Pharmacology

Not Schizophrenia: 'Personalized Medicine' As Ideal In Treatment Of Psychiatric Disturbances

Though DSM-5 is considered nothing more than a glossary by the National Institute of Mental Health, it continues to be used as a diagnostic tool by clinical practitioners. As a result, Psychiatric disturbances are all too often diagnosed as schizophrenia. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 15 2016 - 10:08pm

Marijuana Could Help Treat Drug Addiction, Says Psychologist

Though any potential benefits of marijuana are unknown- claims are anecdotal and no different than the claims about kratom or acupuncture- a group is contending that it can nonetheless help with the other popular buzz term of 2016: Opioid addiction.  But t ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 16 2016 - 6:20am

Baby Boomers Unbound: Marijuana Surges In The Elderly

When the oddly-named Baby Boom generation (the "boom" happened in 1946, after soldiers returned from World War II, it wasn't an entire generation) were young, it was the age of "Reefer Madness", with kids involved in manslaughter, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 6 2016 - 3:54pm

When It Comes To Glioblastoma, A Class Of 'Ineffective' Chemotherapy Drugs May Help

Ineffective drugs are generally a bad idea- natural medicine, osteopathy and homeopathy are not considered medicine because they can't demonstrate efficacy, and chemotherapy drugs are expensive so the standard is higher. But when it comes to the devas ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 22 2016 - 9:49am

Magic Mushrooms And New Concern About Psilocybin Use

Though opiods are getting all of the government attention, and the substitute fentanyl all of the attention in media, they are not the only substances putting people at risk. Kratom has gotten some media attention, but among users, psilocybin-containing &# ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 2 2017 - 12:52pm

Coffee May Be That Fountain Of Youth

A chronic inflammatory process that may trigger cardiovascular problems could be solved by what's in a cup of coffee, according to a recent paper. Using survey data, medical and family histories and blood samples of over 100 human participants in the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2017 - 4:19pm

Betel Quid Chewers May Give Chantix Users A Safer Way To Kick The Smoking Habit

Betel quid is areca nuts mixed with betel, and sometimes tobacco, leaves. It creates a sense of euphoria so many of the 600 million users are addicted, even though it can cause harm. Quids are prepared by mixing sliced areca nuts with slaked lime (calcium ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2017 - 7:58am

How To Control The Opioid Epidemic In The US

The opioid epidemic has exploded into the national consciousness in the last two years. While anti-medicine groups seek to lay blame on pharmaceutical companies and doctors who give out prescriptions too easily, other groups wonder why the crack epidemic, ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2017 - 10:21am

Paper Links Common Antibiotics To Increased Risk Of Miscarriage

It's manna from heaven for sue-and-settle law firms; a new paper links common antibiotics, such as macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides and metronidazole, to an increased risk of miscarriage in early pregnancy. The association was weak, ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2017 - 6:00am

Osteopaths Overturn Toxicologists, Declare Mice Are Little People And Chemicals Are Magic

A new study from the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine has found a connection between common household chemicals, quaternary ammonium compounds or "quats,", and birth defects, despite the fact that experts have never found evidence of ha ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2017 - 7:30am