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Blog, Help People, Win $750
Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 20:19 in Uncategorized | viewed 138 views times | 7 Comments
UPDATE: We have chosen and contacted the winners. Thanks everyone for participating! Do something about AIDS – post on your blog This is an AIDS Awareness Initiative, which is uniting bloggers to post about AIDS before the end of the... (Continue reading)
Cardiac Rhythm and Arrhythmias
Written on 26 Oct, 2009 at 14:00 in Uncategorized | viewed 68 views times | No Comments
Note: We will cover HIV vaccines soon; these are some notes from my pharma class. Cardiac Rhythm and Arrhythmias Most days we don’t think about it, but our heart is pretty important. Beating constantly, it provides a flow of blood... (Continue reading)
Overcompensating for OCD
Written on 18 Oct, 2009 at 13:19 in Uncategorized | viewed 42 views times | No Comments
Having OCD So much of living with OCD is about not doing what our minds tell us we absolutely have to do. If I listened to mine all the time, I’d have to check that I haven’t offended a friend.... (Continue reading)
Solitary Confinement is Torture and Wrong
Written on 14 Oct, 2009 at 8:31 in Uncategorized | viewed 119 views times | 1 Comment
Solitary Confinement is Torture and Wrong Terrible things happen in the jail system. While it’s easy to feel indifferent – or even smugly satisfied – when a pedophile gets raped or shivved, we can never forget that we have an... (Continue reading)
Xanax: Side Effects, Withdrawal
Written on 9 Oct, 2009 at 9:28 in Uncategorized | viewed 17,273 views times | 31 Comments
Xanax: an anxiety medication Xanax is one of the stronger benzodiazpines (BZD), a class of drugs that slows down the nervous system, inducing calm and relaxation. And it works quickly, and seems to have limited side effects. No wonder that... (Continue reading)
Treatment for Diabetes: Type I
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 9:41 in Uncategorized | viewed 76 views times | 1 Comment
Treatment of Diabetes There are two major types of Diabetes: Type I and Type II. Type I is typically genetic and is caused by the body attacking itself, destroying the cells in the pancreas that create insulin. By contrast, Type... (Continue reading)
Weird Facts About Caffeine, Coke, and Viagra
Written on 28 Sep, 2009 at 16:50 in Uncategorized | viewed 1,143 views times | No Comments
Caffeine: It turns out 90% of people take caffeine daily in some form. And 10% of people in the USA take an antidepressant on any given day. Anyone else see a connection? Weirdly enough, it turns out that there is... (Continue reading)
What the Advair Warning Means: Safety
Written on 24 Sep, 2009 at 13:34 in Uncategorized | viewed 679 views times | 5 Comments
What the Advair Warning Means Asthma is pain enough by itself. Then you learn that the medications you take for it might, well, kill you. You might be concerned because Advair, for instance, has a black box warning, the worst... (Continue reading)
3 Models of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Written on 26 Aug, 2009 at 7:50 in Uncategorized | viewed 653 views times | 3 Comments
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), a disorder characterized by chronic anxiety and worry, is on the surface a bit meaningless. Everyone feels anxious and worries a lot. What makes GAD abnormal is both the frequency of anxiety, more... (Continue reading)
Stress Related Object/Orientation Disorder
Written on 25 Aug, 2009 at 7:49 in Uncategorized | viewed 172 views times | No Comments
“I never really felt connected to things,” says John M., “And I was always losing things.” John may be suffering from a new psychological condition that is the subject of heavy controversy. Proponents point to a large untreated pool who,... (Continue reading)