemistry back into balance, they can get rid of the outward symptom--the anxiety...
...Despite chronic tendonitis in his knees and teammates named Jahidi and Tyronn, Michael Jordan manages to average 25+ points, five rebounds and five assists in leading the Washington Wizards (19-63 last year) to 40 or so wins and a playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. Although he doesn’t return fully to his IMAX glory days, MJ still ends up winning his sixth MVP award, as the voters give in to feelings of nostalgia...
Hepatitis B is not so easy to catch, but it's still serious. Each year it kills about 5,000 Americans, and many thousands more develop a chronic infection that in some cases will trigger liver cancer or other problems. The hepatitis-B virus is generally transmitted in utero from mother to child, through sexual activity or by close contact with infected blood. A vaccine is available...
...hopes eventually to offer consumers a debit card to have their visits to the doctor automatically paid out of their accounts. In such a competitive market, says Harvard Business School professor Regina Herzlinger, doctors will finally offer services that consumers really want, such as integrated teams to better treat chronic illnesses, which account for close to 80% of health-care costs...
...Slowly we doctors realize that the real fallout is just beginning. The most vulnerable people in our population, those with chronic psychiatric illnesses who don?t function well, start to show up in the emergency rooms. As the third week begins, no more waiting for people to turn up - we are busy. Over and over, patients? family members tell me the same thing, "She was doing okay, just barely, but then the Trade Center...." I think about how those of us who think of ourselves as stable feel - terrified, disbelieving, stressed to the limit - and try to imagine what...