How to Have Healthy, Intelligent Babies and Prevent Postpartum Depression
During the last trimester of pregnancy, 80% of the work being done on the fetus is focused on the brain. The brain will actually double in size. So if the brain is made up of 60% fats, it is vital that mom be getting high quality essential fats into her diet. It is equally important that you avoid the damaged fats like trans fats so they don’t find their way into the baby’s brain.
Everything You've Wanted to Know About Drug Addiction
Tibor A. Palatinus is a trained Narconon Drug Prevention Specialist, Drug Interventionist and Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor. Today, he consults drug users and parents and friends of drug users on how to save an addict's life by getting those in need to the Narconon Drug Rehabilitation program. Since 2001 he has been the Executive Director of Narconon Vancouver Society, in Vancouver, BC.
Marijuana and Other Drugs Cause Brain Damage, Linked to Mental Illness
Study strengthens marijuana brain damage case
A new Australian study says long-term, heavy cannabis use causes brain damage that is equivalent to mild-traumatic brain injury or premature aging.
The research is published today in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry. The study also found that all users are at risk, and the more you smoke, the more your brain shrinks. Doctors have known for years there is nothing "soft" about the drug cannabis. Professor Jon Currie is the director of addiction medicine at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne.
The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses
Dr John Breeding, Ph.D., is a psychologist with a well-established private counseling practice in Austin, Texas. A significant part of his work involves counseling with parents and children. Dr Breeding obtained his doctorate in School of Psychology from the University of Texas.
Frying Your Brain: Hidden Sources of Illness and Disease
What if someone were to tell you that a chemical (MSG) added to food could cause brain damage in your children, and that this chemical could effect how your children's nervous systems formed during development so that in later years they may have learning or emotional difficulties?
What if there was scientific evidence that these chemicals could permanently damage a critical part of the brain known to control hormones so that later in life your child might have endocrine problems? How would you feel?
