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Working Overtime May be a Risk for Dementia by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

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Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Many occupations can make you feel like you are losing your mind, but new evidence suggests that long working hours may actually lead to cognitive decline. Notably, cognitive ... Read on »

The Slow-Developing Human – Rationale for a Species of Newborn Motor Morons by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Dolphins are born swimming, cattle can walk within hours and lions are able to run within 20 days of birth. Compare this to a human newborn who will require months before he i ... Read on »

Migraine and Vascular Disease by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Migraine is a recurring headache of moderate to severe intensity that is associated with gastrointestinal, neurologic, and autonomic symptoms. As the most common of the chroni ... Read on »

The Psychology of Minority Students by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health A major public policy concern is the well known fact that many minority students under-achieve scholastically. The roots of the discrepancy in performance of some minorities a ... Read on »

Improve Children’s Mental Health – Turn Off the TV by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Obesity is a global epidemic, in adults and children. The increase in childhood obesity has been linked to behavioral and environmental factors: decreased physical activity an ... Read on »

Neglecting Unilateral Neglect by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Unilateral neglect (UN) is a debilitating cognitive deficit following traumatic brain injury with long-term implications to both the person affected and the health care system ... Read on »

Narcolepsy Treatment May Lead to Abuse by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder typified by excessive daytime sleepiness. The symptoms of the disorder can be disabling, and for years treatment relied on amphetamines a ... Read on »

Mechanisms of Drug Tolerance by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health New data emerging from the investigation of the death of Michael Jackson reveal that the iconic pop star was taking very high doses of sedative medications during the course o ... Read on »

The Curse of the Nocebo Effect by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The placebo effect is a universally acknowledged phenomenon. In essence, if you think something is going to make you better, it probably will. If you believe that three tablet ... Read on »

I Can Read Your Mind! by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Mind reading or delving into a person’s conscious experience is a concept only science fiction consists of. Though it sounds improbable, recent strides in neuroimaging h ... Read on »

Brain Blogging, Forty-Sixth Edition by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Welcome to the forty-sixth edition of Brain Blogging. In this round, we discuss the difference between thoughts and intuitions, the power of exercise on memory and neurogenesi ... Read on »

Natural Good, Chemical Bad – Right? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Arsenic sandwich anyone? Mercury soup, deadly nightshade surprise? No? Really? Well, I’m baffled! They’re all natural you know. And as we know, natural is good; na ... Read on »

What is in a Brand Name which Appeals to the Brain? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Why do we shop? Most often, it is because we need something. Sometimes, it is simply because we see something we like and can’t resist buying it. Why do we select one pr ... Read on »

Why Do Schizophrenics Smoke Cigarettes? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health For health care workers in psychiatric hospitals, it is no secret: one of the major issues confronting psychiatric facilities seeking to institute blanket no-smoking policies ... Read on »

Prevention of Adolescent Depression by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Children and adolescents of depressed parents are four to six times more likely to develop depressive symptoms themselves than children of non-depressed parents. This translat ... Read on »

Drugs and Pharmacology, Sixteenth Edition by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Welcome to the sixteenth edition of Drugs and Pharmacology. Today, we discuss the myth of antioxidants, the not-so-bad side effects of common medications, and meditation vs. m ... Read on »

Get By With a Little Help From Your Friends by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Scientists love to solve the unanswerable questions in life, wrapping up tidy answers with equations or charts or definitions, leaving no gray area. Unfortunately for some res ... Read on »

Communication is Key to Appropriate Antibiotic Use by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The misuse of antibiotics around the world is increasing due, in part, to diagnostic uncertainty and patient expectations. One of the most common causes of antibiotic use in t ... Read on »

Time for a Change – Gender Reassignment by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health I still remember him plainly: middle-aged, married, paunchy around the middle. He didn’t come in to the clinic because he was sick or had a chronic medical illness. He c ... Read on »

Common Treatment Ineffective for Autism by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The growing prevalence of autism worldwide has parents and clinicians searching for effective treatment options. Though not approved by the United States Food and Drug Adminis ... Read on »

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