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What is cognitive behavioral therapy?

Posted on December 16th, 2009 in Health Care | Comments Off

The marketers are out in force these days. They want to convince everyone that there is a pill to cure all ills. Oral medications are convenient for the patient. Just swallow and wait for results. They are profitable for the doctors because it takes only a minute to write out a prescription and wheel in the next patient. If you have to talk to the patients, this is fewer patients per day and less profit. It’s great for the pharmaceutical industry. Just press the “go” button on the machines in the factory to make the pills and watch the money roll into the bank account. But, as a country, do we really want everyone to be dependent on pills? Surely there must be a better way of delivering treatment to those who need it. Well, in the question lies the answer. The most effective treatments deal with the patient as a human being with a problem instead of a piece of meat to be pacified and sent away with a pill. This is not to say that pills cannot and do not provide effective relief. The drugs used to treat anxiety are safe and effective. But all the major clinical trials show that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) produces better results than drugs. So what is CBT? Read the rest of this entry »

Feeling uncomfortable with getting ED pills in public?

Posted on December 16th, 2009 in Health Care | Comments Off

Having trouble with getting a good erection? Dealing with the diagnosis of erectile dysfunction or male impotence? Well, there are a lot of special drugs to treat the condition out there on the market and each day it’s easier to buy such drugs online because there are new sites opened where you can order them anonymously. Male impotence is the inability to get a stable erection for suitable sex that persists for a longer period of time. It may be caused by a variety of reasons the most frequently observed being diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart diseases. Erectile dysfunction can also be caused by various psychological factors like stress, depression, anxiety, mental disorders and other conditions. In fact, almost all men will experience erection problems at some point of their lives and knowing what has caused them is crucial for overcoming them. Read the rest of this entry »