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

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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 »

Marijuana Withdrawal Syndrome by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

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 »

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