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A Baby’s Smile - Mom’s Natural High by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2008 - Best 100 Winner!

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Many people, at one time or another, have witnessed this ritual: a beaming new mother enters with baby pictures. A group of genuinely excited women gather around the new mothe ... Read on »

A Bad Mix - Cell Phones and Children? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Questions & Answers in Brain Health Do you remember a time when most people on the roads just drove their car? Let me be more explicit. Do you remember a time when the main activities drivers engaged in were tal ... Read on »

A Fatal Lack of Data by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health I’ve been looking into violent deaths lately. And now I understand a few things. Mostly, I understand what we don’t know about violent death in the United St ... Read on »

A New Look at Medical Errors in Residency Training by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health It’s a phenomenon that medical educators have long suspected but haven’t been able to prove: a rise in medical errors when newly-hatched physicians begin their res ... Read on »

A Primer on Acupuncture by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Traditional acupuncture is an ancient chinese art which was passed down from master to apprentice for over 4,000 years, based on anecdotal evidence, trial and error, and an Ea ... Read on »

A Small Sip from the Fountain of Youth by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The search for eternal youth is as old as time itself. The theme of immortality winds its way through religion, mythology, poetry, fiction, and modern movies. Usually, stories ... Read on »

A Special Thanks - Remembering a Man Who Remembered No One by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health In a way it is ironic, how many researchers, psychology students, and cognitive neuroscientists worldwide will remember Mr. Henry G. Molaison and he did not remember a single ... Read on »

A Unique Struggle Against Juvenile Huntington’s Disease by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Huntington’s Disease (HD) affects approximately 30,000 people in the United States. Less than 10% of these people are under 20 years old at the time of diagnosis. These ... Read on »

ADHD - A Very Incomplete Puzzle by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Teaching students with ADHD was always challenging for me. My usual methods of managing behavior, explaining assignments, and reviewing routines weren’t very effective f ... Read on »

Alcohol 101 - the Best Class on Campus by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Alcohol use by underage college students has increasingly grown as a large issue across the United States. Excessive, or binge drinking among college students is associated wi ... Read on »

Alzheimer’s Drug to Treat Binge Eating Disorder by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Memantine (Namenda) is approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease, but may also be effective in treating binge eating disorder. A new study published in the International Jou ... Read on »

An Old Weapon May Still Be Effective in the War Against Bioterrorism - Smallpox Vaccination by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health In recent years, there has been renewed interest in creating new smallpox vaccines due to the threat of the smallpox pathogen being used as a bioterrorism tool. The vaccinia v ... Read on »

Anti-Aging - The Fountain of Youth - Part I by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health I am fascinated by stories of 104-year-old people who wake up every morning, eat a half-a-pound of pork, smoke a pack of unfiltered cigarettes, and drink a few fingers of vodk ... Read on »

Anti-Epileptic Drugs and the Risk of Suicide by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has evaluated the risk of suicide associated with antiepileptic drugs. The FDA examined 11 antiepileptic drugs, among near ... Read on »

Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn’t Mess Around by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health It looks like the heavy guns are out. It’s been decades since the dangers associated with smoking have been realized and revealed. Yet there’s still a fair number ... Read on »

Antipsychotics May Decrease the Risk of Suicide by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Suicide is an all-too familiar consequence of depression. Up to 15% of patients with untreated or undertreated depression commit suicide. The goal of treatment for depressive ... Read on »

Are Boys Really More Hard-Wired for Math than Girls? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health It used to be accepted as fact that boys are naturally better than girls in math. With time, what was taken as a fact has become an assumption that boys are more inclined to d ... Read on »

Are Doctors Super Human? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health It’s common knowledge that an example is more powerful than words. After all, aren’t parents routinely admonished for telling their children to do one thing while ... Read on »

Are Drug Reps Really Necessary? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health One of the main functions of pharmaceutical representatives is to provide free samples to doctors’ offices instead of what has historically been their vocation: implementing a ... Read on »

Are Generic Drugs Really Equivalent to Brand Name Drugs? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Countless drugs are manufactured as generic equivalents to brand name counterparts. Generic drugs must be bioequivalent to the brand name drug, meaning that they contain the s ... Read on »

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