wasabix.org / it should better be rough » Health http://www.wasabix.org Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:02:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Special K may deliver almost instant relief in cases of bipolar depression @ nytimes.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/09/19/special-k-may-deliver-almost-instant-relief-in-cases-of-bipolar-depression-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/09/19/special-k-may-deliver-almost-instant-relief-in-cases-of-bipolar-depression-nytimes-com/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:23:30 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2559 Continue reading →]]> A new study suggests that a 50-year-old drug commonly used as an anesthetic for humans and animals — and abused, as the drug called Special K — may deliver almost instant relief in some of the most troublesome cases of bipolar depression. (…)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/health/10depress.html

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/09/19/special-k-may-deliver-almost-instant-relief-in-cases-of-bipolar-depression-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 Depressive symptoms and risk of dementia @ neurology.org http://www.wasabix.org/2010/07/26/depressive-symptoms-and-risk-of-dementia-neurology-org/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/07/26/depressive-symptoms-and-risk-of-dementia-neurology-org/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:46:02 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2506 Continue reading →]]> “A new study suggests that people with depression are significantly more likely to develop dementia later in life.”

Depression may be associated with an increased risk for dementia, although results from population-based samples have been inconsistent. We examined the association between depressive symptoms and incident dementia over a 17-year follow-up period. (…)

http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/75/1/35
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/research/20risk.html

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/07/26/depressive-symptoms-and-risk-of-dementia-neurology-org/feed/ 0 Venezuela’s Chavez offers cure for kids’ insomnia @ reuters.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/venezuelas-chavez-offers-cure-for-kids-insomnia-reuters-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/venezuelas-chavez-offers-cure-for-kids-insomnia-reuters-com/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:22:05 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2241 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who don’t want to go to sleep. Have them watch his televised speeches. (…)

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/venezuelas-chavez-offers-cure-for-kids-insomnia-reuters-com/feed/ 0 Name Change at Agency to Remove ‘Retardation’ @ nytimes.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/name-change-at-agency-to-remove-%e2%80%98retardation%e2%80%99-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/name-change-at-agency-to-remove-%e2%80%98retardation%e2%80%99-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:14:07 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2237 ALBANY — For the second time in a year, New York legislators are considering changing the name of one of the only state agencies in the country with “retardation” still in its title. (…)

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/name-change-at-agency-to-remove-%e2%80%98retardation%e2%80%99-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 8 Month Old Deaf Baby’s Reaction To Cochlear Implant Being Activated @ pogpog.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/09/8-month-old-deaf-baby%e2%80%99s-reaction-to-cochlear-implant-being-activated-pogpog-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/09/8-month-old-deaf-baby%e2%80%99s-reaction-to-cochlear-implant-being-activated-pogpog-com/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:34:03 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2214 Continue reading →]]> This 8 month old baby was born deaf, watch the moment as his cochlear implant is activated and he hears sound for the first time, and his mother’s voice.

As seen on pogpog.com

Just the time to discover that he will hear a lot of bullshit on tv and radio for the rest of his life, but this moment when he’s hearing his mother’s voice for the first time is so sweet, in that actual messed up world, it is just a one minute break to remember how life is wonderful and how lucky we are to feeling good in shape. I wish the best to this smart boy and his family.

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/09/8-month-old-deaf-baby%e2%80%99s-reaction-to-cochlear-implant-being-activated-pogpog-com/feed/ 0 Transsexualism No Longer Viewed as Mental Illness in France @ nytimes.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/02/15/transsexualism-no-longer-viewed-as-mental-illness-in-france-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/02/15/transsexualism-no-longer-viewed-as-mental-illness-in-france-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:40:52 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=1918 Continue reading →]]> France has removed transsexualism from an official list of mental illnesses, according to an order issued by the French Ministry of Health reported Friday by French news media. The order issued Wednesday removed “gender identity disorders” from an article of the social security code related to “long-term psychiatric diseases.” According to media reports, France is the first country in the world to do so…[nytimes.com]

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/02/15/transsexualism-no-longer-viewed-as-mental-illness-in-france-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 L’enfer sur terre @ courrierinternational.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/01/16/lenfer-sur-terre-courrierinternational-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/01/16/lenfer-sur-terre-courrierinternational-com/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:33:39 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=1880 Continue reading →]]> L’hebdomadaire haïtien, publié à New York avec l’aide de correspondants sur place, a réussi à boucler une édition spéciale consacrée au séisme du 12 janvier. “L’horreur et l’étendue de la destruction sismique sont insupportables, révoltantes même. Le peuple haïtien, qui a tant souffert ces six dernières années de l’inconscience et de la cupidité de ses dirigeants, ne méritait pas un tel cataclysme. Il nous faudra énormément de courage et de volonté pour surmonter cette cruelle adversité (…). Nous n’avons que nos mains nues et notre dignité de peuple pour reconstruire un pays physiquement détruit”, écrit-il en éditorial. A Port-au-Prince, les secours peinent toujours à s’organiser…[courrierinternational.com]

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/01/16/lenfer-sur-terre-courrierinternational-com/feed/ 0 The Americanization of Mental Illness by ETHAN WATTERS @ nytimes.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/01/11/the-americanization-of-mental-illness-by-ethan-watters-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/01/11/the-americanization-of-mental-illness-by-ethan-watters-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:47:48 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=1866 In recent years, American ideas about psychiatric disorders have spread around the globe. Is that really good for the world’s mental health? [nytimes.com]
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html
© Alex Trochut

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/01/11/the-americanization-of-mental-illness-by-ethan-watters-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 Child visited in hospital by James Blunt slips deeper into coma @ newsbiscuit.com http://www.wasabix.org/2009/12/16/child-visited-in-hospital-by-james-blunt-slips-deeper-into-coma-newsbiscuit-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2009/12/16/child-visited-in-hospital-by-james-blunt-slips-deeper-into-coma-newsbiscuit-com/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:32:21 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=1344 Doctors at the Royal St James Hospital in Swindon have admitted they were disappointed after an impromptu gig by pop star James Blunt failed to awaken 8-year old Kylie Taylor from a five day coma. Instead consultants believe that for two days afterwards she was even less responsive to stimuli and may have slipped deeper into unconsciousness... [newsbiscuit.com]

Continue reading →]]> Doctors at the Royal St James Hospital in Swindon have admitted they were disappointed after an impromptu gig by pop star James Blunt failed to awaken 8-year old Kylie Taylor from a five day coma. Instead consultants believe that for two days afterwards she was even less responsive to stimuli and may have slipped deeper into unconsciousness… [newsbiscuit.com]

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2009/12/16/child-visited-in-hospital-by-james-blunt-slips-deeper-into-coma-newsbiscuit-com/feed/ 0 Students taught how to grow marijuana in Detroit’s new cannabis college @ guardian.co.uk http://www.wasabix.org/2009/12/16/students-taught-how-to-grow-marijuana-in-detroits-new-cannabis-college-guardian-co-uk/ http://www.wasabix.org/2009/12/16/students-taught-how-to-grow-marijuana-in-detroits-new-cannabis-college-guardian-co-uk/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:24:20 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=1339 Horticulturalists, doctors and lawyers among instructors after Michigan legalises drug as a medicine. Welcome to Detroit's cannabis college, recently opened with courses on how to grow marijuana – and harvest, cook and sell it too – after Michigan legalised the drug as a medicine. by Chris McGreal cannabis-college-001 Continue reading →]]> Horticulturalists, doctors and lawyers among instructors after Michigan legalises drug as a medicine.

Welcome to Detroit’s cannabis college, recently opened with courses on how to grow marijuana – and harvest, cook and sell it too – after Michigan legalised the drug as a medicine.

by Chris McGreal

cannabis-college-001

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2009/12/16/students-taught-how-to-grow-marijuana-in-detroits-new-cannabis-college-guardian-co-uk/feed/ 0