Archive for October, 2009


Longevity Studies Point to Calorie Restriction

There have been a cluster of studies lately on longevity, centering around a common theme that has been bantered around the scientific community for years, and that is the notion that strict calorie restriction may actually switch on something casually referred to as a “longevity gene” in the human and mice species.  As we know, [...]

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Why Treating Depression in Pregnant Women is Tricky

Treating depression in women who are not pregnant, and men for that matter, is hard enough without adding in the complexity of a growing child in a woman’s womb. Many times it takes several tries on several different medications that have various unpleasant side effects, can drive patients further into depression or even suicidal thoughts, [...]

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Memory Improvement Via Spray?

Some of the interesting scientific discoveries and developments over the past few years have been nothing short of fascinating.  The one I’m about to discuss definitely fits into that fascinating category, since it has to do with the isolation of one of our bodies immune defenses called interleukin, and how it may improve the memory [...]

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You Are What You ……Apply?

I know I’ve been writing a lot about the things we put on our bodies topically, but it’s something that I’ve been thinking of more and more, mostly because there is so much emphasis put on what we put IN our bodies, namely the foods we eat and the drinks we consume. Think about it, [...]

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Sweat Lodge Deaths Being Probed

In an alarming story about something that was supposed to be a cleansing, self reflecting, and detoxifying experience for several devoted followers of a self help program, two people lost their lives after falling ill, along with several others in the same sweat lodge in Sedona Arizona.  It is unclear as of the time I [...]

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