Is vaping bad for you? Depending on what you read, you might believe that vaping is as safe as breathing clean air, or that it is as bad as smoking cigarettes. None of those things is adequate, of course. Reality is more nuanced, but it is not really in the center either. When we evaluate vaping risks, we are…
Orthorexia: obsession with healthy food and exercise It is a new eating disorder that took hold with the advancement of social networks and the image of idealized bodies. A new nutritional pathology has become established in recent times, as a result of the new stereotypes and demands of society that are constantly highlighted on social networks. The image of idealized…
Coronavirus and Telehealth What do we know about Wuhan coronavirus? The arrival of Wuhan’s coronavirus in the United States has set off alarms. To the cases reported in South Korea, Thailand and Japan is added an affected person in the state of Washington and who had recently traveled to China. This respiratory infection is part of a large family from…
Connected In Isolation We are living in the most connected time in history. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Skype, Facetime … Why is it we have an epidemic of loneliness? Depression, anxiety and stress are at all time highs. We are so consumed with the circumstances immediately in front of us, we feel lonely and isolated in the most connected society. Isolation…
Everyone has different ways to lower or numb, to avoid, or to flee from anxiety. These mechanisms are in themselves ways of dealing with anxiety, and among them are addictions. Eat, drink alcohol, go to work or exercise compulsively, any excess that you do compulsively, that you cannot stop and that helps you to get distracted from what you feel…