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Cognitive Behavioral Treatments for Insomnia

Cleveland Clinic — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:00:00 +0000

Approximately 50 percent of adults experience occasional bouts of insomnia, and one in 10 complain of chronic insomnia. Insomnia is almost twice as common in women as in men, and is more common in those who are older.

People with insomnia have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. Insomnia can cause one or more of the following symptoms:

• Difficulty falling asleep
• Waking up often during the night and having trouble going back to sleep
• Waking up too early in the morning
• Having sleep that is not refreshing

Behavior therapy is commonly used to treat insomnia. It is a technique that requires some effort, but it is a proven method to help people return to more normal sleep patterns. Behavioral treatments, in general, are found to be more effective and longer lasting than treating insomnia with medication.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, or CBT-I, is an approved method for treating insomnia without the use of medication. This type of therapy is aimed at changing sleep habits and schedules. CBT-I techniques may include sleep hygiene, relaxation exercises, stimulus control, sleep restriction and cognitive restructuring.
CBT-I includes regular physician visits to examine your sleep/wake habits and pinpoint the actions that may be preventing you from sleeping soundly.

Listen as the experts from Cleveland Clinic help give you a great nights sleep. We're Talking About Your Health with Cleveland Clinic.

Understanding Parkinson’s Disease

Cleveland Clinic — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:00:00 +0000

Approximately one million Americans have Parkinson's disease and more than 50,000 Americans are diagnosed every year.

Who is at risk?

There is increasing evidence that Parkinson's disease may be inherited. Men over age 60 are more likely to develop the disease than women.

While the average age at the onset of symptoms is 60, 10 percent of patients are diagnosed before age 40.

Learn more about common symptoms and the latest treatments options including medication, therapy and surgery, aimed to help people improve their function and their quality of life.

Osteoporosis-The Silent Bone Thief

Cleveland Clinic — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:00:00 +0000

Osteoporosis is a common, preventable and treatable form of metabolic bone disease. Fifty seven million Americans—mostly women—are affected by osteoporosis and low bone mass.

According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, ‘a woman’s risk of breaking a hip due to osteoporosis is equal to her risk of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer combined. Additionally, ‘a man age 50 or older is more likely to break a bone due to osteoporosis than he is to get prostate cancer.’

Early identification and treatment of low bone density is most effective in increasing bone mass and avoiding painful fractures. Osteoporosis, the ‘silent thief of bone,’ can be prevented, detected and treated.

Although there are uncontrollable risk factors, such as age and being a woman, there are ways to improve bone health. While various medications can treat osteoporosis, early detection of low bone density and prevention strategies that focus on balance and falls, vitamin D intake and the amount of calcium in your diet are the most important measures to ensure bone health.

What You Need to Know About Hip and Knee Replacements

Cleveland Clinic — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:00:00 +0000

Osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) both cause joint pain and limit movement.

OA results from wear-and-tear of the cartilage cushioning the joints, typically after injury or with advancing age. RA is a less common form of arthritis known as an autoimmune disease.

When hip and knee pain interferes with everyday function, replacement surgery may be recommended. Based on the amount of arthritis or wear on your joint, there are different replacement options available. For many individuals, replacement surgery can drastically improve the quality of life.

Listen as the experts from Cleveland Clinic give you the most up to date information on Arthritis and how you can manage your pain when living with Arthritis.

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The Management of Major Depressive Episodes, Stress, Grieving and Anxiety in Multiple Sclerosis

Cleveland Clinic — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Depression is very common in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). In fact, symptoms of depression severe enough to require medical intervention affect up to half of all people with MS at some point during their illness. Depression may be the result of a difficult situation or stress.

It is easy to understand how having MS, with its potential for progressing to permanent disability, can bring on depression, stress, grieving and anxiety. Emotional liability can be one of the most challenging aspects of MS from the standpoint of family life.

Learn how anti-depressant medications, professional counseling, support groups and stress management strategies can help people with MS. We're Talking About Your Health with Cleveland Clinic.

Caring for Alzheimer’s Disease

Cleveland Clinic — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Alzheimer's is primarily a disease of aging, although it can occur in younger adults. One in 10 people over the age of 65 — and nearly half of all people over 85 — have Alzheimer's.

Roughly 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease and the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is increasing, perhaps because of increased awareness of its symptoms or because people are living longer. Memory loss is the first and primary symptom of Alzheimer's disease.

In the disease's early stages, patients become forgetful — misplacing car keys, forgetting to take medications, not remembering how to drive to familiar places. As the disease progresses, patients often cannot remember what they did earlier in the day, or even five minutes before. In later stages, patients do not recognize loved ones and have difficulty taking care of themselves.

Listen as the experts from Cleveland Clinic give you the most up to date information on Alzheimer's and how to care for a loved one that has this disease.

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Treatment Options in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Cleveland Clinic — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Each year, more than half a million Americans suffer from strokes. A stroke, or "brain attack," occurs when the blood supply is cut off from part of the brain.

When this happens, the blood-deprived brain loses its supply of oxygen and nutrients. When the brain is deprived of blood for even a few minutes, it begins to die.

There are two types of stroke-ischemic and hemorrhagic. In ischemic strokes, brain arteries become blocked and prevent blood from nourishing the brain.

In hemorrhagic strokes, brain arteries rupture from damage caused by high blood pressure and other risk factors or an aneurysm (an abnormal out pouching of a blood vessel) and cause blood to flood the brain, creating pressure that leads to brain-cell death.
There are many risk factors that increase the risk of stroke.

Some factors can be controlled, while others cannot. Some of these factors include: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, heavy drinking, smoking, being overweight, and a family history of stokes.

Ways to reduce these risks include: not smoking, limiting alcohol intake, controlling your weight and blood pressure, and finding out if you have an irregular heartbeat or a diseased carotid artery. Immediate treatment of a stroke may limit or prevent brain damage.

A thrombolytic agent or "clot buster" medication may be given within the first 4.5 hours of the onset of stroke symptoms, and patients may also qualify for emergent endovascular therapy to try to open blocked blood vessels.

It is critical to call 911 and get to the hospital quickly if you experience stroke symptoms.

Listen as the experts from Cleveland Clinic give you the most up to date information on Acute Ischemic Stroke and how acting fast can save your brain!

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Benefits of Hospice for the Caregivers

Cleveland Clinic — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Why Choose Cleveland Clinic Hospice at Home? Coordinated and compassionate care.

We'll work with each patient's physicians and specialists to continue their care and keep them updated on the patient's progress. If a patient needs additional medical services, we can arrange them with other Cleveland Clinic providers.

Dedicated physicians. While other hospice programs may have "contracted" physicians, we have board-certified palliative or hospice Cleveland Clinic physicians who are solely dedicated to our program. The strength of our physician support and leadership sets us apart.

• Accredited and trusted. Our hospice is Joint Commission accredited and a member of:
o National Association for Home Care & Hospice
o National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
o Midwest Care Alliance
o Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice

Listen as the experts from Cleveland Clinic give you the most up to date information on why you should choose Cleveland Clinic Hospice for your loved one.

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Epilepsy Innovations: New Advances in Epilepsy Treatment Options

Cleveland Clinic — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders in our country, affecting approximately 2.5 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds.

This medical disorder is thought to be caused by abnormal nerve connections, genetic causes, other medical conditions, trauma, poisoning or abnormal nerve signaling chemicals called neurotransmitters.

Seizures from epilepsy can be alarming, but can be treated successfully in many cases.

These seizures may take various forms – including the type that appear to have an absence of recognizable symptoms except for stiffening of the body (tonic) and the other form of seizure involving jerks and shaking (clonic).

Seizures may range in severity from mild to grand mal seizures. Seizures can also be classified as partial, or focal seizures—both simple and complex, and the generalized seizures.

Fortunately, many seizures can be controlled through medication. When drug therapy has been tried and is not effective, epilepsy surgery is an option.

Other therapies for epilepsy treatment include the ketogenic diet and vagus nerve stimulation.Remarkable advances in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy have been made in recent years

MyEpilepsy app is our free educational iPad tool that allows you and your physician to effectively manage your epilepsy. Listen as the experts from Cleveland Clinic give you the most up to date information on Epilepsy and how you can get the best care for your Epilepsy.

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New Treatments and Approaches to Controlling Multiple Sclerosis

Cleveland Clinic — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to be an autoimmune disease in which the body's own immune system mistakenly attacks normal tissues of the body.
In MS, these attacks are aimed at the myelin in the Central Nervous System (CNS).There has been extensive research about MS over the past 50 years.

While we still do not know the cause of MS, we know that it is an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system that occurs in people with a tendency to such a problem. We know that about 350,000 people in the United States have MS, about one in a 1,000 people.

Since the first FDA approved medication became available in 1993, a total of seven medications have been FDA approved for use in multiple sclerosis (MS).

Each of the approved medications in some way alters the course of MS.
Each medication is available in injection form only. In general the medications reduce the frequency of exacerbations of MS, reduce the amount of activity seen on

MRI scanning, and may slow the progression of MS. Each medication has its own side effects and risks.

All of the approved medications have information materials to guide patient education provided by the manufacturer.

Listen as the experts from Cleveland Clinic give you the most up to date information on MS and how you can live a full life even with MS.

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