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Comment on B12 Deficiency And The Amazing Shrinking Brain: Don’t Let It Happen To You by John

John — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:29:43 +0000

I have started using methyl b12 daily (1000 mcg’s). I feel alot better since I started taking it. I sleep better, have alot more energy and having Major depression it has helped more than any treatment i’ve tried. It’s a miracle vitamin

Comment on Nine Natural Neuroprotective Agents You Can’t Live Without! by RedScrubs Weekly Wrap-up: 4-3-2009 - RedScrubs

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Comment on Nine Natural Neuroprotective Agents You Can’t Live Without! by mercola

mercola — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:46:30 +0000

Glad to see CoQ10 and Ubiquinol made your list. They can also boost heart health and are good antioxidants. mercola’s last blog post..The Dangers of Too Much Red Meat

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Top BLOG Post 3-31-2009 - RedScrubs — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:03:42 +0000

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Comment on Insomnia, Insanity And A World-Wide Credit Crisis: What’s Keeping You Awake? by Säljträning Säljutbildning

Säljträning Säljutbildning — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:11:39 +0000

Vitamin D seems to benefit sleep primarily in people with restless leg syndrome. Stop using alcohol will work too. Säljträning Säljutbildning’s last blog post..Öka försäljningen

Comment on I’ll See You In Health! Stephen Colbert Rebuts Ridiculous Crestor Claim by Kerry Friesen, M.D.

Kerry Friesen, M.D. — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:57:27 +0000

Hi, eml256.
There is no question that brain health is inextricably linked to cholesterol metabolism. I reserve statin use for only the most high risk individuals and even then carefully monitor them for cognitive changes. Subtle memory impairment is most common and not necessarily reversible when statins are discontinued. Clearly some patients are more vulnerable to the negative effects on memory and learning, especially those with limited cognitive reserve.
I have an additional concern regarding widespread statin usage, namely that of targeting the higher risk pediatric population. From a neurodevelopmental standpoint, they clearly have more to lose if the hypothesis is indeed correct. Here is a news flash from a recently published Iowa State University study :

“Yeon-Kyun Shin, a biophysics professor in the department of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, says the results of his study show that drugs that inhibit the liver from making cholesterol may also keep the brain from making cholesterol, which is vital to efficient brain function.”

No surprise given what we understand about cholesterol metabolism in the brain.

Finally, a “prospective study” is in fact being undertaken as we speak! It is a purely observational study with no control group, no funding and no ethical oversite—it’s called life, and it happens every time a prescription is written for a statin and full consideration is not given to the possible adverse neurological impact!

Thanks for the comment. Come back. Let me know how things are progressing in your world!

Comment on Insomnia, Insanity And A World-Wide Credit Crisis: What’s Keeping You Awake? by Konferens Stockholm

Konferens Stockholm — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:47:52 +0000

Many many nights I’ve been up thinking what I’m going to do the next day expenses. So may sleepless nights. Maan. nowadays its a bit better but still got problems sleeping at times. Thanks for the tips. Definitely needed that.

Comment on Nine Natural Neuroprotective Agents You Can’t Live Without! by Kerry Friesen, M.D.

Kerry Friesen, M.D. — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:35:28 +0000

You may! And I love it. I take a standardized extract of silymarin and couldn’t agree with you more Richard. “Ten Neuroprotective Agents” just doesn’t have the same ring as “Nine”. Great thought! Thanks for the comment and come back!

Comment on Nine Natural Neuroprotective Agents You Can’t Live Without! by Richard

Richard — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:01:19 +0000

May I suggest number 10? Silymarin, in addition to all its other benefits, protects against the activation of microglia, the innate defenders of the brain which overreact and are a major factor in Parkinson’s Disease. Pubmed ID #12473078 has the details.

Comment on I’ll See You In Health! Stephen Colbert Rebuts Ridiculous Crestor Claim by eml256

eml256 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:52:52 +0000

Dr. Friesen, Am currently researching link btn statins (lipophilic ones) and neurodegenerative diseases. Prompted by anecdotal cases of 8 individuals with whom I am acquainted being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (ages 50-65) after Lipitor therapy (3 yrs -10 yrs) without positive fly hx. Only 2 of these are acquainted with each other–and only slightly. Statins’s effects of interupted mevalonate pathway (and thus the isoprenoid products of this pathway) and decreased brain choelsterol provides sufficient experimental information to account for this class of drugs either inducing or unmasking neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Xuemei Huang, UNC Chapel Hill (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/114026000/abstract), has proposed a prospective study to determine if a link btn statins and PD exists; Dr. Ralph Edwards, Director Drug Monitoring WHO, strongly advised a prospective study to determine an association btn statins and ALS-like syndrome. Last I was informed, Dr. Huang ahd not found funding for her study; am unaware of any prospective studies prompted by Dr. Edwards’ report.
Experimental evidence of increased toxicity in yeast model of PD from lovastatin reported today!
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-02/wifb-cga021809.php
Could you share your opinio on this topic, if you have one?
thanks