Senin, 29 November 2010

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...
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Jumat, 26 November 2010

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...
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Kamis, 25 November 2010

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...
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Selasa, 23 November 2010

Waaay back in June I wrote up Depression 1, which referenced a few of the studies linking depressive disorders to metabolic syndrome and diabetes. ...
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Senin, 22 November 2010

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....
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Minggu, 21 November 2010

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...
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Jumat, 19 November 2010

As you recall, Alzheimer's Disease is a slowly progressive illness of neuronal degeneration.  The cardinal symptoms are cognitive impairment and...
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Kamis, 18 November 2010

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...
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Senin, 15 November 2010

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...
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Minggu, 14 November 2010

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...
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Sabtu, 13 November 2010

There have been many reports on acne, depression, and suicide over the years, mostly because a primary treatment for severe acne, isotretinoin (accutane),...
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Kamis, 11 November 2010

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,...
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Very excited to announce Jamie Scott's podcast over on Carbohydrates Can Kill.  I think the turning point happened when he realized that it...
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Selasa, 09 November 2010

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,...
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Sabtu, 06 November 2010

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...
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Jumat, 05 November 2010

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...
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Kamis, 04 November 2010

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...
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Rabu, 03 November 2010

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"...
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Senin, 01 November 2010

A quickie post today on this study from October's Archives of General Psychiatry, "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Offspring of Mothers...
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