Archive for April, 2007
Chemotherapy fog gets more attention
Communities of cancer patients are full of talk about the phenomena and the Journal of Biology reported that 80% of chemotherapy patients experience some sort of “chemo brain”.
Memory loss and difficulty concentrating are well known as side effects. Yesterday’s New York Times h…
NY TIMES LETTER TO EDITOR: “Revolving Door For Addicts”
The fact that “many patients do cont fully recover from their addictions” merely reflects the complexity of the problem. The “revolving door” can be and often is a life-saver in every sense of the word. Consider a member of the cabinet of former Governor Carey. Re: “Revolving Door For …
No date to Eat Right? Try that Challenge
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Useful urls and News Roundup
Researchers have a pill that could possibly stimulate fat metabolism in a similar way to exercise. Amazing effort.
How much fat to eat
The American Heart organization has a tool that calculates your daily fat intake based on your vital statistics. Incredibly they say my daily limit for Trans Fats…
Napping May Boost Memory, Understanding
news you may not knowAh - So, That’s How It All Fits… GSN Studios - Mind The Map Game Show Wow, how exciting is that? You’ve been a huge fan of Mind The Map since the early days, when they had those cheesy, plastic covered wall maps and they used different colored pushpins to mark the Hot Spot…
Arthritis pain processed in brain’s ‘fear center’
2007 Apr;56(4):1345-54. However, it seems that studying experimental pain alone does not supply the complete picture, and that PET scanning patients experiencing different types of clinical pain can reveal subtle changes in brain activity. Each patient plus rated their perceived pain intensity and…
Ear Candles -Do They Really Work?
Have you heard of candling before? It is a controversial technique also known as ear candling and also candle therapy. The therapists, as they liked to be called, announced that this treatment was taught and handed down generation by generation by way of the Hopi Indians.
The Tribal Council denou…
Looking inword in Drug Rehab
Being in a drug and alcohol rehab center is not the easiest thing anyone could do. It involves a sacrifice of day, money and a lot of effort. Sometimes citizens rub each other the wrong way. It happens to us all. Many times though it leads to judgement and justification. The…
Abstract: Pharmacological treatment of generalized anxiety disorders
The treatment of resistant generalized anxiety disorders remains a question for future research but the use of imipramine or sedative antipsychotics could be an option when other treatments have floped to induce any improvement. If [While] benzodiazepines may still be prescribed for a limited amoun…
Verbal beatings hurt as much as sexual abuse
That often repeated children’s rhyme is wrong, according to Harvard University psychiatrists. The report suggests that, when verbal abuse is constant and severe, it composes a risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, the same type of psychological break down experienced by combat troops in Iraq. C…












