Lithium: Beneficial in Natural Form, Smaller Doses, Trace Amounts?
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Duane Sherry, M.S.Posted
Tue 12 May 2009 3:22pm
A research study from Japan was made public last week. It pointed to lithium as a possible means to reduce suicide. Lithium carbonate remains the treatment of choice for “bipolar disorder” – by conventional psychiatrists in many parts of the world – in spite of its dangers.
Lithium carbonate is hardly safe - particularly, to the thyroid and kidneys
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Bolivia’s Lithium Bonanza
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StanPosted
Tue 15 Dec 2009 6:12am
Well, there won’t be a shortage of lithium for a while, it seems. Although there hasn’t been a lithium shortage worry or anything, Bolivia has announced that if there were, it’d be solved already.
Read More: http://www.aaronsenvironmental.com/2009/12/bolivias-lithium-bonanza/
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Lithium anyone?
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Liz JanillPosted
Mon 04 May 2009 5:26pm
A lot of bipolar persons are taking lithium. I understand that it does help with the symptoms of this disorder. This article tell us possibly why.
New Light On Bipolar Treatment Drugs - Potential Mechanism Identified For Lithium Operation In The Brain
Lithium has been established for more than 50 years as one of the most effective treatments
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Low-dose lithium may extend lifespan
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Dr. John Z.Posted
Sun 20 Feb 2011 12:00am
IDW-online.de - Even a low concentration of lithium leads to an increased... from universities in Oita and Hiroshima (the teams used two independent approaches). The research team presents its results about lithium and lifespan in the online edition
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Toyota Remains with Nickel After Lithium Prius Test
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StanPosted
Mon 14 Sep 2009 10:12pm
Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest seller of hybrid autos, is sticking with nickel as the preferred battery material for most of the vehicles after three years of secretly testing Prius hatchbacks with lithium-ion packs… more
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What do you think about Lithium in drinking water?
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Carol BipolarHubbyPosted
Sat 02 May 2009 11:29pm
My attention was brought to this article from the BBC:
(Paraphrased) "A Japanese study suggests that the element Lithium in drinking water may reduce the risk of suicide... understood how it could be a chemical "imbalance", I do now. It would be nice to find a way or ways to prevent more suicides, for sure.
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Lithium ETF Plays Growth of Electric Cars and Mobile Electronics
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Neal ..Posted
Tue 26 Oct 2010 2:24pm
By John Addison (10/26/10)
You may be reading this article thanks to the lithium battery in your notebook computer, smartphone, or other mobile device. Demand for lithium is forecasted to double in this decade thanks to a wide range of applications for this metal that is half the weight of water: materials, glass, pharmaceuticals, mobile
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PatientsLikeMe : Research: Lithium & ALS
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Dr. Aniruddha M.Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:13am
PatientsLikeMe : Research: Lithium & ALS: "At PatientsLikeMe, we want to show each individual patient what the effects are of the treatments they're taking as individuals and as a patient group. This page is an attempt to match changes in an outcome measure (the ALSFRS-R) with the introduction of a treatment (lithium). The filters we've provided can be used
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Lithium gets some competition in ...
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Medical QuackPosted
Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:23pmLithium gets some competition in this area...BD
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) atypical antipsychotic drug Risperdal... of schizophrenia in adolescents aged from 13 to 17 and the other is for short term treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar I disorder in children aged between 10 and 17.
Lithium has
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