In dopamine primers 1 and 2, I introduced this useful neurotransmitter and key to the thinking style of humanity. Today we'll go over the different neurotransmitters...
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Acne, Depression, Omega 3, Vitamins, and Minerals
In 2008 some folks from a Beverly Hills skin clinic wrote up a short paper in Lipids in Health and Disease called Acne vulgaris, mental health and omega-3...
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving! Chow Down on Dopamine Primer 2
Hope you are having a great time on your Turkey Day (assuming you celebrate it as the majority of my blog readership does). I baked a paleo pumpkin pie...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Depression and Diabetes, Together Again
Waaay back in June I wrote up Depression 1, which referenced a few of the studies linking depressive disorders to metabolic syndrome and diabetes. ...
Monday, November 22, 2010
Dopamine Primer
Hi! Tonight a quick basic post for some necessary background. I will try to make it as painless as possible. But we need to examine dopamine more closely....
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Cleaning Up
In lieu of a new and interesting post, something possessed me to organize the place this morning. So up on the right there I now have some more advanced...
Friday, November 19, 2010
The Wild and Compelling Theory that Alzheimer's Dementia is Caused by Infectious Disease
As you recall, Alzheimer's Disease is a slowly progressive illness of neuronal degeneration. The cardinal symptoms are cognitive impairment and...
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thursday Already?
It has been a nutty week. And right now I'm cooking steak, and the 18 month old won't let me put her down. But a few things have caught my attention:Epilepsy's...
Monday, November 15, 2010
Selenium and Depression
The good news about selenium and the brain is that one can become familiar with the literature with full institutional access to pubmed and an hour or...
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Selenium!
Some of my most popular posts are about the minerals (exclamation point) and I'm guessing this one will be no exception. My least popular/commented upon...
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Acne and Suicide
There have been many reports on acne, depression, and suicide over the years, mostly because a primary treatment for severe acne, isotretinoin (accutane),...
Thursday, November 11, 2010
ADHD and Obesity
Make a guess - are people with ADHD more likely to be obese or skinny?I would have thought skinny, just on first hunch. Calories in = calories out,...
Primal Muse Podcast!
Very excited to announce Jamie Scott's podcast over on Carbohydrates Can Kill. I think the turning point happened when he realized that it...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Antidepressants and Weight Gain or Loss
My focus in this blog is not on the standard medical treatments. You can come see me in clinic or go to your own psychiatrist for that. However,...
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Coenzyme Q10 and Parkinson's
In yesterday's post, I discussed some of the evidence that Parkinson's disease is possibly caused by defects in the energy efficiency of the mitochondria...
Friday, November 5, 2010
Brain Efficiency
I should preface this post with another post. If you have a minute and you don't mind, have a look at Your Brain on Ketones. The down low...
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Depression, Flu, and To Do
Why not a song to start? Right click in new tab if you want to hear it - alternative rock and peppy! Pumped up Kicks by Foster the People.When I started...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Omega 3 - Not the Cure for Alzheimer's (Again)
Another quick one - into my email this morning came this link:Another study of Alzheimer's Disease and Omega 3 fatty acids. (That link goes to JAMA "free"...
Monday, November 1, 2010
ADHD and Mom's Serotonin Deficiency
A quickie post today on this study from October's Archives of General Psychiatry, "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Offspring of Mothers...
