Psych Meds Keep You "Sick" & Make You WORSE

Evidence is mounting that psych meds are making people (& populations) worse, not better. Nations that don't keep their patients on meds have a higher recovery rate than, the "rich & modern" nations like...

Video Games Used To Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Researchers are seeing positive results after experimenting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder with video game therapy. A realistic video game, Virtual Iraq, is being tested in the United States to see if it can help veterans feel more comfortable with...

NYC beekeepers swarm City Hall to protest ban - Obama Buzz Off!

" NEW YORK - There's a secret buzzing around the rooftops and backyard gardens of New York. Despite city regulations prohibiting it, hundreds of New Yorkers have kept beehives on rooftops and backyard gardens...

warning: you may be dangerous to the person sitting next to you

You never considered that, did you? You don't live in your own private world. Your actions affect others. You may think that "being anti-social" means a person is unwilling to socialize... You're wrong, if so. If...

Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?

Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?Debbie Jeffries shows Correspondent Harold Dow the bag of marijuana she keeps in her freezer. (CBS) .hideit {display:none} (CBS) Debbie Jeffries of Rocklin, Calif., and her mother,...

Mum missing along with five daughters in UK

A mother has gone missing in the UK, and a nationwide search has been launched for her. It may not take too long to find her, considering she is on the run with her five daughters, and she has a German accent. The mother reportedly went on the run when she found out her...

Bullying tendency wired in brain

A small American imaging research  of 16-18 year olds suggests that sadistic and empathetic tendencies in bullies would be due to differences in brain.  "Aggressive adolescents showed "a specific and very strong" activation of the amygdala...

Nanocoating to Protect Beehives

" " The problem? Bee colonies are dying, and have been decimated by 30 - 40 % since 2006 by what is called 'colony collapse disorder', threatening crops both in the United States and around the world. Industrial Nanotech, Inc. announced the launch of new patented...

Mind hacks

"Pfizer have been caught manipulating studies. Again. This time for the drug Neurontin. The New York Times has the full story."

FDA Okays Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Depression

"The device delivers focused, MRI-strength magnetic pulses to the brain. The procedure, typically administered daily for four to six weeks, takes about 40 minutes and is done on an outpatient basis."

'90210' Starlets Called 'Too Thin for TV'

Leave it to a teen-focused entertainment series like 90210 to continue the relentless promotion of a distorted, 100-pound image of beauty to its vulnerably impressionable youth audience. And although this not...

Driver died sitting in car blaze

A woman in a car accident in the UK burnt to death when she refused to leave her vehicle after the accident, an inquest has been told. Truly a bizarre story."A driver burnt to death after refusing to leave her vehicle when it was set alight following a crash, an inquest was...

Treatment of Tourette’s syndrome with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.

"Tourette’s Syndrome Tourette’s syndrome (TS) is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized by involuntary vocal tics. Severity of this condition varies widely among patients. Though there is no cure for...

Why infants still die from SIDS

" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...

Genetic Traits Link to Bipolar Disorder

" Two genes in the brain that control the activity of the nerve cells may play a big role in a person's risk for developing bipolar disorder, which is marked by dramatic swings from being depressed to manic...

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