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Missouri Health and education data
Side effects of Statins – avoid sugar and trans-fat to lower cholesterol
Statin drugs impair important biochemical functions in your body and deplete the supply of the coenzyme CoQ10, leading to fatigue, heart failure, muscle weakness and soreness. From http://mpkb.org/home/othertreatments/statins : The statins (or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) along with other drugs, such as cholestyramine (Questran), comprise the class of hypolipidemic drugs. Hypolipidemic drugs are prescribed – sometimes aggressivelyContinue reading “Side effects of Statins – avoid sugar and trans-fat to lower cholesterol”
Behavior, brain SPECT scan, hormones, gratitude, neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity, also known as brain plasticity, is an umbrella term that describes lasting change to the brain throughout an individual’s life course. The term gained prominence in the latter half of the 20th century, when new research[1] showed many aspects of the brain remain changeable (or “plastic”) even into adulthood.[2] This notion contrasts with theContinue reading “Behavior, brain SPECT scan, hormones, gratitude, neuroplasticity”
Drugs of abuse , stress , and addiction
Drugs of abuse , stress , and addiction Neuroplasticity, the putative mechanism underlying learning and memory, is modified by drugs of abuse, alcohol and may contribute to the development of the eventual addicted state. Innovative treatments directly targeting these drug-induced changes in brain reward components and circuits may be efficacious in reducing drug use and relapse.Continue reading “Drugs of abuse , stress , and addiction”
Drugging our foster care children
For years, few questioned how doctors treated the emotional trauma of California’s abused and neglected children – and nobody monitored how often they handed out psychiatric drugs that can turn fragile childhoods into battles with obesity and bouts of stupor. Now, a Bay Area News Group investigation into the prescribing habits of the state’s fosterContinue reading “Drugging our foster care children”
Hospital costs in the USA
Assessment of Cost Trends and Price Differences for U. S. Hospitals March 2011 Margaret E. Guerin-Calvert, Vice Chairman and Senior Managing Director, Guillermo Israilevich, Vice President ASSESSMENT OF COST DRIVERS AND TRENDS IN HEALTHCARE AND THE HOSPITAL SECTOR Hospital care accounts for a steady proportion of national expenditures on healthcare, approximately 30%, and is projectedContinue reading “Hospital costs in the USA”
Can antidepressants cause neurodegenerative disease?
The following notes are compiled by Marcus William. Seek your doctor always. Neurological disorders, neurological damages, and progressive neurological dysfunction are all possible side effects of antidepressant use. And, in fact, acute neurological dysfunction is the standard and clinically desired outcome of antidepressant use, which begins with the first dose administered. Continued use may beContinue reading “Can antidepressants cause neurodegenerative disease?”
$10k health care cost per person in the USA
The nation’s health care tab this year is expected to surpass $10,000 per person for the first time, the government said Wednesday. The new peak means the Obama administration will pass the problem of high health care costs on to its successor. The report from number crunchers at the Department of Health and Human ServicesContinue reading “$10k health care cost per person in the USA”
Philippines president Dutarte asked each town to prepare a list of drug users and pushers
Why the list of drug pushers and users? To justify killing. If the President of the Philippines, Dutarte, allowed the killing of many poor fathers and mothers who have sniffed the drugs and are not drug pushers, what is the end result? Many orphans and poor families without a mother or father, just because their parentsContinue reading “Philippines president Dutarte asked each town to prepare a list of drug users and pushers”
Anti-psychotic drug and Parkinsonism
Since their development in the 1950s, antipsychotic drugs have been widely used to treat psychoses and neuropsychiatric disorders like schizophrenia. A debilitating side-effect of these drugs called parkinsonism limits their efficacy. University of California, Irvine scientists led by Emiliana Borrelli and colleagues have discovered the key cellular mechanism that underlies the antipsychotic-induced parkinsonism – whichContinue reading “Anti-psychotic drug and Parkinsonism”
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Statistics about young adults with mental health problems in UK
The total population estimate in 2009 was 51,809,700. 3,016,500 are aged 15-19 and 3,554,300 are aged 20-24. The total estimate of young people aged 15-24 was 6,570,800. The next census is in 2011. (1) 2.2% of 16-24 year olds in Great Britain experienced a depressive episode. (2) 4.7% of 16-24 year olds screen positive forContinue reading “Statistics about young adults with mental health problems in UK”
Cancer cure from tests of lab-grown organs
Seven years after creating their first organoid – a three-dimensional organ-bud grown in a test tube – Dutch researchers say the technique has changes the lives of more than 1,500 sufferers of cystic fibrosis, and dozens more with cancer. The technique takes a sample from an organ such as the stomach, then uses stem-cell technologyContinue reading “Cancer cure from tests of lab-grown organs”