by John Ballew | Jun 21, 2012 | Emotional health, Health issues, Overcoming anxiety
From PsychCentral, these are the medications most frequently prescribed last year in the U.S: Xanax (for anxiety) 48,000,000 prescriptions Celexa (depression, anxiety) 38,000,000 Zoloft (depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD) 37,000,000 Ativan (anxiety, panic disorder)... 
by John Ballew | Jun 12, 2012 | Gay men's sexuality, Health issues, midlife
I’ve written before that gay men are prone to body image problems. Many gay men seem to have the issues often associated with 16 year old girls: imagined flaws not visible to others, hypervigilence about weight and muscle tone, snarkiness and judgmental attitudes... by John Ballew | Feb 8, 2012 | Health issues
There is more and more evidence that we make choices that dramatically impact the state of our health, the focus of a new book called The End of Illness by David Agus. Macleans.ca summarizes the book this way: Take statins if you’re over 50, and baby Aspirin, too.... 
by John Ballew | Jan 26, 2012 | Emotional health, Good life, Health issues, Uncategorized
Work-life balance is as much of a challenge as ever, and now there is evidence. A study has found a connection between long work hours and major depressive episodes. Specifically, those who worked 11 hours a day or more were twice as likely to experience depression.... 
by John Ballew | Jan 6, 2012 | Emotional health, Health issues
I’ve written before about the body image pressures on gay men. We tend to feel a lot of pressure to work out and look good. This is gay culture at its most competitive; many men fear that if they don’t lose that extra five pounds or work out five days a week, they... by John Ballew | Jan 3, 2012 | Emotional health, Health issues, Uncategorized
What New Years’ resolution do you think is most common? Diet and exercise are probably at the top of the list in American culture; we tend to find it easy to eat too much (or to eat the wrong stuff), and we live in a time when most of us are employed in sedentary...