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Cocaine in a Poly-substance Death by Dr. Richard Keller Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 04 Dec 2012 5:42pm I am back to blogging here. I missed this site, but, interestingly, even when I wasn’t posting I still had something like 80 visits per day on average. It may be a lazy re-start, but I am going to begin by elevating a comment for the " Cocaine and Death " post. (Even when I wasn’t posting here comments have been posting and I have been answering ... Read on »

The Great Coca Cola Trial (Part 1) by Dr. Romeo V. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Sun 26 Sep 2010 7:59am Harvey Washington Wiley was a man with a mission. As Chief Chemist of the United States Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry and one of the founders of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Wiley led a crusade against the use of chemical additives in food and drugs. Using a specially selected "poison squad" (the tw ... Read on »

Ritalin vs. Cocaine: Addiction Potential of Methylphenidate by Nicolas I. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 19 Feb 2009 6:26pm

4 Comments If you were to read the opening couple of pages of most natural or alternative treatment books on ADHD, you would likely find some version of the following argument: "Ritalin is chemically similar to cocaine and amphetamines and studies have shown it has a high addiction potential". There actually is a fair amount of truth to that statement, but th ... Read on »

Nice lunchbox by Martin Patient Expert

Posted Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:38pm When I was at school my lunchbox usually contained Dairylea cheese spread sandwiches, a bag of something like Smiths Square Crisps and maybe a Trio bar. It was the 1980’s. Normal food wasn’t bad for you then. These days if a kid took a lunch like mine into school, social services would have him put into care before he could even p-p-p-pick up a ... Read on »

Bioidentical Hormones and Breast Cancer by Brenda Coffee Health Maven

Posted Sun 10 Apr 2011 9:20pm ©TODAY Show. All rights reserved. Last week the TODAY Show invited me to Skype in live and visit with medical expert Dr. Nancy Snyderman about bioidentical hormones and estrogen positive breast cancer. Because bioidentical hormones are all natural and custom made by a compounding pharmacist, as opposed to a one-size-fits-all synthetic est ... Read on »

Bioidentical Hormones and Breast Cancer by Brenda Coffee Health Maven

Posted Tue 12 Apr 2011 6:15pm ©TODAY Show. All rights reserved. Last week the TODAY Show invited me to Skype in live and ask medical expert Dr. Nancy Snyderman a question about bioidentical hormones and estrogen positive breast cancer. Because bioidentical hormones are all natural and custom made by a compounding pharmacist, as opposed to a one-size-fits-all synthetic ... Read on »

Sugar and Cocaine : More in Common than You Might Think by Kukhahnyoga Facebook

Posted Wed 05 May 2010 9:07am What? Refined Sugar is a drug? I know you are shocked, but the truth is that sugar is the devil. (As in evil guy, red tail, knobby horns,… enjoys hurting people) It is highly addictive, robs your body of nutrients and leaves you in a weakened state craving your next ‘fix’. Sure sounds like a drug to me. Dr. David ... Read on »

Sugar is More Addictive than Cocaine (and Other Reasons to Kick the Sugar Habit) by Nutritionista Posted Thu 04 Nov 2010 7:28am I’m four days into my sugar ban, and reader Allegra sent me this article from GOOP — too timely! Thanks, Allegra! First, what do you need to know about sugar addiction? Find out in this article by Dr. Frank Lipman Part of the reason it’s so hard to kick the habit is that over time our brains actually become addicted to the natu ... Read on »

Money or cocaine? It all depends on timing by Adi Jaffe

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Posted Tue 16 Aug 2011 7:35pm People who are looking for treatment for their cocaine addiction still really like cocaine, but they’ll choose money as an immediate reward if they can only get their drug of choice later. Cocaine or money? Depends on how long the wait is Although it might be somewhat surprising, the above finding is the result of a recent study by a te ... Read on »

Potential new drug for cocaine addicts by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Tue 14 Aug 2012 3:59am Treating the rush, stressRelating to injury or concern. and aversion pathways Addicts suffer from the negative symptoms associated with stress and anxiety. Cocaine temporarily alleviates that stress, and this is the cause of the addiction. It is a form of inappropriate self-medication. It is the retur ... Read on »