The Miami Heat’s American Airlines Arena was packed with thousands of rabid fans, ready to see their beloved Heat trounce the San Antonio Spurs. Did I just say trounce? Hmm, that’s not a very nice thing to say, is it? Time to explore the role that oxytocin plays in live events, fan frenzy, and bonding—plus […]
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Eva Ritvo, MD, is a mom of two and a psychiatrist in Miami Beach, FL. She is the author of The Concise Guide to Marriage and Family Therapy and the coauthor of The Beauty Prescription. Dr. Ritvo is also a frequent contributor to www.MommyMDGuides.com. Her tips are featured in The Mommy MD Guide to Pregnancy and Birth and the forthcoming The Mommy MD
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Exercise! Find something you love and do it almost everyday! The endorphins will make you feel fabulous and you will be battling the aging process in the best way we know how. Focus on the half full part of life. This will brighten your mood and then everything goes better. An optimistic attitude helps keep
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by Brie Gatchalian, SheKnows.com Yes, the baby is a gift. But don’t lose sight of why you and your spouse got together in the first place. “Make time to keep the spark alive. They say good sex begins for a woman when she wakes up, so keep the intimacy and love alive,” suggests Dr. Eva
by Gwen Belton, CBS4.com Each year millions of prescriptions for antidepressants are written in the U.S. for people with mild to severe forms of depression. Now a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association says fake pills or placebos given to patients with mild depression worked just as well as antidepressants.
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by Jill Bauer, Miami Magazine Third-generation doctor Eva Ritvo, vice chair and associate professor in the Miller School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was raised by psychiatrists. “There was a lot of lively conversation around our dinner table,” she recalls. “I was a lab rat—and I liked it” Ritvo’s mother, one of
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by Chris Iliades, MD If you want to live a longer life, start with positive thinking. Learning how to be an optimist can make your heart and your mind healthier. Eva Ritvo, MD, vice chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida and
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by Miller School of Medicine, Miami.edu Miller School psychiatrists Eva Ritvo, M.D., and Ewald Horwath, M.D., are on a mission to strip away the curtain of secrecy and shame society has arbitrarily erected around mental illness. Toward that end, on Tuesday, September 22, Ritvo opened her Miami Beach home to University of Miami trustees and
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by Dr. Sean Kenniff for Miami.edu Jack was suffering from Bigorexia and experts say the problem is growing as men and women strive for buffer bodies. In psychiatric circles, Bigorexia is referred to as Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder. It’s a body image problem similar to anorexia, but in this case, people with the condition see bigger
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