Garth Kroeker

The COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives, and spared millions more a frightening hospital or intensive care admission.   Many people ...

Here's a reference to an interesting 2009 study showing that playing tetris for 30 minutes can interfere with memory consolidation of up...

I'll introduce this post with my opinion on this issue: Almost any human activity can be addictive, in a harmful way. That is, the acti...

This is a sequel to a previous posting ( http://garthkroeker.blogspot.com/2009/06/increasing-anxiety-in-recent-decades.html ) A visitor sugg...

Nightmares are a common symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Various psychotherapeutic approaches can help people to deal with ...

"Ecstasy" is a common recreational drug. Chemically, it is known as MDMA, or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. It is a type of ch...

Trazodone is another antidepressant introduced in the early 80's. Once again, its use was fashionable for a time, gradually faded, and ...

Here's a link to a very interesting study which shows that the beta-blocker propranolol can interrupt the consolidation of fear in human...

There are some novel therapies such as vagal nerve stimulation or deep brain stimulation, which can improve symptoms of depression. These t...