Yearly Archive for 2006
Neuroscience & Neurology | By December 25, 2006 | By Eileen Jones, RN, MPH | 6 Comments
Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation: A Non-Drug Neuromedical Treatment
Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES), (also known as “electrosleep”, “transcranial electrotherapy” and by many other names), involves a form of treatment that sends low intensity microcurrent (under 1 milliampere) to the brain. [1] CES devices function differently from other biomedical electronics, such as deep brain stimulating electrodes (which prevent seizures and hand tremors) [2] and heart pacemakers. While those instruments require surgical implantation, CES operates non-invasively. Designed for home use, the devices deliver current to the brain via a hand held machine to electrodes attached on or behind the ears. Read more →
- Hypertension Drugs Affect Alzheimer’s
- Antipsychotic Drug Development off Course?
- Brian Thompson’s Struggle with ADHD
- Staying the Course Prescribed for Major Depressive and Bipolar Disorders: A Family’s Journey Thus Far
- Danielle Fisher Comes Out on Top of ADHD
- Sleep Disorders Demystified
- The Synapse, Volume 1, Issue 7
- Holy Book of the Psychiatric World
- A Mother’s Plea - Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
- Parkinson’s Disease - Pharmaceutical and Physical Therapies
- Alzheimer’s Disease - Prevention or Delay by Altering Lifestyle?
Early studies are reporting the use of some drugs for high blood pressure may be protecting against Alzheimer’s disease, in animal studies according to Gulio Maria Pasinetti, M.D., Ph.D., of the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Read more → Read More →
Antipsychotic drug development may be off course. Since its accidental discovery during 1951 (Shen 1999), 15 to 40 drugs have been used to treat antipsychotic symptoms. Further developement in drug treatment was on hold until the introduction of Clozapine treatment in the United States in 1990. Discontinuation... Read more →
I am 48 years old and one of eight children, and born and raised in Baltimore, MD. I have been divorced once and have four children from three marriages. My story is kind of difficult to explain, but I think worth the time. My first marriage was to a woman who had a five-year-old daughter who I adopted.... Read more →
I don’t believe there is any road of human experience wrought with more winding, blind-curve, uphill challenge, where chronic illness is concerned, than in traveling the path forced by that of mental health issues relating to a close family member. Perhaps debatable, but certainly not by me —... Read more →
Danielle Fisher, a petite, 21-year-old college student from Bow, Washington, made headlines last year when she became the youngest person to conquer “The Seven Summits” - the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. While her drive and passion helped her become one of the best alpine... Read more →
Sleep is one of our most enigmatic functions. The uncertainties of why we sleep and the utter necessity of sleep are being incessantly investigated. Based on what we do know, it is fairly safe to assume that sleep is certainly vital to our well-being. The necessity of sleep can be determined by each... Read more →
We at the Brain Blogger are privileged to host the 7th edition of the Synapse, “a neuroscience carnival devoted to all areas of neuroscience including neurobiology, psychology, psychiatry, and neural systems — healthy brains to perverse minds — neurotransmitters to theories of mind.”... Read more →
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM, includes descriptions and classifications of most mental disorders. Published by the American Psychiatric Association, the DSM is widely used by mental health specialists to aid them in the diagnosis of a mental disorder. DSM-IV is the fourth... Read more →
I am a mother of a biological son (grown 33 years old) and adopted boy/girl twins (10 years old). I am an R.N. of 30 years still working full time and exhausted human being. My dilemma is as follows: My adopted 10 year old son has most recently been diagnosed with pediatric bipolar disorder. This of... Read more →
Muscle control, movement, and balance of the body and mind are affected by a progressive disorder of the central nervous system, Parkinson’s disease. The result of this imbalance is a lack of harmony and fine-tuning of movement and contractions of inflexible muscles and joints. In Parkinson’s,... Read more →
We now know several genes involved in the origin of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Thus, we are now in an era where genetic testing may prove useful to complement diagnosis in individuals that may have Alzheimer’s disease, in the early detection of the disease in patients with mild cognitive deficits,... Read more →
Thursday, August 28, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- The Bipolar Trend
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Integrating Schizophrenia Management
- Rabies Virus Helps Deliver Drugs into the Brain
- The Gift of Life - Part 2
- Drugs and Pharmacology, Tenth Edition
- Are Drug Reps Really Necessary?
- Can Drug Therapy Prevent Parkinson’s Disease?
- Medicine and the Law - Part 6: Third Party Liability
- Go For The Gold, It May Prolong Your Life
- When It Comes to Health, Adults Shortchange Kids
- Is Seeing Into the Future More Than an Optical Illusion?
- Malignant Medicine
- Putting an End to Medicare Fraud
- The Gift of Life - Part 1
- Brain Blogging, Thirty-Eight Edition
- The Mental Health of our Military
- Will Money Improve NYC’s Health?
- Culturally Competent Care - Are Health Care Providers Doing Enough?
- Conflicts of Interest Among Physicians II
- How To Talk To Kids About Sex
- Sleep and Consciousness - A Dynamic State of Being
- HIV-Positive? Start Meditating
- Public Health Needs a Shot in the Arm
- Thanks for including my IC Disease site in the blog carnival! I posted a link b...
- Hey thanks for the addition to the carnival - much appreciated!!
Barry B...
- Please reread the article. The chip contains a 16 digit ID number, the equivale...
- Are Drug Reps Really Necessary?
No.
But I sure do miss the great food we u...
- There is certainly a trend in being diagnosed bi-polar. Hollywood underlies tha...
- To respond to your questions...
Q: Are people merely misinformed?
A: Yes...
- Curbside...I had a doctor do that after I discovered that my parathyroid measure...
- I have read all your articles concerning medicine and law. You provided here rat...
- The only two drugs that are mood stabilizers used to treat biopolar depression (...
- To the God who heals:
Dear God,
I know lots of people who could...
- Hi JR,
I don't have any children to influence, so the only one I'm currently ...
- There is a lot more to be discovered about the placebo effect, especially in the...
- In Delaware County, PA where I was an intern, the insurance companies were ruthl...
- It always amazes me that malpractice is so low among lawyers compared to doctors...
- how many days lithium take o recover fully
is there any drug above aithium for ...
- This new diagnostic method of near-infrared optical spectroscopy is a great brea...
- But of course, the correct answer is that both systems compensa...
- Thank you for expressing well ,my sentiments Exactly !!! It's been my experienc...
- Well said.
Medicare Fraud needs to be stopped. Stricter enforcement with s...
- I think that the stem cell treatment is incredible and very important. My father...

