PANIC CONTROL:About one in three people experience a panic attack every year. What triggers panic attacks and how to avoid them is the theme of When Panic Attacks by psychotherapist Dr Áine Tubridy (Gill & Macmillan, €€19.99). In it, Dr Tubridy explains how to control panic attacks through a variety of self-help strategies and the book includes a CD of meditation, relaxation and breathing techniques.
TALK ABOUT ADHD: You, Your Child and ADHD is the theme of a public talk on Monday at 7pm in the Lucena Clinic, 59 Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin. The speaker is Dr Declan Quinn, associate professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Admission is free but pre-booking is essential on www.lucenaclinic.ie or tel: 01-4999349.
THERAPISTS VISIT: Ki Health International is a non-profit London-based complementary therapy organisation that offers treatments which promise to restore energy and vitality. Its next visit to Dublin is on Saturday, February 23rd from 9am to 4pm in the Stillorgan Park Hotel, Stillorgan, Co Dublin. See also www.kihealth.org or tel: 0044 20 76363500
BODY FAT VS BMI: Measuring body fat, rather than body mass index, appears to more accurately identify people who need lifestyle interventions to lose weight, new study findings suggest. Excess body fat is a risk factor for many major health problems, such as heart disease and diabetes, researchers note in the Nutrition Journal.
When evaluating individuals for lifestyle recommendations to minimise such health risks, body mass index (BMI) under-identifies risk, said Dr Ottavia Colombo of the University of Pavia in Italy