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Fibromyalgia: is your primary care physician your best choice?
In 1997, Kara Hash, was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. A few years later she moved to Florida and it was there she was also diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. A couple of years ago Hash’s father passed away in mid-winter. She braved the freezing northern winter to attend her father’s funeral. The combination of the stress of [...]
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PTSD shown to damage the brain
Previous studies on stress suggest that post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could be either environmental or genetic. One study found the size of several regions of the brain are inherited and presumably one region in particular, the hippocampus, may increase stress reactivity or impair the capacity for resilience. Another study found that stress can cause brain [...]
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Chronic pain in the workplace
In 1996 employees who reported chronic pain and continued to work was 19%. In 2006 the rate raised to 26% as reported by PainAndWork.com and done in partnership with the NationalPainFoundation.org.
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Chronic Pain Curry found to reduce cause of Alzheimer’s disease
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 Can CFS be quantified & qualified?
A Population Health Metrics article, How Common is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; How Long is A Piece of String?*, discusses the problem with quantifying CFS. The syndrome has no biological markers. There are no definitive tests. Defining it is often a process of eliminating what it is not, rather than what it is. Then there is [...]
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Chronic Fatigue (CFS) Preliminary research suggests non-invasive method for detecting Alzheimer’s
Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing (Japan) has an unique non-invasive approach for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. Using EEG recordings, the researchers tested two groups of subjects. One group has the mild form of Alzheimer’s disease, while the other does not have any cognitive impairment. Both groups are approximately the same age. By comparing test [...]
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