Comments (4) | Post a CommentPostpartum Depression vs. Thyroiditis
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Jun 08, 2009, 5:54 pm PDTDuring the postpartum period, about 1 in 15 women develops thyroiditis, a transient autoimmune inflammation of the thyroid gland marked by an accumulation of certain white blood cells in that gland. (The immune…Read More
Depression: Common, Miserable and Dangerous
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 12:27 pm PSTDepression is common. Major depression affects an estimated 15 million U.S. adults each year, and as many as 8 percent of men and 16 percent of women will suffer a bout of major depression at some time during…Read More
Drug Interactions, Part 2: Serotonin Syndrome
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Mar 29, 2007, 4:45 am PDTIn an earlier entry, I discussed drug interactions and the troubling rise in unintentional drug poisonings. Now, I want to address one particular category of interaction: the potentially fatal condition known…Read More
Enron Example: Stress and Cardiac Death
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Jul 14, 2006, 4:48 pm PDTWere we really surprised to read that Kenneth Lay died suddenly of what the newspapers called "a massive coronary" July 5 at age 64? We do tend to think that severe stress can cause a heart attack. And it's…Read More
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