The Romanticized Drama of The End Game

This is an opinion article about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) from my blog (which is not available right now). Since i'm feeling functional & constructive at the moment... i thought this would make an...

Challenging Popular Myths About Autism

i could say a lot about the popular myths about autism, but i happily don't need to: someone already wrote an absolutely fantastic article. RACHEL COHEN-ROTTENBERG wrote such an accessible, accurate, direct and personally touching article on the topic, i thought it...

Marijuana As Wonder Drug

"Marijuana As Wonder Drug By Lester Grinspoon, Boston.com, 1 March 2007 The Boston Globe, © Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. Also published as: Marijuana, the wonder drug - International Herald Tribune A NEW STUDY* in the journal Neurology is being hailed as...

An Epitaph for the Bush Administration: A Sobering Conclusion from Cognitive...

Robert Burton, M.D., author and former Chief of Neurology at Mount Zion-UCSF Hospital, examines why most voters will not change their minds about their favorite candidate even if presented with sufficient facts...

Psychopathy/Antisocial Personality Disorder: Diagnostic Confusion

Regarding: something published and apparently ignored since February 1, 1996Psychiatric Times. Vol. 13 No. 2: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/54831"Written by Robert D. Hare, Ph.D. Dr. Hare, who has researched psychopathy for more than 25 years, is a...

Can mobiles make you infertile?

Can the radiation emerging from mobile phones cause impotency, this subject has been debated on many occasions. There have been reports coming time to time which claims that excessive mobile usage slows down sperm...

Tough work removing pig brains

Working in a pork processing plant can be demanding and serious business. The progressive inflammatory neuropathy, as it has been named, has afflicted several employees at the Austin, MN (USA) pork processing plant. Fortunately an identification of this disease has been...

Restless Leg Syndrome Doubles Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

News that Restless Leg Syndrome sufferers were twice as likely to have a stroke or heart disease in comparison to people without RLS, according to a large-scale study.

Mediterranean Diet in Alzheimer's Patients Lengthens Lives

Research coming out of Columbia University:  following a “Mediterranean diet” could help people with Alzheimer’s disease live longer than patients who eat a more conventional Western diet.

Coffee 'protects female memory'

"Caffeine may help older women ward off mental decline, research suggests. French researchers compared women aged 65 and older who drank more than three cups of coffee per day with those who drank one cup or less per day. Those who drank more caffeine showed less decline in...

Coffee may slow memory declines in women: study

Another score for America's favorite morning beverage. A recent study finds that coffee might help fight age related illness in women. Coffee, shown to be rich in antioxidants, is an $18 billion  dollar...

Study finds smoking wards off Parkinson's disease

"CHICAGO (Reuters) - There is more evidence to back up a long-standing theory that smokers are less likely to develop Parkinson's disease than people who do not use tobacco products, researchers reported on...

What is Arachnoiditis?

If you are just browsing and have run across this story then I promise you that you are about to learn something. If you got here by doing a search on "arachnoiditis," then you might already know what I am going to write about. First, let me tell you that I am not a doctor. I...

Mild brain injuries linked to sleep disorders

Experiencing a mild traumatic brain injury may increase the risk of developing a sleep disorder, and a good portion of these appear to be based on disturbances in the body's normal circadian rhythm, according to the results of a new study.

Your brain on love

Scientists at the department of neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have been messing with a few minds in love. They're studying how the brain processes feelings of love and sex. They've found a...

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