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Medical Marijuana — What the Experts are Saying
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“It doesn’t have a high potential for abuse, and there are very legitimate medical applications. In fact, sometimes Marijuana is the only thing that works… It is irresponsible not to provide the best care we can as a medical community, care that could involve Marijuana. We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that.” — Dr. Sanjay Gupta — Neurosurgeon.
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Medical Marijuana — It’s Here to Stay…
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Let’s face it. The time has come.
Even the FDA has opened its eyes with new clinical trials.
Although the AMA chooses to keep their heads in the sand. For now.
It used to be popular to debate the merits and dangers of medical marijuana.
For example, it could lead to addiction. Like cocaine. (Oh please!)
But now, there’s clinically proven scientific proof, with more to come…
Biofeedback for Epilepsy, Pain, Parkinson’s and More…
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This breakthrough news comes from Bottom Line Health…
“People with Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or addictions may be able to learn how to ‘think themselves better’ by altering their brain waves to improve their symptoms.
A new form of treatment called neurofeedback (also known as biofeedback) has a unique focus on controlling brain wave activity rather than skin temperature, heart rate, breathing and muscle tension.
Neurofeedback now is used with a wide scope of health issues, including not only those listed above but also autism, chronic pain, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety…
“Vaccine Angels” Make it Easier to Find COVID-19 Vaccination Appointments
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They’re here…they’re there…they’re nowhere.
Anyone stay up to till midnight trying to get a slot on the Rite Aid spot?
Arthur has three times. Yes, hope springs eternal.
Here’s how it works:
Applications for the next day begin at midnight. So, at the opening gong, you get on the phone.
Eureka! there’s a spot available. Fill out the necessary information. Submit it. The slot is gone.
Try tomorrow night sucker.
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Ever Had a Seizure in Your Sleep?
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According to an article in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, if more than 90 percent of your seizures occur while sleeping, you are said to have sleep seizures.
The article also notes that an estimated 7.5 percent to 45 percent of people who have epilepsy have some form of sleep seizures.
Hormones and Epilepsy in Women and Men…
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There’s a dynamic relationship between hormones, brain function, and seizures.
Whether you’re a woman or a man, sex hormones can influence the excitability of nerve cells in the brain and thus influence seizure control.
Hormones generally don’t cause seizures but can influence if or when they happen.
Syncope or Seizure?
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Studies have now confirmed what some doctors have long suspected — many young people who are given the diagnosis of epilepsy (or seizure disorder) apparently don’t have epilepsy at all.
Instead, they have a condition known as syncope.
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