Question: Dr. Elaine, I have tried and tried to get control of my thoughts. It feels like they are doing the thinking for me, and I can’t stop them. The only time I can stop worrying and thinking about something terrible happening is when I am asleep. I am a nervous wreck. My doctor wants me to take anti-anxiety medication, and I don’t want to. What can I do?
Question: There’s a lot of diabetes that runs in my family. My doctor says my chances of getting it are very high. I’m really concerned. What do you think and what can I do to prevent it.
Please explain to me how touch has healing power. I find that intriguing but not quite believable. Is it really that simple?
Question: I really don’t believe that the way I think affects my health. I’ve heard you say that affirmations and positive emotions can improve my health. I don’t believe that’s true for me.
Question: I am confused about something. I’m reading books on nutrition that indicate all I have to do is to change my diet to dramatically improve my health.
Heart Failure is a very serious chronic condition in which the heart fails to pump effectively and efficiently, and provide the body/organs/cells with the blood that is needed to function properly. It is a term that encompasses a variety of causes and contributing factors that disrupt the heart’s ability to pump blood to meet the body’s needs.