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Neuroscience & Neurology | By April 20, 2008 | By Karen Vieira, MBA, PhD | 0 Comments
Preteens Feel the Effects of Mom’s Pregnancy Bad Habits
It has been known for years that babies in utero (womb) suffer ill effects from their mothers’ exposure to tobacco, drugs and alcohol. A new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and performed by Michael Rivkin of Children’s Hospital Boston showed that children exposed to these toxins may suffer effects well into early adolescence.
Using MRI technology, the study looked into the long term effects of prenatal exposure to drugs, alcohol, tobacco or a combination of the three on the brain structure of preteens. The study found that these kids have thinner cortical grey matter than subjects who did not suffer exposure to toxins in utero. This study also showed a reduction in brain volume directly tied to this exposure. Read more →
- Big Tobacco’s Stealth Tactics and the Pellet Technology
- The Cigarette Century and Beyond
Well, if you think that the anti-tobacco lobby has won the war, think again. Do the Wall Street charts show a downtrend - I don’t think so. It’s true that conventional advertising for cigarettes through magazines and billboards is down at its all time low, but recent statistics from the Federal... Read more →
We needed a truthful account of how cigarettes have become the highest selling addictive drug in the history of the human race, lawfully. Alan Brandt, Harvard Professor of History of Medicine and Science, and author of the recently published “The Cigarette Century - The Rise, Fall, and Deadly... Read more →
Friday, July 18, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- The Bipolar Trend
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Integrating Schizophrenia Management
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Rabies Virus Helps Deliver Drugs into the Brain
- Encephalon, Forthy-Third Edition
- Dying To Be A Good Mom - Eating Disorders In Pregnancy
- The Ethics of Selling Prescription Data
- Pharmacists Really Do Have Prescribing Power
- Do You Know the Function Man? - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Living with Traumatic Brain Injury
- Ethics 101 - It’s Beyond My Scope of Practice
- Europe and Suicide
- The Ugly Ramifications of Health Insurance Costs
- Drugs and Pharmacology, Ninth Edition
- The State of Mental Healthcare in Prison
- Charity Begins at Home - U.S. Physicians Volunteer
- The “Smart Bomb” of Tomorrow - Eradicating Cancer
- The Curbside Consult
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Brain Blogging, Thirty-Sixth Edition
- Breaking News - Exercise is Good for You!
- Ethical Obligations of Health Care Workers During a Pandemic
- Treating Psychiatric Disorders - Something Smells Fishy
- Going Beyond Informed Consent
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn’t Mess Around
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