Tuesday, April 7

HEALTH

A Researcher Discusses Recent Trials, Using Psychedelics To Treat PTSD, OCD, Depression And Chronic Pain And Possible Risks
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A Researcher Discusses Recent Trials, Using Psychedelics To Treat PTSD, OCD, Depression And Chronic Pain And Possible Risks

New research is exploring whether psychedelic drugs, taken under strict medical supervision, might help in treating post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. SciLine interviewed Dr. Jennifer Mitchell – a professor in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Science in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco – to discuss what scientists have found so far about the effectiveness of these drugs in treating these disorders and how they might safely be administered. Dr. Jennifer Mitchell discusses psychedelic medicine. The Conversation has collaborated with SciLine to bring you highlights from the discussion, which have been edited for brevity and clarity. What are psychedelic drugs and how do t...
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Here’s What Science Says About CBD’s Real Health Benefits – It Is Not A Cure-All
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Here’s What Science Says About CBD’s Real Health Benefits – It Is Not A Cure-All

Over the last five years, an often forgotten piece of U.S. federal legislation – the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the 2018 Farm Bill – has ushered in an explosion of interest in the medical potential of cannabis-derived cannabidiol, or CBD. After decades of debate, the bill made it legal for farmers to grow industrial hemp, a plant rich in CBD. Hemp itself has tremendous value as a cash crop; it’s used to produce biofuel, textiles and animal feed. But the CBD extracted from the hemp plant also has numerous medicinal properties, with the potential to benefit millions through the treatment of seizure disorders, pain or anxiety. Prior to the bill’s passage, the resistance to legalizing hemp was due to its association with marijuana, its biological cousin. Though hemp an...
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What Constitutes A Smoothie? According To Smoothie Drinkers
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What Constitutes A Smoothie? According To Smoothie Drinkers

Smoothies are said to be around since the early sixties with the term being considerably used to refer to the fruit and fruit juice based drinks consumed by the hippies. But officially, the smoothie was first launched by Stephen Kuhnau under the brand name of Smoothie King. The smoothie is usually made with fresh fruit or vegetables, mixed in a blender to which crushed ice, yoghurt or honey is added. They have a thicker consistency than juices and slush. The main difference between smoothies and milkshakes are that the latter contains ice creams. The drink became popular when they became available at cafe's, coffee shops and even at the local ice cream vendor's. Smoothie makers are also available to simplify the task. It looks like a normal blender with a tap in front. Smoothies are consi...
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What Happens If Our Brain Needs Sleep, And We Don’t Get Enough
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What Happens If Our Brain Needs Sleep, And We Don’t Get Enough

Many of us have experienced the effects of sleep deprivation: feeling tired and cranky, or finding it hard to concentrate. Sleep is more important for our brains than you may realize. Although it may appear you’re “switching off” when you fall asleep, the brain is far from inactive. What we know from studying patterns of brain electrical activity is that while you sleep, your brain cycles through two main types of patterns: rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and slow-wave sleep. Slow-wave sleep, which occurs more at the beginning of the night, is characterized by slow rhythms of electrical activity across large numbers of brain cells (occurring one to four times per second). As the night progresses, we have more and more REM sleep. During REM sleep we often have vivid dreams, and our brains ...
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‘Phubbing’ Your Loved Ones For Your Phone Can Do More Damage Than You Realise
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‘Phubbing’ Your Loved Ones For Your Phone Can Do More Damage Than You Realise

It’s pretty normal to walk through a university campus and see students sitting together, yet ignoring each other for their smartphones – but not in Spain. I’m currently visiting the University of Navarra, where each time I pass the open space outside the Institute for Culture and Society, I see the vast majority of students talking to each other without their phones in hand. As Inés Olza, a linguist from the institute, explains: In Spain people like to talk. For them, a conversation is a cooperative process; silence makes them uncomfortable. This is great news for these students, because ignoring people in favour of a phone – an act known as “phubbing”, or phone snubbing – has dire consequences. Earlier this month I published a book called The Psychology of Phubbing. In it, I build on m...
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A Hearing Specialist Offers Tips To Turn Down That Annoying Ringing, Buzzing And Hissing In The Ear – Aka Tinnitus
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A Hearing Specialist Offers Tips To Turn Down That Annoying Ringing, Buzzing And Hissing In The Ear – Aka Tinnitus

Not a week goes by when I don’t see someone in my clinic complaining of a strange and constant phantom sound in one of their ears, or in both ears. The noise is loud, distracting and scary – and it doesn’t go away. The kind of sound varies from patient to patient: buzzing, blowing, hissing, ringing, roaring, rumbling, whooshing or a combination thereof. But whatever the sound, the condition is called tinnitus. And one thing tinnitus patients have in common is that the sound is not an external one. Instead, the noise is literally inside their head. As a neurotologist – that’s an ear specialist – I have seen approximately 2,500 tinnitus patients during my 20-year career. That might sound like a lot, but it shouldn’t be a surprise – up to 15% of the U.S. population experiences tinnitus. Tha...
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5 Steps To Transform To A Morning Person
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5 Steps To Transform To A Morning Person

Not A Morning Person? Here Are Some Fruitful Tips For You The Tiring and tough routine has made us lazy and "not a morning person at all". We can put blame on all the technologies and hectic routines. But the fact is we had made ourselves badly addicted to all of these unhealthy activities. A little will power can make you ever young, energetic and productive person. Well! By adopting few simple and healthy activities we can make our morning and whole day active and productive. All we need is some focus and stimulation from the mind. Here are some tips to adopt on daily basis for a productive and healthy routine. 3 or 4 glass water. Yes! Right after getting out of bed one must drink enough water. It is just like washing each and every organ of the body. This is also a fact that it is dif...
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Insomnia? – Rewire Your Brain To Get Some Sleep
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Insomnia? – Rewire Your Brain To Get Some Sleep

Why do we have trouble with insomnia? Too many of us think about NOT going to sleep, instead of thinking about getting to sleep when we hit the pillow at night. Fearful thoughts about not being able to sleep trigger the fight-or-flight response, and the stress chemicals thus produced make us anxious and prevent us from relaxing. As we get more and more in the habit of worrying that we can't get to sleep, we build a strong neural I-can't-get-to-sleep pattern in our brain. This pattern automatically associates the fear of not being able to sleep with the very act of going to bed each night. Voila! The insomniac is born! Most people pay little attention to directing their thoughts. Most people believe that you have to think whatever thought pops up in your brain, whether you like it or not....
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The Health Benefits Of The Virgin Bloody Mary Drink
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The Health Benefits Of The Virgin Bloody Mary Drink

Cocktails are a lot of fun no matter what the environment. There are some people who simply do not want to drink cocktails because they do not enjoy the negative health effects which they face by drinking too much alcohol. This causes people to avoid cocktails altogether, but there are many cocktails which can be made in a non alcoholic version which will have great health benefits for you. One of the best recipes you can have without alcohol is the virgin Bloody Mary drink. So, put away the punch and the wine. Put the beer back in the fridge and get ready to try a recipe for a healthier cocktail everyone can enjoy. Why the Bloody Mary is Healthy The main ingredient in a Bloody Mary is the main reason why the drink is so healthy to begin with. The tomato juice which is used for the cockt...
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Is Legal Marijuana Bigger Than The Internet Of Things?
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Is Legal Marijuana Bigger Than The Internet Of Things?

The greatest innovation in history - Nothing on Earth today (and I mean nothing at all), not smartphones, automotives, aerospace, real estate, gold, oil, software, biotechnology, nothing... is growing as much or as fast as the market for legal marijuana. Consider this: By 2020, the market for legal marijuana will top $22.8 billion (not million, but billion with a B).The legal market for cannabis "could be bigger than the National Football League, which saw $12 billion of revenue in 2015. Between 2016 and 2029, the projected growth of marijuana is expected to reach $100 billion - 1,308% growth. Estimates place the number of some time marijuana users in the neighborhood of 50 million people. As many as 7.6 million indulge on a daily basis. Out of the 83.3 million milllennials, fully 68%of...
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