Steven Nissen, a prominent Cleveland Ohio Cardiologist recently prodded the FDA’s Advisory committee to put a black box warning on Ritalin, warning of potential heart danger. Why? From 1999 to 2003, 81 deaths and 54 nonfatal cardiovascular events such as heart attacks have possible links to Ritalin and similar drugs. During the same period 78 million prescriptions were written for…
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Alzheimers The Causes And Symptoms Of Alzheimer S Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is mainly a brain disorder that involves the deterioration of mental functions. This illness mainly results from the gradual shrinking of brain tissues. This type of brain disorder is also known as dementia or diffuse -brain- atrophy. What’s your Reaction? Love Love 0 Smile Smile 0 Haha Haha 0 Sad Sad 0 Star Star 0 Weary Weary 0…
Anxious Are We
The dictionary defines anxiety as distress of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune. It is also described as a state of apprehension and psychic tension occurring in some forms of mental disorder. It is usually described as the feeling of uneasiness caused by anticipation of future events, be it planned or otherwise. Everybody, at one point in their…
Manganese Content In Tea
Manganese is an essential mineral for health. We should be able to get an adequate supply of manganese from our natural diet, yet many people are deficient in this critical mineral. Deficiencies in manganese can cause the following health problems: What’s your Reaction? Love Love 0 Smile Smile 0 Haha Haha 0 Sad Sad 0 Star Star 0 Weary Weary…
Natural Ways To Handle Depression And Anxiety
We live in a society infused with pharmaceuticals and drugs to treat everything from depression and sleep to anxiety and indigestion. Drug companies constantly bombard the general audiences with commercials touting new prescription drugs suitable to cure or treat just about any condition or disease. As a result, many people believe that these drugs are the only option they have…
Smile
Smile right now! Regardless of what is going on in your life I want you to smile. Smile big. Smile goofy. Smile a smile that spreads from your lips to your entire face and eyes, even your neck, shoulders, and scalp. Just smile! Let me talk to you about choices for a moment. Each moment we have a choice about…
Thinking Games
Classic thinking games are a great way to tune up your brain. You can use these mind games to help you increase your brain power and to get you out of your thinking “ruts.” Play them enough, and they’ll habituate you to using creative problem solving as a normal part of thinking about things. Thinking Games For Groups Group thinking…
Affordable Non Drug Solution To Adhd
Up until recently, there were only four “effective” choices for ADD/ADHD. These were: 1. Do nothing and hope they’d get better with time. This is the sad choice of many non-caring or low-income parents, and it almost never works. 2. Put them on Prescription Medications. In some ways, this choice is even worse, as these drugs are not only addicting,…
Movies The Natural Way To Learn A Language
Have you ever wondered how it is possible that you can speak your native language so easily? When you want to express something, correct phrases and sentences just come to you. Most of this process is unconscious. Stephen Krashen, a professor at the University of Southern California and a linguistics expert, has developed a hypothesis to explain how this is…
Healthy Brain Happy Brain
In this article today I want to share with you, my 3 top tips to look after your brain. The brain is one of those organs in the body that we can tend to forget when it comes to fitness. Ask yourself – “Have you neglected the grey matter for too long?” If so, these tips will help your brain…