Lindsay is a blogger who frequently posts about her struggle with Fibromyalgia (FMS). She has been dealing with it for the past decade and only identified it as FMS for the past 5 years. She is the kind of woman who does not accept things at face value. Her inquisitive mind searches for the whys [...]
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Fibromyalgia (FMS)
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Benjamin W. Glass’ book Robbery Without a Gun, is a thin book as books go. Even though modest in length the message speaks volumes—and one that you should seriously consider getting your hands on if you have a long-term disability (LTD) policy or have recently become disabled. If you are someone who has never been [...]
Ireland researchers, Dr Christian Holscher and Dr Calum Sutherland, believe that there may be a connection between Alzheimer’s and diabetes. Their research centers around the protein GLP1, which is currently being investigated as a new treatment for diabetes. They already know that GLP1 has an effect on the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. If the Alzheimer’s [...]
BBC News reports that a University of Edinburgh study reveals that the brains of individuals with bipolar disorder shrink faster than expected. Researchers based their research on MRI scans of 20 people with the bipolar disorder and an equal number in a control group. Over time everyone’s brain showed a loss of brain tissue, but [...]
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Bipolar Disorder
In a Rheumatology Journalarticle researchers report on how they measured the blood flow and skin temperature in the area of 5 known tender points of both Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients and a control group without the syndrome. Blood flow was measured using a laser Doppler flowmetry and skin temperature was measured with an infrared thermometer. [...]
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Fibromyalgia (FMS)
Boston University researcher Benjamin Wolozin found that a popular statin drug helped reduce the occurrence of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease in a study group of over 700,000. Statin drugs are commonly used to reduce cholesterol levels in patients. The three most common types of statin drugs are: simvastatin, lovastatin, and atorvastatin. What Wolozin did was [...]
The Whistleblower, by Peter Rost, M.D., reminds me a lot of those Chinese finger traps you might have played with as kid. You stick a finger in each end of a bamboo woven tube and the harder you struggle to free yourself, the more difficult it is to escape. As adults, we know the secret [...]
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Pharmaceuticals
Researchers have isolated a compund in turmeric, a yellow spice that gives Indian curry powder its distinctive color, called bisemethoxycurcumin. It is bisemethoxycurcumin that appears to be an antitoxin, which has been shown to to boost immune cells, called macrophages, to clear amyloid-beta that has been shown to to kill brain cells and thought to [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia
University of Toronto and an Italian neurogenic center have identified a new gene mutation linked to frontotemporal dementia. Frontotemporal dementia, also known as Pick’s disease, involves a progressive shrinking in the areas of the brain responsible for behavior and language. Often someone developing Pick’s disease will have sudden personality changes, language problems, and inappropriate social [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia
For some time the Alzheimer’s and obesity connection has been known, but exactly why there is a connection has eluded researchers. Recent research in Melbourne, Australia, indicates that the obesity/Alzheimer’s connection could be the result of a build up of protein – beta amyloid – in the brains of obese people. The beta amyloid buildup [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia
