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Nine Natural Neuroprotective Agents You Can’t Live Without!
Posted on 22. Feb, 2009 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..
Don’t wait for the next “block-buster” study to come along to give you permission to integrate the latest neuroprotective agents into your day to day life—it may be too late. While scientists are busy conducting bench research (controlled laboratory studies) and not talking to one another, ethnobotanists are collecting real-world data that can help [...]
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March 22, 2010—World Water Day: What Are You Bathing Your Brain In?
Posted on 27. Jan, 2009 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..
WHERE HAS ALL THE WATER GONE? You can forget about oil. Water is the world’s most precious commodity—and it’s getting harder to find. † In 1992 the United Nations designated March 22, World Water Day, to emphasize the ever increasing scarcity of safe water. Good water is synonymous with good health—and worldwide for a billion people, it’s [...]
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The Neurobiology Of Bonding: All You Need Is Love…. And A Nine Amino Acid Neuropeptide
Posted on 21. Jan, 2009 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..
photo credit: DeaPeaJay There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known There’s nothing you can see that isn’t shown There’s no where you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be It’s easy All you need is love—love is all you need —John Lennon Written by John Lennon, performed by [...]
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I’ll See You In Health! Stephen Colbert Rebuts Ridiculous Crestor Claim
Posted on 18. Nov, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..
OZ: THE LAND OF INFINITE MEDICAL ANSWERS (THAT DOESN’T EXIST) What does it mean when Comedy Central becomes the voice of reason in all things medical? Only that when you get to the Emerald City and pull back the curtain and discover the Wizard of Oz is really the Wizard of Biz and incapable of [...]
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How To Recession Proof Your Brain: The Emotional Side Of Money
Posted on 16. Nov, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..
“I have always been fascinated by the law of reversed effort. Sometimes I call it the “backwards law.” When you try to stay on the surface of the water you sink; but when you try to sink you float. When you hold your breath you lose it—” Alan Watts— The Wisdom Of Insecurity Inside The [...]
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B12 Deficiency And The Amazing Shrinking Brain: Don’t Let It Happen To You
Posted on 10. Nov, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..
photo credit: SOCIALisBETTER Neuropsychiatric symptoms (impaired memory, irritability, depression and personality changes) are well known complications of vitamin B12 deficiency. Pernicious anemia caused by intrinsic factor deficiency, decreased stomach acid or gastric by-pass surgery is another classic presentation. Now with better research tools, scientists have established a link between B12 deficiency and brain volume loss. [...]
