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Monsters and Critics / Cliffside Malibu Addiction expert on Ambien, and Kerry Kennedy crash July 17, 2012

July 16, 2012

Addiction expert on Ambien, and Kerry Kennedy crash

Kerry Kennedy’s recent crash over the weekend has raised questions about the suspected cause, a prescription sleeping pill callled Ambien.

Kennedy, the ex-wife of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, may have been under the influence of the sleeping aid when she was involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer on a New York highway and subsequently left the scene. She was arrested and charged with driving while impaired Friday, and is due in court Tuesday.

ABC News reported that Kennedy told police she had been taking Ambien sometime Friday morning. But her family said in a statement released to ABC News that there were no drugs involved.

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ABC News / Cliffside Malibu Kerry Kennedy Arrested After Car Accident July 17, 2012
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Celebzter / Dr. Constantino Mendieta Expert Opinion: Revealed, The Real Reason Why Britney Spears Looks Perkier July 10, 2012

July 10, 2012

Expert Opinion: Revealed, The Real Reason Why Britney Spears Looks Perkier

Everyone marveled over how great Britney Spears looked in recent shots in a bikini in Hawaii, but it does appear that the X Factor judge has had some help, according to leading American plastic surgeon Dr Constantino Mendieta.

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Scary Symptoms / SignatureMD Causes of Fluttering Heartbeat After Lying Down July 10, 2012
July 9, 2012

Causes of Fluttering Heartbeat After Lying Down

So you get into bed and are ready for the night’s sleep, and only a few minutes later, your heart suddenly skips a beat or flutters. You’ve noticed that usually when you feel a skipped beat or fluttering–palpitations–it’s very soon after settling into bed for sleep. Why is this?
For this article I consulted with Robert M. Davidson, MD, a cardiologist with  SignatureMD, www.signaturemd.com.  I, a layperson, speculated that the cause of a fluttering or seemingly skipping heartbeat, soon after getting into bed, was anxiety and stress.
After all, the minute your head hits the pillow, you may become inundated with the stress of all the things you have to do the next day. Dr. Davidson says, “Yes, this is usually the cause. Also, it is easier to feel your heartbeat when lying down and it is quiet, especially if you are lying on your left side.”
Now that we know it’s usually stress and anxiety, fretting about the next day’s tasks, that causes palpitations or fluttering, just what is the mechanism behind this annoying phenomenon?
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Scary Symptoms / SignatureMD Why Is Chest Pain Caused by Stress and Anxiety? July 10, 2012
July 9, 2012

Why Is Chest Pain Caused by Stress and Anxiety?

Chest pain is frightening, because one of the causes is a heart attack or pending heart attack, yet a common cause of chest pain is also anxiety and stress, or panic attacks.

For this article I consulted with Robert M. Davidson, MD, a cardiologist with SignatureMD, www.signaturemd.com.

First of all, let’s be clear: This article is not about angina. Angina involves heart disease, and typically, stress and anxiety will cause or aggravate chest pain in a person who has angina.

But what about a person who does not have heart disease, or at least, has not been diagnosed with such? Perhaps this individual’s calcium score is zero, which very likely means the absence of heart disease. So what’s going on if they experience chest pain from anxiety or stress?

 

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