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Marijuana Withdrawal Syndrome by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

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Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health There are now several clinical showing that mice and dogs show evidence of cannabis withdrawal. (For THC-addicted dogs, it is the abnormal number of wet-dog shakes that give t ... Read on »

NSAIDs – Prevention or Just Delay of Dementia? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Many epidemiological and observational studies have reported that the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduces the risk of developing dementia and Alzheime ... Read on »

What is Proprioception? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Everyone learns in school about the five senses: vision (sight), audition (sound), olfaction (smell), taction (touch), and gustation (taste). These senses are responsible for ... Read on »

Who Should Decide the Survivability of Newborns? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Among the most controversial of medical issues is the resuscitation of newborns that are unlikely to survive. The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act (BAIPA), enacted in 2002, a ... Read on »

Reflections on Plasticity by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Neuroplasticity is a relatively new concept for researchers. Up until the 1970s, scientists held firm to the belief that once we exit childhood, our neurons are fixed and we a ... Read on »

Death and Dying in Tough Economic Times by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Cash-strapped states and private health care providers are looking for ways to cut costs and save money in these economic times. While across-the-board cuts in spending are in ... Read on »

Medicate or Educate? - Just Pop a Polypill by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health At this moment, a trial is underway in India. This trial, named the TIPS trial, involves a new medication — a so-called “polypill” — which contains thr ... Read on »

Dressing for Success? - the White Coat Dilemma by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health For nearly 200 years, the white coat has served as a symbol of the medical profession. Originally, the white coat was worn to symbolize hope and life — an absolute contr ... Read on »

What is Free Will? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health This post continues my discussion of free will and determinism in neuroscience. Due to the relatively brief nature of these posts, this discussion is incomplete. However, I ho ... Read on »

Clearing the Haze - Is Marijuana Addictive? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health In the past few years, as addiction researchers have been mapping out the chemical alterations in the brain caused by alcohol, nicotine, methamphetamine, and other drugs, Amer ... Read on »

Migraine Uncovered - Interview with Dr. Cady, Headache Expert by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health It is estimated that 18% of women and 6% of men experience migraines. In fact, most medical visits for headache are due to migraine. Over a year ago, Dr. Larry Mccleary, forme ... Read on »

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

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Welcome to the forty-fifth edition of Brain Blogging. In this round, we discuss new trials using stem cells for stroke, the neurobiology of empathy, if brain tonics really wor ... Read on »

Barriers to Emergency Contraception by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Emergency contraception (EC) has been available in the United States for almost a decade. It is a safe and effective contraceptive choice when other methods have failed or hav ... Read on »

Medical Controversy - When Does Life Begin? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health One of the most contested questions in history is a seemingly simple one: When does life begin? Different cultures and societies have battled to answer this question, and to d ... Read on »

Wash Your Hands, Save a Life by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Health care-associated infections (HAI) occur in a variety of settings and are caused by a variety of pathogens. They occur in ambulatory, institutional, hospital, and home-ba ... Read on »

Are Humans Hard-Wired to Torture? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health With the reign of the Bush administration at an end, one issue that has plagued his legacy is the government-sanctioned acts of torture. The United States government was invol ... Read on »

Be a Doctor! The Hours are Great! by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Residency training in the United States has historically been a period of abusive hours and intense training. Until recently, there was no limit to the number of hours per wee ... Read on »

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

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Welcome to the fifteenth edition of Drugs and Pharmacology. Today, we discuss new the introduction of the recovery bill of rights, a case of alleged supplement contamination, ... Read on »

Lose Weight to Go Green by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The newest target of the worldwide “Go Green” campaign is obesity. Virtually everyone understands the concepts of reduce, reuse, and recycle in the context of bein ... Read on »

The Many Facets of Addiction by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The science of neurology has created a paradigm shift in our basic understanding of the structure of the brain and the rest of the human nervous system. It has taken a long ti ... Read on »

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