The Neuro-Protective Lifestyle

Pesticides, Plastic And Permanent Neurotoxicity: The Path To Parkinson’s Disease

Posted on 06. Nov, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

In 1966, Lew Welch created this incredibly tenacious tagline that continues to swirl within everyone’s subconscious!
RAID, KILLS BUGS DEAD!
A more liberal interpretation today might read:
“RAID, Kills Brain Cells Dead!”
That may be more macabre than you were counting on, but nevertheless consistent with a new paradigm emerging from basic research in a relatively new discipline—molecular neurotoxicology.
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Top Ten Reasons To Take Inosine

Posted on 20. Apr, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

Have you heard the news?
A simple OTC (over-the-counter) dietary supplement may hold the key to slowing or even preventing the onset of Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Parkinson’s is a devastating movement disorder that progresses as dopamine-producing neurons in the brain slowly die. In a recent study however, Parkinson’s patients with the highest uric acid [...]

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