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Covid19 Pandemic and it’s effect on patients with Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) induced impaired immunity.
Comment; We have good news! From what we can see thus far, Hydroxychloroquine is effective, there are other things that can also help and having CIRS does not seem to be a major risk factor for a bad outcome from CIRS. A fellow family physician sent this Clip of Dr....
Successful High-Dose Vitamin C Treatment of Patients with Serious and Critical COVID-19 Infection
http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n18.shtml Comment; Why isn't this getting more attention? Something as simple as high-dose (and not even extremely high) vitamin C is controlling COVID-19 & associated respiratory failure. Certainly cheaper than...
In Vitro Antiviral Activity and Projection of Optimized Dosing Design of Hydroxychloroquine for the Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32150618 Comment; Covid19 can rapidly progress to respiratory failure, cytokines are involved in regulating the immune response. An over-active immune system without the proper "brakes" can be as deadly as infection....
Teens Find a Big Loophole in the New Flavored Vaping Ban
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/health/vaping-flavors-disposable.html Comment; A footnote on page 9 of the new policy permits all flavors to continue to be sold in devices that cannot be refilled and are designed to be disposed of after the flavored nicotine has...
New ways to treat the pain of the opioid crisis
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30011-0/fulltext Comment; The opioid epidemic has lead to numerous different approaches to provide pain control. Targeting opioid receptor positive cells using the effects of the toxin botulinum,...
Normalization of mediotemporal and prefrontal activity, and mediotemporal-striatal connectivity, may underlie antipsychotic effects of cannabidiol in psychosis
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/normalization-of-mediotemporal-and-prefrontal-activity-and-mediotemporalstriatal-connectivity-may-underlie-antipsychotic-effects-of-cannabidiol-in-psychosis/6571F47CE15D05DC50782A7BB7C00A7F...
Mental health and addiction providers for Medicaid patients go unpaid in Maryland
https://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-medicaid-bills-unpaid-20200204-bbzkhsslrvcqxld6eus7ws4p64-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=82850893&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--njljtGjDVHqyu06A-9STQb93XZAvQd...
Ionizing Radiation: how fungi cope, adapt, and exploit with the help of melanin
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2677413/ Comment; Melanins that absorb energy and promote growth--including β (beta) & ϒ (gamma) radiation--deadly to most organisms, yet there are species of black mold in the abandoned Chernobyl reactor's cooling...
Addiction Treatment on wheels — now we’re getting somewhere
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Addiction-Treatment-on-wheels-mdash-now-we-re-14995497.php Comment; "Meet 'em where they need ya!" This is a lethal, terminal illness, providing hope as well as medication is important to gain trust & compliance. Mobile...
Neural correlates of oxytocin and cue reactivity in cocaine-dependent men and women with and without childhood trauma
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-019-05360-7 Comment; Men with a childhood history of trauma had reduced amygdala cocaine induced cue behavior after 40 IU of intranasal Oxytocin, women with a history of childhood trauma did not have this response at...
Brain-wide functional architecture remodeling by alcohol dependence and abstinence
Brain-wide functional architecture remodeling by alcohol dependence and abstinence Comment; Interesting concept, re-visualizing the brain as a cell and then using that concept to reconsider the various structures and information flow-hubs which has brought up new...
On the early life origins of vulnerability to opioid addiction
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-019-0628-5 Comment; Well-designed study documenting how early-life adversity is linked with future opioid addiction--it's not only genetics, but environment as well--at least in rats. Caution does need to be exercised in...
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