#93: Reap The Sleep, Installment #2 [33:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (382)

Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive, or disturbed sleep

Focus: restless leg syndrome (RLS)

Hear these RLS-related reports:

• Frequency and Pain of Restless Legs Should Guide Therapy

• Dopamine Agonists Aid Sleep in Restless Legs

Other reports:

• Vigilance is Impaired in Drivers with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• Screen Arnold-Chiari Patients for Sleep-Related Breathing Problems

• Ramelteon Effective for Subset of Insomnia Patients

Weblinks: Sleep Research Model Based on Sleeping Drosophila Flies

Restless Leg Syndrome links:

• RLS is a Genetic Disorder According to New Research

• News May Have Exaggerated Prevalence Of RLS

• Prevalence of Clinically Significant RLS 3% in U.S. Population, according to Archives of Internal Medicine

• RLS Linked To Low Serum Iron and Poor Iron Uptake In Brain

Sleep Deprivation Links:

• Co-Morbidities:

• Doubles Risk Of Death From All Causes

• Linked To Hypertension, Especially In Women

• Linked To CVD, Stroke, Diabetes, Cancer

• Physiological Stress from Sleep Deprivation:
  • Activates The HPA Axis
  • May Increase Adrenergic Receptor Function
  • Linked To Increased C-reactive Protein (CRP)

Next week’s show: Theatre Of The Mind – Psychoneuroimmunology: Dynamics Between Psyche, Nerves, The Endocrine System And The Immune System (our second installment). Focus will be the science behind, and importance of…the placebo response. And we’ll touch upon questions like, ‘Homeopathy: The system of therapy based on highly dilute substances. Are they active substances or just placebos?’ And: ‘Are there substantive benefits from Aromatherapy?’

 

 #77: Podcast for Peds - Installment #3 [38:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (879)

Publication Date: July 6th, 2007.

Installment #3 of Podcast for Peds: Issues related to problems of the developing nervous system, and the young folks who have them. Focus: Autism.

• Online Autism Registry Offers Research Portal: The Interactive Autism Network already has 6000 registered autistic children. This project is analogous to when researchers banded together to successfully fight childhood leukemias!
• Familial Versus Sporadic Autism: DNA microarray technology has revealed that the majority of cases of autism spectrum disorders likely result from de novo genetic mutations after conception. An important question to be answered is: What factor or factors are causing the gene mutations? Mercury from the thimerisol preservative in vaccines is in the ‘lineup’ up suspects.

And last but not least: the alkaloid theobromine in chocolate may be superior to fluoride for preventing tooth decay (for ‘kids of all ages’).

Next week’s show: 5th installment of Ideology for Neurology-working toward neurological perfection. Hear news about last month’s stem cell victory in California; also how palliative care medicine is cost-effective medicine; and more.

Weblinks:

• Interactive Autism Network: www.ianproject.org.
• Lyme-Autism speculation: http://autism.about.com/b/a/257714.htm
• Book information: Healing The New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma And Allergies by Kenneth Bock, MD - http://www.amazon.com/Healing-New-Childhood-Epidemics-Groundbreaking/dp/0345494504
• Mercury and DNA damage — potential for gene mutations from mercury: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16655361