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Chicken Debeaking and Hormones: Notes on Agrarian Guilt
2007-07-08 00:00:00 Apparently illegal now to inject growth hormones, but briefly reading the chicken literature, appears that chickens consume/are fed a number of troubling toxic elements. More About: Notes , Chicken , Hormones , Guilt , Agra
More On Sputum Testing for Bioidentical Hormones: & References
2007-07-04 00:00:00 A good starting place for assessing hormonal status is to measure estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, and morning cortisol. Remember: cortisol has a well established 24-hour diurnal rhythm, and the time of day when this is measured will reveal unique aspects of one's health. More About: Testing , References , Hormones , Ferenc , Refer
Bioidentical Hormones: Why Saliva Testing, and What to Do
2007-07-02 00:00:00 The individualized approach of bioidentical hormone treatment requires a saliva hormone test. More About: Testing , Hormones , To Do
Bioidentical Hormones: Designed for a custom fit.
2007-07-01 00:00:00 Bioidentical hormones have the same chemical structure as hormones made by the human body, and can replicate the actions of natural hormones produced in the body. More About: Hormones , Custom
Hormone Updates: Why Measure Hormones for Psych Problems?
2007-06-28 00:00:00 A "new biology" exists for looking at complex psych presentations. Please take a tour over to CorePsych Podcast to hear my first interview with our CorePsych bioidentical hormone consultant, Nat Jones, RPh. More About: Updates , Problems , Hormones , Sure
Black Swan Thinking: Brain Evidence Rethought
2007-06-26 00:00:00 Ben is an innovator, facilitator, and mentor to many hundreds of mind professionals, - and when he loves a book, I listen. More About: Evidence , Black , Swan , Brain , Thinking
Autism and Leaky Gut: Often Together
2007-06-25 00:00:00 Constipation or diarrhea, it doesn't matter, that bowel, the first line sewage treatment plant, is rusty if not broken. More About: Autism , Leak
Celiac Disease: Bowel and Brain Symptoms
2007-06-24 00:00:00 Celiac Disease is more than simple bowel disorder: It is a bowel disorder downstream from an associated array of multiple problems associated with gluten sensitivity. Many of those clinical presentations look like psych issues. More About: Celiac , Brain , Symptoms , Celiac Disease
Metabolic Moments: 101 Nutrition and Neuroscience at CorePsychPodcast
2007-06-23 00:00:00 At CorePsych we often find in the first visit that clients have had years of trying different meds and "nothing seems to work right." Three basic reasons that happens: More About: Nutrition , Moments , Neuroscience , Euros
Announcement: Metabolic Moments CorePsychPodcast
2007-06-20 00:00:00 Our mission is simple: to report to our listening audience how this psych-nutritional thing works. I'll be the host, and Camille will share some of her own Metabolic Moments with patients over the years. More About: Announcement , Psych , Anno
Non Med Options for ADD Treatment: Learning Breakthrough
2007-06-17 00:00:00 Said more simply: cerebellar therapeutic activities for ADD such as Learn ing Breakthrough may create a significant effect on the rest of the brain. More About: Treatment , Options , Opti
Medicine Trial and Error: Missouri Turkey Shoot
2007-06-15 00:00:00 Yes you may recall: I sent out this post the weekend before the Va Tech tragedy. Just didn't seem appropriate at the time with all the shooting going on, so pulled it back into the drawer. I am sending it... More About: Turkey , Medicine , Trial , Missouri , Error
ADD: Overdosing the Big Guys
2007-06-14 00:00:00 What's the biggest problem with psych meds for big guys? Easy answer: Overdose. Adjusting meds by body weight was fine in the 50's and even late into the 60's and early 70's. Now body weight as a factor in dosing... More About: Guys
Welcome to CorePsych
2007-06-14 00:00:00 At the CorePsych People category under the picture, you can learn about our CorePsych Team, connect with different aspects of our process, and find answers to frequently asked questions. For easy email updates: over here - cp...
Daytrana Tips: The ADD Patch System Works
2007-06-11 00:00:00 Daytrana, the Dermatologist, and Everyday ADD practice: Advanced skin insights from the front, -or how Bag Balm can make summer fun. This will be a fun post for a Saturday morning here in the US, some tips that will help... More About: System , Tips , Works , Patch , The A
ADHD/ADD: The Cerebellum Deserves Attention
2007-06-11 00:00:00 Brain function, as most easily seen in SPECT functional imaging, does help drive brain treatment options for ADD. One brain region often overlooked is the cerebellum. In ADD treatment and diagnosis so much attention has been directed to the prefrontal... More About: Attention , Tent , Serve
Non Med Options for ADD Treatment: Controversy
2007-06-07 00:00:00 Interesting how meds are so controversial, with real medical difficulties, while non-med ADD treatment options appear as almost uniformly condemned. Lets take some posts to review all these matters: I already have two postings here on Neurofeedback [see both 1... More About: Treatment , Options , Controversy , Opti , Rove
Report from the Science Front: The Society for Nuclear Medicine
2007-06-07 00:00:00 The Society for Nuclear Medicine continues to set the scientific foundation for brain imaging and our clinical work Brain views are alive and well at the SNM [Society for Nuclear Medicine] meeting starting Saturday and going thru the week at... More About: Science , Report
Non Med Options for Brain Treatment: Neurofeedback 2
2007-05-29 00:00:00 Meds might not be the place to start for a variety of brain issues - from ADD/ADHD to brain injury or both. Especially both. Some of the most difficult to treat individuals suffer with both Traumatic Brain Injury [TBI] and... More About: Treatment , Options , Treat , Opti
Non Med Options for Brain Treatment: Neurofeedback 1
2007-05-21 00:00:00 Neurofeedback [NFB] is often overlooked as a useful brain intervention strategy: Just as with SPECT imaging, many just haven't reviewed the NFB literature, or seen NFB in office action. From ADD to brain injury, to anxiety and tic disorder, to... More About: Treatment , Options , Brain , Treat , Opti
Iodine Deficiency 3: Why Test for Iodine?
2007-05-17 00:00:00 Iodine Effects Neurophysiology and Hormone Levels Interesting side note, just out on the web and found the first evidence of clear iodine plagiarism. Flattered a little bit that others are reading my material, irritated that they don't understand the importance... More About: Test , Odin
Iodine Deficiency 4: ADD: Why Test before pregnancy for Iodine?
2007-05-17 00:00:00 Iodine, Pregnancy and ADD Continued: Iodine deficiency is a sleeper, and significantly related to fibrocystic breast disease, estrogen metabolism and estrogen dominance [more later], multiple pesticides and xenoestrogens, chlorine, fluorine, and bromine in so many of our everyday foods, water... More About: Test , Fore , Odin
Iodine Deficiency 1: Overlooked Psych Problems
2007-05-15 00:00:00 Iodine Deficiency Disorder: IDD, One of the most frequently overlooked Psych issues on the planet. With all the talk of the FDA, the black box warnings and drug intervention strategies, why not use a little psych prevention on the front... More About: Problems , Over , Look , Odin
Iodine Deficiency 2: Measurement Strategies
2007-05-15 00:00:00 Testing Iodine levels provides a better foundation for any intervention. Simply intuitively adding on some iodine can dysregulate those with pre-existing thyroid problems, and can assess the persons ability to use iodine. To bring in a new word for many... More About: Strategies , Trat , Stra , Sure , Rate
The Learning Lens 2: Diagram
2007-05-08 12:27:00 A Graphic on How Learn ing Works: From the previous CorePsychBlog post on the Learning Lens [from Stanford Alum Magazine], take a look at this excellent diagram to see how to set up the learning process. Sometimes a picture does the job better than an explanation. More About: Agra , Gram
The Killer Brain: What it looks like
2007-05-07 12:48:00 Excellent Pictorial Review of Brain Function in Murderer If we don't look, we can't see... This graphic shows what we look for with SPECT brain imaging. It points to the neurophysiology of the specific brain regions and provides a sample of the relationships between areas of diminished brain activity. Notice that the main areas troubled are the prefrontal cortex and the temporal lobes. Remember that brain fun... More About: Killer , The Kill , Kill , Like
The Learning Lens: How we learn from patients
2007-05-06 16:46:00 The imperative learning lens: Self reflection - use it or loose it. A fixed, categorical view of communications in your office can markedly diminish or improve your clinical outcomes. In a recent article from the Stanford Alumni News, forwarded by my good friend and colleague Catherine Fitzgerald PhD, there are real reasons some win and others drop from the metaphoric race: Attribution of responsibility - they did it to me. Blame doesn't work. Better view: What can learn from this event ? In this article Professor Carol Dweck and others make the point that blame/attribution doesn't work for the long term, but self reflection, and acceptance of responsibility for change, does. From executives, to psych professionals, to kids in school this important shift of lenses is teachable, and can change lives. Take a look at the learning applications in this interesting article. Herein a brief quote from it:Common sense suggests that ability inspires self-confidence. And it does for ... More About: Patients , Lens , Learning , Learn , Patient
Blog Update
2007-05-06 00:00:00 Quick update on posting schedule: Been out of country for 1 week, in the jungles of Costa Rica with my family. All requested no computer before going, and, honestly, glad I didn't take it for many reasons. We were in... More About: Blog , Update
Tragedy At Va Tech: Lessons for the Future 2
2007-04-23 00:00:00 First impressions may prove incorrect. Apologies to the judiciary may be in order. I may be wrong on one aspect of my last post friends, as now reports are appearing that Cho did have psych evaluation and brief treatment. Appears... More About: Tragedy , Future , Tech , The Future , Rage
Tragedy At Va Tech: Lessons for the Future 1
More articles from this author:2007-04-23 00:00:00 Avoid future tragedies: Restructure intervention options for dangerous individuals in denial. 1. All agree now that the brain is the organ behind psychotic behavior: Let's get past that paleolithic debate about functional brain imaging, and just start looking at the... More About: Tragedy , Future , Tech , The Future , Rage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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