Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Toking on the herb for decades apparently makes your memory, well, dopey. That is, if you believe the study which was based on 40 people found in a drug rehabilitation program who said they only smoked marijuana about 20 times in their entire life.
Right. I've never heard of anyone checking into a rehab center after smoking pot only 20 times. And besides, if pot destroys a person's memory as researchers claim it does, how do they know these people haven't smoked pot a thousand times and just can't remember? |
| According to Liddicoat, drivers under the influence of unusually high doses of Ambien have crashed their cars and then had absolutely no memory of the accident. The sleeping pill apparently continued to impair drivers even after they have attempted to sleep off the effects. - From NewsInferno.com
Even though Ambien is clearly far more dangerous than marijuana, you don't see people being arrested for taking Ambien. You don't see our prisons packed top to bottom with people who possessed Ambien. And you don't see doctors -- who sold the drug to patients -- charged with dealing drugs. |
| And besides, if pot destroys a person's memory as researchers claim it does, how do they know these people haven't smoked pot a thousand times and just can't remember?
Let's face it: Basing research on the personal memories of people who scientists claim have had their memories destroyed is not exactly good science. It sounds more like an agenda that uses science to support the War on Drugs and the continued incarceration of thousands of Americans whose only crime is getting high in the basement of their parents' house. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 We've seen some evidence in the past that those who exercise do better on memory tests, but now evidence gathered with the use of MRIs shows that exercise can actually stimulate the growth of new cells in the area of the brain associated with memory and what researchers refer to as cognitive aging. And through stimulating • these new cells to form in the brain, exercise may even help restore some memory that has been lost as a result of ¦ stroke!5 j
So those steps you're taking every i day to help lose weight may also be giv- • ing your brain a lifesaving workout, too.' |
Tom Bohager
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Some B and T cells are active and some are memory cells.
One way of understanding the interaction of cells in the immune system is that B cells travel through our bodies identifying pathogens and chemically marking them by producing antibodies. This alerts other cells of the immune system to remove the antigens. Several types of white blood cells are sent out looking for marked cells. Upon finding a marked cell, the white blood cell works to destroy it. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| If you think marijuana destroys your memory, you should try statin drugs sometime. They can destroy a person's normal brain function in mere months, leaving them in a drug-induced stupor that makes potheads look downright clever.
Or how about the sleeping drug, Ambien, that's causing people to engage in "sleep driving" (sleep walking while driving a car), where they cause major traffic accidents. |
David Steinman
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 This time, children of mothers who were exposed to organic solvents tended to score lower on tests designed to measure language skills, attention, and memory.39
According to researchers, children born to the solvent-exposed group of women scored lower in tests measuring short-term auditory memory, general verbal information, and attention. Even when their tests scores were within normal ranges, exposed children demonstrated a reduced ability to recall sentences. The scientists also noted increased hyperactivity among members of the exposed group. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 Lack of sufficient iron in early childhood can contribute to problems with learning, memory, and behavior. Supplementation may prevent further problems, but may not correct existing iron deficiency problems. Iron deficiency has been found to increase the intestinal absorption of lead, which contributes to learning and memory problems.
High-Risk Individuals for Iron Deficiency
Rapid growth rates coupled with limited intakes of iron can cause deficiency in children between the ages of six months and four years. Infants are normally born with enough iron stores to last the first six months. |
| Acetylcholine is an important neurotransmitter involved in muscle control, and memory. Large doses of lecithin have improved memory, but have not been helpful with Alzheimer's disease.
Without choline to make lecithin, the liver cannot rid itself of fats and cholesterol. This can lead to a condition known as "fatty liver." Choline is needed for liver health and liver damage results from deficiency.
Some choline is oxidized in the body to a metabolite known as betaine. Betaine supplies methyl groups for various methylation reactions. |
Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 The efficacy of long-term acetyl-l-carnitine supplementation was investigated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial, in which acetyl-l-carnitine demonstrated the ability to slow negative cognitive changes and support memory and attention. A randomized double-blind study and a multi-center trial suggested that acetyl-l-carnitine supplementation provided statistically significant support for mental function, including memory and Attention Deficit Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome (a form of autism) as well as behavioral and emotional support.
Why Carnitine Deficiency? |
| D-Ribose and "Beating Heart" Surgery Improve Bypass Outcomes
Multiple cardiovascular centers in America are now reporting on "beating heart" surgery, a new, less invasive surgery that reduces common problems among bypass patients, such as lung and kidney complications, confusion and memory loss. I have had several patients undergo "beating heart" surgery who have faired well with far less complications especially the "post pump syndrome" which results in some memory impairment in approximately two thirds of patients who undergo standard coronary artery bypass surgery. |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
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 The choline triggered a methylation pattern that turned off the gene that normally acted to limit cell division in the memory center of the brain. With the cell division governor turned off, these mice started producing memory cells in high gear—and sure enough, they developed mighty mouse memories. Their neurons fired more rapidly and could fire more often. As adults, these megabrain mice broke all the records in all the mazes. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 Initially, I attributed my fading memory to age. My wife implored me to use raw sugar. Eventually I did stop using chemical sweeteners in favor or raw or organic sugar. For weeks, one tablespoon in a cup of coffee tasted like there was no sweetener at all. Soon the taste started to come back along with my memory and now one tablespoon tastes the same as three packets of chemicals. Today, my brain feels like a fog has lifted. My story may not constitute scientific evidence, but it's enough for me to realize that artificial sweeteners are man-made chemicals that are not worth the health risks. |
Melody Petersen
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 He said doctors had been told since 1991 that they should not prescribe medicines known to have anticholinergic properties to patients who begin to lose their memory. These anticholinergic drugs can cause dementia or can make an older person's mild memory problems far worse.
But in dozens of cases the Iowa doctors had failed to heed this basic and critical advice. Instead, they appeared to be following the advice of the drug salespeople who had visited their offices to tell them about Ari-cept, the new medicine available for all those patients whose memories were failing. |
Roberta Bivins
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The memory Pills.
24. 'Manasolasini or The memory Pills', from Pandit D. Gopalacharlu, Ayurvedic Medicine prepared. . . at the Madras Ayurvedic Laboratory, 1909. Here, by contrast, a man in western clothing with light hair is presenting medicine to another man in Indian attire. The text of the advertisement is strikingly similar to that of western patent medicines intended to cure that Jin de siecle ailment 'neurasthenia', and to address the strains of 'modernity'. But it also used the traditional Ayurvedic language of purification. |
David Steinman
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| Plant a memory tree. Fill your local park with a memory in honor of someone dear in your life. Giving a tree makes a marvelous, long-lasting gift for anyone. Plant a tree to honor the birth of a child or mark a sad occasion with something that completes the cycle of life. Visit www.give-a-tree.com, www.treepeople.org, or www.arborday.org.
The heart accounts for less than 1 percent of the weight of the human body, yet without a healthy heart the body cannot survive. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's only slightly larger than a deck of cards, and it rips incoming video to flash memory such as CompactFlash cards or memory Stick Pro duo cards. There's no PC required, no USB connection and no software to install. You simply plug the video and audio into this Neuros device, hit play and start recording.
I've tested the unit extensively. It has some strong points and some weak points. On the strong side, the unit does what it promises to do. It rips video to memory Stick Pro cards or CompactFlash cards using a highly compressed MPEG 4 video format and the simple protocol-encoding layer. |
Mark Sircus
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 Memory and Cognitive Function: Magnesium deficit may lead to decreased memory and learning ability, while an abundance of magnesium may improve cognitive function in children and the elderly.
Blood Brain Barrier
Several studies show that magnesium does cross the blood-brain barrier, in both animals and in humans.1 Brain magnesium concentrations are regulated by active blood-brain barrier transport.2 Cerebrospinal fluid magnesium concentration increases by 20-25% in response to doubling of the serum concentration, and peaks around four hours after parenteral administration. |
| Their work provides evidence that a magnesium deficit may lead to decreased memory and learning ability, while an abundance of magnesium may improve cognitive function.
"Our study shows... maintaining proper magnesium in the cerebrospinal fluid is essential for maintaining the plasticity of synapses," the authors wrote. "Since it is estimated that the majority of American adults consume less than the estimated average requirement of magnesium, it is possible that such a deficit may have detrimental effects... resulting in potential declines in memory function. |
Tom Bohager
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| It affects those parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language. The symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are progressive mental deterioration characterized by an inability to carry out daily activities, a loss of cognitive functions, and a loss of memory functions. Extensive research studies indicate that the causes of Alzheimer's disease can include genetic factors, age, environmental factors, chronic exposure to aluminum and/or silicon, and increased oxidative damage due to long-term toxic exposure. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
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 I will guide you to a memory, an issue, or another location in your mind or body using imagery, direct suggestion, or a combination of these methods. Once you've arrived at your destination, you will naturally experience the wisdom, power, and perception of the subconscious (or super-conscious) mind. You will merge right in. Some people move back and forth between subconscious and super-conscious awareness, depending on the nature of their inquiry. |
Richard Bartlett
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 He postulates that the collective unconscious of humanity provides a background base for the collective memory of humanity. "What I am suggesting is that a very similar principle operates throughout the entire universe, not just in human beings."
Sheldrake has postulated that morphic fields influence everything from plant growth, to the migratory patterns of birds, to what Carl Jung called "the collective unconscious." Sheldrake writes, "The whole point about morphic fields is that nature as we know it is mutable and adaptable. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
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| The mental components include things like anger or rage, fear or terror, fragmented or distorted thinking, impatience, erratic emotional states, memory loss, anxiety, and depression. On the physical side, stress activates the sympathetic leg of the nervous system and the release of stress hormones that amp-up production of adrenaline and divert blood flow to the large muscles. The body needs this power because it "thinks" it has to run away from or fight something. This is the so-called "fight or flight" response. |
| Otherwise, every memory, every old song you ever heard, would be cropping up in the back of your mind twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. You would be so distracted you wouldn't be able to concentrate. As it is, the gatekeeper is permeable and memories slip through. Remember in the old days when DJs used to play the same songs repeatedly? The subconscious mind responds to repetition. There was one song called "Little Star" ("There you are, little star"). I must've heard it a hundred times on the radio. After that, it was always pushing past my gatekeeper. |
Joseph Campbell
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| Thenceforward my vision was greater than our speech, which yields to such a sight, and the memory yields to such excess." 167
167 "Paradiso," XXXIII, 49-57 (translation by Norton, op. cit., Vol. Ill, pp. 253-254, by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers). ill I. u l u 1v1 a j c n \J \J n
"There goes neither the eye, nor speech, nor the mind: we know It not; nor do we see how to teach one about It. Different It is from all that are known, and It is beyond the unknown as well." 168
This is the highest and ultimate crucifixion, not only of the hero, but of his god as well. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
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| On the other hand, sometimes the subconscious mind tries to make a point by changing history a little, adding features to the story, or inserting symbols into a memory sequence. For example, if you were born to your father late in his life and were ashamed of his advanced age and expanding waistline when you were a kid, the distortion above could have significance. Make note of these distortions when they arise. You can explore whether or not they have meaning both during and after the regression session. |
Dr. Arthur Janov
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 During a Primal Therapy session, when a person has access to feelings and the connection is finally made between the frontal neocortex and lower brain centers, there is first great hurt and then great relief
What most of medicine and psychotherapy involves today is the treatment of fragments of a human being, fragments of an original memory that has lost its connection to the whole. So we have coughing spells, pressure on the chest, anxiety, phobias, and the need to escape, all pieces of an original imprint. |
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