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Cell Phones and Health: Is There a Brain Cancer Connection?

August 31st 2009 20:08
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Are cell phones safe? Mounting concerns
about the cancer risks of cell phone radiation, especially for children, will
bring experts to Washington for a groundbreaking international conference on

September 13-15. The goal of the conference is to propose a U.S. research
agenda.



Many governments, including France, Finland, China and Russia, even advise that children not use cell phones.




The risk of brain tumors is DOUBLED by their use.



If you don't care about yourselves, at least care about your children



click here for the link to the Reuters article and the scientific connections








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Nation again awash in 'Wirtism'

August 30th 2009 21:08
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Wirt's day in the sun came back in 1934, when the obscure Midwestern blowhard placed himself at the center of a political maelstrom by "discovering" a plot by members of Franklin Roosevelt's Brain Trust to launch a Bolshevik takeover of the United States.


That Wirt's yarn was transparently absurd didn't keep it from being taken seriously on the front pages of newspapers coast to coast, including the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. He gave speeches, wrote a book and went to Washington to give personal testimony at a standing-room-only congressional hearing.

If that reminds you of the overly solicitous treatment given by the press, cable news programs and Republican office holders to purveyors of such lurid claptrap as the Obama birth certificate story or the fantasy of healthcare "death panels," now you know why it pays to study history.

Indeed, the Wirt affair is an instructive prequel to this summer's outbreak of political germ warfare. Wirt's story played on the public's fear of the unknown in a time of political and economic stress -- indeed, he offered a concrete foundation for the paranoia about the Roosevelt administration's "radicalism" and "socialism" percolating through portions of the electorate, not to mention through the boardrooms of big business.

Rather a rube himself, he allowed himself to be exploited by wealthy and powerful individuals with a vehement anti-New Deal agenda.

On the plus side, the Roosevelt White House and Democrats in Congress were unafraid to meet his charges head-on. By comparison, the Obama administration and congressional Democrats are still hunting for the best formula to counter the brazen mendacity of right-wing attacks on healthcare reform, recovery policy and the president personally




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Why are we so moved by art, poetry and music that we are reduced to tears...

August 30th 2009 20:54
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'When your mind, brain and soul meet!'

Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, grief and tears…

Hippocrates


When we refer to our minds, we often touch our hearts, or our heads. Yet, the mind as a physical entity, one that can be localised in a scan for example, does not reside anywhere in the human body. Our feelings, thoughts and emotions do — they are represented in our brains. To try and unravel this conundrum, let us take a computer analogy. When we consider cognition and behaviour, our brain is the hardware, the equipment and processes that make computers work. On the other hand, the mind is an operating system that draws upon the hardware but does not have significant physical representation, much like the software in our computers. The mind, therefore, is a virtual entity, one that reflects the workings of the neural networks, chemical and hormonal systems in our brain.

Having accepted that the brain and the mind are a unitary organ with diverse functions, it becomes imperative that we consider the “soul”, traditionally an esoteric and controversial concept. A noun variously defined as “psyche, inspiration and energy”, the soul has many synonyms in the English language. Where the soul resides is, however, a matter of conjecture; a question that is both difficult to answer and difficult to objectively experiment on. However, if one were to consider “the soul” as the vital force that inspires, energises and stimulates us, then it may be possible to study its manifestations and effects in all human activity having those qualities.

The possibility that one could study the soul by associating inspirational human experience, religion, music, poetry and literature, with the brain, is tantalising to say the least. In his book The Soul in the Brain, Michael R. Trimble, Emeritus Professor of Behavioural Neurology at University College of London, expounds the neurological correlates of such inspirational human experiences that were once considered to be the exclusive purview of the heart. Trimble commences his book with the words, “If you fear that opening your mind will cause your brain to fall out, then this book is not for you. If you are unhappy discussing neuroscience in the context of poetry, music and, above all, religion, then again this text cannot be recommended.”

Basis of emotions

Trimble begins by exploring the brain anatomy of human emotion, implicating the Limbic System as the seat of human emotion. Seated deep within the brain and consisting of a network of critical structures, the Limbic System is the oldest part of the mammalian brain. There is considerable data today from brain imaging studies to show that this part is closely associated with emotional disorders. For example, the Amygdala, a multinucleated structure intricately connected with many brain parts, has been shown to both vary in size and to have different levels of neurochemical activity in various emotional disorders. The Amygdala is today the focus of much of the brain research that is concerned with human emotion and emotional disorders. Expounding on the neurobiology of emotion beyond these structures, Trimble discusses their links with other critical brain areas. He quotes extensively from the work of 20th century experts who have contributed to our understanding of emotional brain function, exploring brain anatomy beyond limbic structures that has a role in human emotion.

“While the hypothalamus was essential for the expression of emotion, the experience of emotion required the cortex, ‘the stream of feeling’ depending on strong interconnections between the cortex and the hypothalamus.” (Papez, 1937.)

Poetry and literature are areas that Trimble explores at some length in this book. He describes how the use of the language of poetry and metaphor produces heightened activity of the right hemisphere of the brain. Pointing out that certain neuropsychiatric conditions have strong associations with specific creative pursuits, he draws attention to the links between literary creativity and Bipolar Affective Disorder (Manic Depressive Illness), an association strangely not witnessed with another major mental illness, Schizophrenia. He quotes extensively from the works of several poets with Bipolar Affective Disorder such as William Cowper (1731-1800), Robert Lowell (1917- 1977) and Anne Sexton (1928-74). For example, Anne Sexton, who frequently took drug overdoses and finally committed suicide, wrote:

Sleepmonger,

deathmonger,

with capsules in my palms each night,

eight at a time from sweet pharmaceutical bottles

I make arrangements for a pint-sized journey.

I’m the queen of this condition.

I’m an expert on making the trip

and now they say I’m an addict.

Now they ask why.

WHY!

Don’t they know that I promised to die!

…

Yes

I try

to kill myself in small amounts,

an innocuous occupation.

One cannot help but draw a parallel with the famous Tamil poet of the Indian independence movement, Subramanya Bharathi, who was renowned for his extraordinary creativity, intermingled with profound emotionality supplemented by generous doses of nationalistic and religious fervour (see box). Indeed, the creative human brain has perhaps an excessive proclivity for emotionality; quite understandably, given that creativity is often inspired; and inspiration in all forms requires feeling!






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What's in a picture?

August 29th 2009 21:55
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Fighting the pressure of today's stress !

August 29th 2009 21:47
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Is that a penguin scratching its head with a star in its hand?

August 28th 2009 00:23
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Dementia NEWS

August 27th 2009 23:59
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Using your senses! for good fortune

August 26th 2009 06:23
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Going in or Coming out? Brain tricks

August 26th 2009 05:30
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Did you know that Keeping body in shape keeps brain in shape?

August 25th 2009 06:53
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What's that? think about it for your brain

August 25th 2009 06:43
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Can salad dressing help you keep the pounds off?

August 25th 2009 06:28
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Dementia NEWS

August 22nd 2009 03:13
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Did you know Sensitivity to social rejection and physical pain are linked by a common gene?

August 21st 2009 06:37
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What do you see in this one? - focus your attention - keep looking

August 20th 2009 21:44
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Did you know Drinking too much 'affects memory and brain function'

August 19th 2009 21:37
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Five Senses of Cool

August 19th 2009 07:13
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Training Faulty Brains To Work Better

August 19th 2009 05:31

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News on the brain and memory

August 13th 2009 04:39
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What's all this about?

August 13th 2009 02:14
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Arts and the brain.

August 12th 2009 23:28
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Study Ties Mini-Strokes to Memory Loss

August 12th 2009 03:46
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Preschool education and brain development

August 12th 2009 03:37
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Top 10 fun computing films

August 11th 2009 23:48

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What does this suggest to you?

August 11th 2009 10:49
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Acupuncture boosts brain’s ability to regulate pain

August 11th 2009 10:36
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Spotlight on your senses!

August 10th 2009 23:46
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Indulge in This Creamy Snack for Better Cholesterol

August 10th 2009 23:34
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Keep Your Energy up with This Antioxidant

August 10th 2009 07:30
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Microsoft Accessories for learning

August 10th 2009 00:46
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Focus and observation!

August 9th 2009 23:31
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Your nose is hard-wired to your brain

August 9th 2009 21:52
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Learning from Lumosity - hydration

August 8th 2009 06:25
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Mental exercise - a tricky little piccy

August 8th 2009 00:29
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Happiness, age and dementia

August 8th 2009 00:21
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Brain news is exciting!

August 6th 2009 23:38
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Yesterday's business: to-day's entertainment!

August 6th 2009 23:12
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Two for the price of one

August 6th 2009 06:00
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Will everyone get dementia?

August 6th 2009 05:52
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Studies have targeted older people who don't have dementia, aged 75 to 85 years old, and found almost one quarter developed dementia within 5 years


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Looking for a novel gift to give?

August 4th 2009 21:35
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What's the latest news on dementia?

August 4th 2009 21:23
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Two for one swap!

August 4th 2009 09:47
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Test your memory by using your brain

August 4th 2009 03:42
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Scientists find cannabis trigger for forgetfulness

August 4th 2009 03:30
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Brain exercises used for vitality, memory

August 4th 2009 03:24
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A Q&A with an Alzheimer's expert on the disease, its treatment and prevention

August 3rd 2009 07:05
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Memory exercises can help the elderly

August 2nd 2009 22:31
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10 Ways to Outwit Your Appetite

August 2nd 2009 22:16
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How to Break the Craving Chain

August 2nd 2009 22:03
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Use your brain with this brain jolt!

August 2nd 2009 11:47
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Study: Dementia meds up older diabetics' hyperglycemia risk

August 2nd 2009 11:17
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Forgetful CEOs flock to Nims memory clinic

August 2nd 2009 10:44
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Learning Takes Place When You Get Things Right

August 1st 2009 00:30
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Sip This for Breakfast to Curb Hunger

August 1st 2009 00:23
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