SAN DIEGO – Support for drugs like Suboxone, Vivitrol and methadone was one of the rallying cries at the annual American Society for Addiction Medicine conference this week in California.
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Produces Sustained Improvements In Cognitive And Clinical Outcomes
14 April 2018, Paris, France: A single treatment using an optimized, targeted form of faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) produces sustained clinical and cognitive improvements, according to the results of a long-term follow-up of patients with liver cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy (HE) who had participated in a short-term study.
CVD Winners and Losers; Stroke Reperfusion ‘Success’; Financial Toxicity
Cardiovascular Daily wraps up the top cardiology news of the week
Cardiovascular disease is stealing fewer disability-adjusted life-years nationwide now than in 1990, researchers reported in JAMA Cardiology.
Bruce Lipton: “Los pensamientos curan más que los medicamentos”
Bruce Lipton reclama una nueva medicina, la que tenga en cuenta la energía por su capacidad para curar.
Study suggests meditating can prevent age-related mental decline
A recent study finds that a continuous meditation practice is associated with improvements in sustained attention
New Study Reveals Harmful Effects of Dim Light Exposure During Sleep
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- Exposure to very dim light during sleep — even if it does not noticeably impair your sleep — may affect your brain function and cognition during the day
- Sleeping under 10 lux light conditions decreased activation in a brain region involved in response inhibition, attentional control and the detection of relevant cues when performing a task the following day
- Animal research found that nighttime exposure to 5 lux for three weeks in a row produced depression-like symptoms and impaired cognition
A compound in beets could slow Alzheimer’s effects
Betanin, the compound that gives beets their distinctive red color could slow down the effects of Alzheimer’s disease — the world’s leading type of dementia.
How to tame your wandering mind
Hasta que al fin alguien empieza a percibir la importancia de la atención…
Need a new idea? Start at the edge of what is known
Where do great ideas come from? Starting with this question in mind, Vittorio Loreto takes us on a journey to explore a possible mathematical scheme that explains the birth of the new…
How Fasting Regenerates your Pancreas
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Fasting is a powerful tool nearly anyone can use to take control of their health. Animal research indicates a fasting-mimicking diet not only can help your pancreas regenerate itself, but it can also reverse diabetes symptoms. In another study, also involving lab mice, restricting daily calories to a six-hour window significantly reduced levels of a particular mutant protein known to play a role in Huntington’s disease.
Given the results, as well as other research, the tremendous benefits of fasting continue to emerge. If you haven’t yet considered how fasting can make a positive difference to your health, I encourage you to keep reading and also consider one of three methods: the fasting-mimicking diet, intermittent fasting or water-only fasting. Fasting is one of the best tools you can use in the fight against chronic disease.
