tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post7689708867876206816..comments2023-06-05T11:51:38.383-04:00Comments on Evolutionary Psychiatry: Some New Observational Studies and Alzheimer's DementiaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429177284200775781noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-65323049190118021172012-05-13T19:22:45.453-04:002012-05-13T19:22:45.453-04:00Just imagine a society where our toys and gadgets ...Just imagine a society where our toys and gadgets double as longevity enhancers, once consumer pressure deselects for harmful influences and advanced technology allows us to choose...<br />Maybe the treckies have been right all along.<br /><br />@Jane, iron is mainly toxic in the context of inflammation and elevated insulin. The mechanism exists to regulate iron tightly, but is vulnerable to disease. Ergo, iron toxicity is a symptom of many diseases which magnifies the damage done.Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-46723361404166792562012-05-09T08:22:07.882-04:002012-05-09T08:22:07.882-04:00The answer to Alzheimer's is staring everyone ...The answer to Alzheimer's is staring everyone in the face. It's all about iron accumulation. We now know that the function of the Amyloid Precursor Protein is to enable iron export from neurons. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2943017/ <br /><br />It's a copper protein like ceruloplasmin which enables iron export from astrocytes. Copper supplementation has been tried and didn't work. The patients were almost certainly just as deficient for manganese as for copper. Iron isn't really toxic if there's enough copper and manganese.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175128589806816624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-4884693766523642312012-05-08T19:42:30.722-04:002012-05-08T19:42:30.722-04:00If I was worried about AD I would strap a pair of ...If I was worried about AD I would strap a pair of cellphones to my head:<br />http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100106-cell-phones-alzheimers-disease-mice/<br /><br />"In the experiment, scientists examined the effects of cell phone radiation on 96 mice that were genetically engineered to develop beta amyloid plaques and thus Alzheimer's-like symptoms. The mice normally developed the first signs of the disease around 6 months. By 8 months they were already experiencing cognitive declines.<br /><br />Both the Alzheimer's-prone mice and normal mice were then exposed to cell phone-level microwave radiation for two one-hour periods daily for seven to nine months.<br /><br />The study found that if cell phone exposure began before the genetically engineered mice started showing signs of Alzheimer's, they were less likely to develop symptoms later on in life.<br /><br />Furthermore, the genetically engineered mice that were were exposed to the cell phone radiation after they had already begun to show cognitive deficits generally saw their memory impairment disappear after several months of the radiation exposure."<br /><br />Cellphones beat Alzheimers?<br />Now that's what I call evolution!Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-81758593434457045822012-05-07T09:53:16.096-04:002012-05-07T09:53:16.096-04:00Hello,
My name is Leigh. Your exceptional blog de...Hello,<br /><br />My name is Leigh. Your exceptional blog deals with depression awareness and I know you are familiar with the importance of mental health. It is for these reasons that I contact you today.<br /><br />I am ‘every woman’, the girl next door and the one you never would have suspected, however, for years I have been struggling with depression. I have written a book about my experiences entitled “The Blue Veil”.<br /><br />Through this book, it is my aim to reduce the stigma of depression by increasing awareness of the issue. I am donating a large percentage of the proceeds to 15 carefully chosen mental health awareness organizations worldwide. I have provided the list of these organizations at the end of this email.<br /><br />This is where you come in. I am organizing a 2 month long online book release campaign, structured around various depression awareness weeks around the world. It will be from July 1st to August 31st. My request is, during this period of time would you be willing to host me on your blog for a few days of those months? This can be carried out in a few ways:<br />-I would send you a couple/few articles that talk about my book and of course depression awareness. You would post these articles on your blog over a few days during those months (letting me know which days you will choose)<br />OR<br />-You could write your own prose about “The Blue Veil” and depression awareness and post these articles on your blog over the course of the months (letting me know which days you will choose).<br />Now you may be wondering what is in this for you and your blog? Well, I could provide you with a free version of “The Blue Veil”. You could also review the depression awareness organizations, which I will send to you, to see if there is one you would like to be included and I will certainly look into it.<br /><br />More on “The Blue Veil”:<br />Up to 58 MILLION suffer from it in the US alone, and VERY FEW talk about it. Is it your friend, colleague or neighbor? Now, finally, ‘The Blue Veil’ brings a modern, raw account of depression. Read it and understand your loved ones better. Be assured that no one is alone.<br /><br />``Leigh has everything going for her when the unthinkable happens. She loses control of her own emotions and everything in her life begins to slip away. With a marriage strained to the brink, the loss of her father, fertility issues and the loss of her job, will Leigh be able to move beyond The Blue Veil and take back control of her future?``<br /><br />Thanks so much for your consideration and efforts. I understand that you are busy, so I wanted to express my sincere gratitude. It is with great respect for you and your blog that I write this email and it would mean so much to me to have your readers aware of my efforts. <br /><br />Please do not hesitate to contact me at any time if you have any questions regarding my request. <br />Sincerely yours,<br />Leigh Turgeon<br />email: leighturgeon@gmail.com<br />Twitter: @leighslead<br />The Blue Veil Blog http://behindtheblueveil.blogspot.ca/<br />FB Page The Blue Veil https://www.facebook.com/TheBlueVeil<br />FB Page Leigh Turgeon https://www.facebook.com/LeighTurgeon<br />1-613-794-4657Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446725123894031943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-40557562358355863882012-05-06T22:16:12.265-04:002012-05-06T22:16:12.265-04:00These studies often confuse cognitive decline with...These studies often confuse cognitive decline with AD.<br />I read somewhere recently that 20% of those diagnosed with Parkinson's have no sign of the brain disease at autopsy.<br /><br />Perhaps some of these annoying studies are actually publicity exercises to get around the even more annoying FDA restrictions on health claims; a silly health claim in the media is safer than a science-based claim on the packaging.<br /><br />for example:<br /><br />" In the case of Fleminger, Inc., which sells green tea and filed a health claim petition in 2004 to highlight green tea's anti-cancer properties, the FDA suggested that this disclaimer be added to the health claim:<br /><br />"FDA concludes that it is highly unlikely that green tea reduces the risk" of breast cancer or prostate cancer.<br /><br />Obviously, this essentially contradicts the health claim.<br /><br /> So, in 2010 (after a petition to review the FDA's disclaimer was denied), the FDA threatened to seize Fleminger's products if they did not use the exact disclaimer above. <br /><br />Eventually the FDA sent a revised claim, which still negated the point of the health claim:<br /><br />"Green tea may reduce the risk of breast or prostate cancer. FDA does not agree that green tea may reduce the risk because there is very little scientific evidence for the claim."<br /><br />Fleminger took the case to court, where Judge Bryant ruled:<br /><br />"The FDA's language "effectively negates the substance–disease relationship claim altogether….There are less burdensome ways in which the FDA could indicate in a short, succinct and accurate disclaimer that it has not approved the claim without nullifying the claim altogether."<br /><br />quoted in http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/05/fda-disclaimer-on-green-tea-revised.aspx?e_cid=20120505_DNL_art_2Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-32794366631196741092012-05-06T19:40:56.890-04:002012-05-06T19:40:56.890-04:00The basic problem is it is a lot of information to...The basic problem is it is a lot of information to analyze. There are thousands of nutritional variables to analyze and a lot of these studies involve either supraphysiological doses or gross estimates of the variable(s) in question. In real life,we can't seem to determine something as basic as the daily requirement of Vitamin D.<br /><br />There is probably more variability on the diagnostic side. There is little doubt that much of what passes for Alzheimer's disease is really vascular dementia. In correctly including anywhere from 10-30% or patients with a vascular etiology will make it seem like nutritional factors that address vascular dementia improves Alzheimers.<br /><br />More science would help. As a chemist before I became a psychiatrist, I would like to seem some redox potentials and physical chemistry of the antioxidants done. That could also lead to insights into disease mechanisms. An inexpensive marker for true AD or at least the heterogeneous diseases we are calling AD would also be clarifying.George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-4327041447448464162012-05-06T16:35:53.908-04:002012-05-06T16:35:53.908-04:00You and me both. I am especially sick of studies p...You and me both. I am especially sick of studies purporting to show that fibre or folate is beneficial, based on consumption of leafy greens or fruit.<br />What about electrolytes? Ascorbate? Carotenoids? Polyphhenols? Micronutrients?<br /><br />The apparent fact that eating most veges kills almost as many people as eating least veges is never satisfactorily explained.<br />Perhaps the fibre, or the folate, is killing these unfortunates....Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.com