Nervous System Health

Fight Continues To Clear Minnesota Waters of Pesticides [in New Window]

Updated:2007/01/22(Mon) 23:47 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

On 11/22/06, the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) filed a petition with the Environmental Quality Board to study the potential environmental empacts of three chemicals - atrazine, acetochlor and chlorpyrifos - before certifying them for unrestricted use in 2007.
Atrazine is an endocrine disrupter, acetochlor may cause cancer and chlorpyrifos is toxic to the nervous system.

"The Brain from Top to Bottom" [in New Window]

Updated:2006/07/01(Sat) 09:25 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

An interactive Web site about the brain and behavior, that allows searching by topic (such as the brain and emotions, or the brain and body movements) or by level of expertise.

This site is clearly pro-evolution and anti-creation.

Latin American Conference on Alternatives to Mercury in Health Care, Argentina 2006 [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/25(Sun) 11:00 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

The first Latin American conference on mercury elimination in health care, August 3-4, 2006, Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lead Crystalware and Your Health [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/17(Sat) 22:37 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

From Health Canada - wines kept for weeks in crystal decanters have been found to have lead concentrations 100 times the Canadian limit.

New Animal Brain Disease Raises Concerns About British Mutton [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/14(Wed) 22:05 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

The disease is called atypical scrapie and is similar to BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), or, "mad cow disease."
By Valerie Elliott in the timesonline.co.uk.

Use of Vitamins C and E Together Protects Against Alzheimer's Disease [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/14(Wed) 19:27 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

Cross-sectional, prospective study of 4,740 residents of Cache County, Utah (research by Zandi, et al reported in the Archives of Neurology).

Abnormal Fasting Glucose Metabolism found to be Twice As High in Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Axonal Polyneuropathy (CIAP) [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/14(Wed) 18:36 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

"Burning feet" and other unpleasant sensations in the legs are the most common type of neuropathy found in clinical practice (study by Hoffman-Snyder, et al in the Archives of Neurology).

Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy May Decrease Risk for Down's Syndrome [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/11(Sun) 11:02 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

Families with neural tube defects (such as spina bifida) were more likely to have individuals with Down's syndrome, and vice-versa (as reported by the BBC online).

New Natural Molecule Discovered that Stimulates Growth of Injured Nerve Fibers [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/06(Tue) 14:20 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

The molecule is called oncomodulin, and has been found to double the growth of injured optic nerve fibers in the lab (press release from Children's Hospital-Boston).

Workers Concerned Over Apparent Cluster of Brain Tumors [in New Window]

Updated:2006/05/14(Sun) 20:29 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

Seven tumors in seven years, five of these in the past month, found in workers on the upper floors of an office building in central Melbourne - experts say, "an unfortunate coincidence," workers concerned about mobile phone towers (from theaustralian.com).

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