Sugar Pills Relieve Pain for Chronic Pain Patients | Technology Networks
— Read on www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/sugar-pills-relieve-pain-for-chronic-pain-patients-309475
Placebo effect, and these patients know as well that they’re not getting a drug, only placebo!!!
Why the hell should we take drugs that have awful side effects, are addictive with not much efficacy if placebo works?!
Nearly twice as many people in the trial who knowingly received placebo pills reported experiencing adequate symptom relief.
— Read on time.com/5375724/placebo-bill-health-problems/
Even when people are told they are being prescribed placebos, they work!!!
In recent years, bacteria have been growing increasingly resistant to antibiotics – our strongest weapon against them.
— Read on www.sciencealert.com/antidepressant-medication-fluoxetine-prozac-may-raise-antibiotic-resistance
Prozac May increase antibiotic resistance, not a good thing in the age of superbugs!
Looking Inside the Brain to Distinguish Bipolar from Depression | Technology Networks
— Read on www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/looking-inside-the-brain-to-distinguish-bipolar-from-depression-309151
Another way to distinguish bipolar disorder from depression. Using MRI’s to look at the amygdala as people were processing faces showing different emotions showed that there are differences in amygdala activity between people who have bipolar disorder and depression.
“In people with bipolar disorder, the left side of the amygdala is less active and less connected with other parts of the brain than in people with depression.”
It is important to get the right diagnosis as treatment for bipolar disorder and depression is different and it can be deleterious to treat people with bipolar disorder as if they have depression.
We can all help prevent suicide. Every year, the Lifeline and other mental health organizations and individuals across the U.S. and around the world raise awareness of suicide prevention during September, National Suicide Prevention Month.
— Read on suicidepreventionlifeline.org/promote-national-suicide-prevention-month/
My dearest, sweetest brother. 💖💖💖💖
New research finds that the reintroduction of wolves to the National Park is helping to restore the ecosystem to its former glory.
— Read on www.treehugger.com/conservation/thanks-wolves-aspen-recovering-yellowstone.html
I love this! Once wolves, after having been killed off, were reintroduced to Yellowstone Park, the whole ecosystem, including Aspen trees, is recovering!! Conservation, that’s how you love the earth!
Of course you think about cooking as a way to nourish your body. But did you know it can also benefit your brain? Marwan Sabbagh, MD, Director of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, explains why.
— Read on health.clevelandclinic.org/cooking-for-cognition-why-making-a-meal-is-good-for-your-brain/
Planning and cooking a meal is not only nutritious for your body but it is actually good for your brain! I love to cook, so it’s good to know!
The best resource for advice, videos and motivation to help you realize your full potential.
— Read on www.goalcast.com/
Ugh toxic people! We’ve all known them, well this article may let you identify them much more quickly so you don’t have to waste your time with these nasty people! Yay!
The evidence keeps rolling in: when you need to clear your head, the best place to do it is out among the trees.
— Read on www.treehugger.com/health/study-shows-walk-park-fixes-fuzzy-brain.html
Love going for walks in parks!
Study uses DNA to discern people’s preferences in mates, and suggests how such choices shape our genomes
— Read on www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/your-choice-life-partner-no-accident
Very interesting!
