August 11th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
When a person develops Alzheimer’s disease it rarely affects only their life. Their children, their loved ones, and family and friends are also affected. Not knowing what to expect, what to do, or when to do it disrupts the lives of those who care and love the person who has developed Alzheimer’s disease. The web [...]
August 10th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
When it comes to using medications and/or herbals the old saw “too much of a good thing” is something that should be accompanied with a skull and crossbones. Sometimes it is a simple matter of avoiding certain foods and at other times the combination of medication creates a potentially deadly chemical cocktail. You probably thought that [...]
August 9th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
On the 7th floor of the Walter Reed Hospital is Ward 71, the oncology unit. When politicians come to visit wounded Iraq soldiers, they go to the 3rd floor where they can get publicity shots with amputee soldiers. “No one even knows we’re on the oncology ward,” says Sergeant Valentin. This past July, Iraq’s environment minister claimed [...]
August 8th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
Frequently, someone who has suffered a nightmarish injury knows, all too well, that after the physical injuries have healed, the memory traces continue to lurk in the shadows. Researchers tell us that those memory trace shadows exist in the prefrontal cortex of our brain, which controls emotion and learning. A professor of physiology at Northwestern University School of [...]
August 7th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
Seaneen describes herself as a manic depressive who, on some days, suffers from her bipolar disorder and on other days ‘just has it’. For her it is all a matter of perspective. She is quite articulate about her experience with Bipolar Disorder, which makes for interesting reading. Like many disorders, diseases, and conditions that cannot be [...]
August 6th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
First reported this past April by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and as an article in the Lancet Neurology, researchers have used brain imaging to find that an area associated with Alzheimer’s disease is thinner in certain individuals with the ApoE gene. It is not clear if the ApoE gene is a precursor that indicates an [...]
August 5th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
It is difficult to discuss Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) without chronic pain entering the discussion. There are a lot of theories about what causes the pain and just as many theories that purport to offer a treatment to alleviate it. Yale researchers believe that they may know what causes fibromyalgia patients to experience chronic pain. They [...]
August 4th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
Dr. Chan Gunn has been using a treatment called Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) for the relief of chronic pain for 35 years. IMS can be thought of as an advanced form of acupuncture that requires a medical examination and diagnosis before treatment begins. He developed his treatment of IMS from his unique understanding of both Eastern and [...]
August 3rd, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) consists of numerous institutes that address a variety of medical issues. Often the addressed diseases and conditions deal with chronic pain and the NIH has prepared information to address those issues at a variety of web sites. Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis of the Knee Acupuncture for Fibroymyalgia Arthritis Information Arthritis [...]
August 2nd, 2007 by Richard Brassaw
The American Journal of Psychiatry reports that a child diagnosed with bipolar disorder has a 30% probability of a blood parent having the same disorder. Researchers were curious to determine if bipolar children were getting medical attention sooner and more often due to at least one parent having the disorder. Researchers decided to determine if a high correlation existed between children diagnosed [...]
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