Panic Disorder

... Wellness center treats the 'whole person' - The Boston Globe #articleAd, .padAll5, .padAll7, .padAll10, .padLeft5, .indent10, .fodorsIndent, .lighterIndent { height: 100%; } Today's Globe Opinion Magazine Education Science NECN Special reports Obituaries Traffic February 16, 2006 ACTON - For Lisa Besse, the best healthcare is the kind that treats the whole person.

She is partial to integrated care, also known as alternative medicine, to treat herself and her family.''Within the realm of traditional medicine, the focus seems to be on the symptoms," she wrote in an e-mail message.

''We have always used natural medicine in conjunction with traditional medicine."For the past year, Besse and her family have been visiting Efi Papadopoulos, a psychotherapist who launched Be Well and Beyond in Acton.

The so-called wellness center, which opened its doors last year, offers a broad range of services including acupuncture, therapeutic massage, and life coaching.One of Besse's children suffers from bipolar disorder and undergoes a variety of treatments.

To allevi...

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... Face saver - Health And Fitness - smh.com.au NEWS register www.smh.com.au FITNESS NUTRITION RELATIONSHIPS MIND MATTERS ALTERNATIVE HEALTH Face saver Email Print Normal font Large font By Ros BradleyFebruary 16, 2006 CARTOON: By John Shakespeare It began after a day at Disneyworld.

Suddenly, one side of my face began to twitch in a way I had never felt before.

I was having involuntary contractions, especially around one eye.

It appeared the motion of the rides might have triggered it.

Panic set in as the children asked, "What's happening to your face, Mum?

Why is it twitching?

" Why indeed?

It was a long journey home to Australia and I spent much of the time fingering my face, half fascinated by the spasms as well as harbouring a growing fear.

I visited my GP, who hadn't seen anything like it before and referred me to a neurologist.

Her favoured specialist had no free appointments for months, so I went to another who, despite diagnosing my ailment, had a quirky bedside manner that was slightly off-putting.

His diagnosis was hemifacial spasm, a disorder occurring in men and women, although it more frequently affects middle-age...