by Carolyn Ross | May 19, 2009 | Bulimia, Compulsive Overeating, Depression
I just recently attended and was a speaker at the 6th Annual Nutrition and Health Conference put on by the University of Arizona (www.nutritionandhealthconf.org). The conference was held in Chicago and May 11th was declared by Mayor Daley to be Nutrition and Health...
by Carolyn Ross | Feb 28, 2009 | Carolyn Ross MD
My mentor, Andy Weil this past week testified before the US Senate about Integrative Medicine and the future of healthcare.. See the link: http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2009_02_26/2009_02_26.html
by Carolyn Ross | Feb 24, 2009 | Depression, stress
My son, Noah suffered from severe depression for ten years before his untimely death at the age of 29. He was a fashion photographer, a brother and an uncle. His death five years ago this month left a hole in many of our lives. Depression is the number one cause of...
by Carolyn Ross | Dec 17, 2008 | Carolyn Ross MD
Eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and compulsive overeating are serious and life threatening disorders. Many clinicians have sided with the new genetic research pointing to the increase in incidence of eating disorders...
by Carolyn Ross | Dec 14, 2008 | Compulsive Overeating, Depression, financial crisis, stress
The financial crisis has really made me stop and think about my own patterns in life. I can see that I have always assumed that I lived in a “land of plenty” and that I would be able to feel safe sampling from the bounty that we as Americans take for granted. Now,...