Category Archives: Mental Health

Physical and mental health are two sides of the same coin, although we often fail to acknowledge it. It’s understandable—physical ailments are quite obvious and even palpable, while mental health issues are usually undercover and subtle. Because mental health conditions like depression affect your mood, behavior, and outlook on life, they are treated on their ...click here to read more

Everyone experiences stress from time to time, whether it’s short term stress (acute), such as when someone cuts you off in traffic or when dealing with a difficult client at work, or long-term stress (chronic), like when going through a lengthy divorce or working in hostile conditions. While these may be things we just have ...click here to read more

Today is the 9th annual World Autism Awareness Day. It’s a time where the world comes together to increase understanding and acceptance for those living with autism and to learn about autism treatment and therapy. Here at Bel Marra, we are committed to bringing our readers the most relevant information on all health topics, and ...click here to read more

A Spanish study published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology states that most women with fibromyalgia say they have memory problems and can’t concentrate, and the majority also suffer from anxiety and depression. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and tenderness, fatigue, sleep disturbances, memory, and mood issues. ...click here to read more

Experiencing a headache can ruin anyone’s day: it’s painful, annoying, and can prevent you from enjoying your day. But what most people don’t realize is that there are several different kinds of headaches, each with their own unique set of qualities and triggers. This also extends to treatment options, as not all headaches are treated ...click here to read more

March 26 is Purple Day for Epilepsy, a day where people come together to raise awareness. To help increase awareness of this important condition, we have compiled a list of relevant topics dealing with issues such as diabetes, cataracts, and their relation to epilepsy. Over the past eight years, purple day has become a global ...click here to read more

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered the molecular basis and a potential treatment for inclusion body myopathy, Paget disease with frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) by using genetically engineered fruit flies. IBMPFD is an inherited disorder that primarily affects the brain, bones, and muscles. Individuals with the disorder show progressive muscle weakness ...click here to read more

March is Multiple Sclerosis Month, and to help raise awareness about the condition, Bel Marra Health has gathered five of our most informative articles featuring information on an MS diet, multiple sclerosis risk factors, brain shrinkage, and more. Multiple sclerosis patients may improve working memory and brain connectivity through magnetic stimulation Researchers are reporting that ...click here to read more

A migraine hangover, or migraine postdrome, can occur after you experience a migraine and could be almost as debilitating as the pain itself. Most people who suffer migraines will feel the postdrome almost immediately after the pain subsides, and symptoms can last for up to 48 hours. Continue reading to learn what a migraine hangover ...click here to read more

Loneliness is defined as an unpleasant feeling caused by a difference between the level of social connectedness you have and the level of social connectedness you want for yourself. It does not necessarily have anything to do with the number of friends you have or whether you are in a relationship—people who have lots of ...click here to read more

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), headaches are one of the most common disorders of the nervous system, with an estimated 47 percent of the population suffering from at least one headache within the past year. There are a variety of different types of headaches, with the most commonly recognized types being migraines, tension-type ...click here to read more

New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has shown that depressive symptoms can be reversed through the addition of certain probiotics in the diet of mice. Lactobacillus is a probiotic found in live cultures of yogurt and was proven to be an effective treatment for mice displaying depressive symptoms, suggesting that there ...click here to read more

The virtual reality technology that has been popularized by video games may also be of use to doctors in treating patients with a variety of mental health issues. A technology firm from Lithuania that currently develops mobile applications has asserted that the use of virtual reality technology may be effective in treating mental health issues ...click here to read more

Numbness or tingling in the head, known as head paresthesia, may refer to the feeling of pins and needles in the head and could be accompanied by a burning sensation and partial numbness. This tingling may also spread down to the face, ears, mouth, tongue, and neck, and it can be quite unsettling. To learn ...click here to read more