Pesticides linked to ADHD in Children

March 6, 2012

Pesticides affect people in a variety of ways. I just read an alarming article about a study that reports pesticide residues from foods and the environment are being found in the urine of U.S. children and is linked to ADHD. Canadian researchers using data collected in the U.S. just published a study in the Journal [...]

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Hope for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury

February 28, 2012

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), ADHD, allergies, stroke and even autism can be seen in an Electroencephalogram (EEG).  The Journal Current Biology published an study that measured brainwave activity of babies age 7 to 10 months. They could see that the brainwaves of babies who were later diagnosed with autism looked significantly different from the “normal” [...]

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Avoid Dementia and Cognitive Decline by Staying Mentally Active

February 21, 2012

Memory loss can be caused by a variety of things. The Archives of Neurology published a study in January 2012, which confirms that people who participated in mentally stimulating activities like reading, writing and playing challenging games starting in childhood and continued through adulthood had healthier brains than those who did not. One of the [...]

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Pain Killers Increase Chance of Miscarriage

February 14, 2012

Avoiding over the counter drugs like pain killers can help prevent miscarriages. Researchers in Quebec found that women who took non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (Advil and Motrin), naproxen (Aleve and Naprosyn) and the arthritis drug, celecoxib (Celebrex) had a 2.4 times greater risk of miscarriage. It is possible that miscarriages are caused because [...]

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Most Dentists Overprescribe Antibiotics for Children

February 7, 2012

The Journal of the American Dental Association published an article in their January, 2012 issue about a survey given to dentists that suggests that most dentists tend to overprescribe antibiotics in children. Antibiotics can have side effects that affect mental clarity. Click for a free 30-minute consultation » Dentists write between 200 and 300 million [...]

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Pesticides are Bad for the Brain

January 30, 2012

Pesticides are known to cause cancer, disrupt proper hormone function and cause ADHD in kids because of the way it affects their brains. Over the past 15 years I have found people to have chemical sensitivities to pesticides that caused allergy type symptoms. Click for a free 30-minute consultation » Pesticides are chemicals that attack [...]

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Prednisone Side Effects: Short-term memory loss and Difficulty finding words

January 24, 2012

What a surprise to find that Prednisone side-effects were responsible for memory loss and difficulty recalling the right words. Nina’s mom, Rita, was 88 years old. Both Rita and Nina were concerned and frustrated by Rita’s difficulty remembering things.  It was made worse because Rita had trouble forming sentences.  She wanted to say something, but [...]

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Cognitive Decline Can Start in the 40s

January 17, 2012

An English Study published in the British Medical Journal on January 5, 2012 surprisingly revealed that cognitive decline was already evident in people aged 45-49.  All of the studies prior to this one indicated that cognitive decline started in people 60 and older.  This study is scary because people are being affected much younger than [...]

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Treating Vaccination Side Effects

January 10, 2012
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Vaccinations are controversial because many question how effective they really are.  When someone receives a vaccination it is supposed to help build immunity.  Some have very strong reactions and get extremely sick as a result.  We all know people were symptom free and caught a bad case of the flu from a flu shot.  We also [...]

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Did a trip to the dentist accelerate Columbos Alzheimers

January 3, 2012
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Anesthesia is suspected to have played a role in rapidly accelerating Peter Falk’s cognitive decline. The TV actor, famous for playing Columbo, suffered with severe Alzheimer’s for the last four years of his life. He died in July, 2011 at the age of 83. In 2007 he was sharp enough to work in a movie, [...]

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