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Chocolate and sex can boost brain

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:33:12 GMT

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Chocolate and sex can boost brain: Study

Forget crosswords. If you really want to boost your brain power, eat dark chocolate, consume cold meat and have plenty of sex, if possible every day.

A team of international researchers has carried out a study and found that while dark chocolate and plenty of cold meat for breakfast boost grey matter, sex keeps the brain fit in later life, the Daily Mail reported.

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How To Lose Weight with a Spreadsheet and a Web Site

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:49:59 GMT

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How To Lose Weight with a Spreadsheet and a Web Site

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For some time now, various people have been asking me to document what I did to lose roughly 50 pounds last year. I've been planning to get around to writing it up it sooner or later, but later just never came.

Enough of that procrastination! Today is my 32nd birthday and roughly one year ago today, I wrote the following a few days after my 31st:

Every January people make New Year's Resolutions that they end up breaking. It was with that in mind that I spent a month trying to figure out what I wanted to do. Around that time I ran across both The Hacker's Diet and Jeff Sandquist's tale of weight loss and finally convinced myself to take it seriously.

I set a goal for myself to drop 30 pounds by my birthday.

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Early Psychosis Intervention

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:34:14 GMT

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EPI stands for Early Psychosis Intervention and the program consists of three parts.

It is a special type of health care service that provides the best assistance available to young people who have recently developed psychosis.
EPI provides education to a wide variety of people, including other mental health professionals, schools, community agencies and the general public.
The program is also committed to evaluation and research in order to understand more about psychosis and to improve treatment.

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Psychotic disorder

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:28:56 GMT

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Psychosis affects an individual's thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Some of the more characteristic symptoms include confused thinking, delusions, hallucinations, changed feelings and changed behaviour.

A psychotic episode commonly isolates the person from others and impairs family and social relationships. Difficulties in school and work performance arise and secondary problems such as unemployment, substance abuse, depression, self harm or suicide and illegal behaviour can occur or intensify.

The experience of psychosis varies greatly from person to person and individuals experiencing psychosis may have very different symptoms.

Education about psychosis is the best way to deal with the stigma. Finding out what treatment is available, and how recovery is possible can not only reduce some of the fear associated with psychosis, but can also promote recovery by helping people anticipate and prepare for what to expect from treatment and from themselves.

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Dementia: What Are the Common Signs?

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:21:56 GMT

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Dementia: What Are the Common Signs?

What is dementia?

Dementia is a problem in the brain that makes it hard for a person to remember, learn and communicate. After a while, this makes it hard for the person to take care of himself or herself.

Dementia may also change a person's mood and personality. At first, memory loss and trouble thinking clearly may bother the person who has dementia. Later, disruptive behavior and other problems may start. The person who has dementia may not be aware of these problems.

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Exercise Your Brain, or Else You’ll ... Uh ...

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:14:04 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Exercise Your Brain, or Else You’ll ... Uh ...

When David Bunnell, a magazine publisher who lives in Berkeley, Calif., went to a FedEx store to send a package a few years ago, he suddenly drew a blank as he was filling out the forms.

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“I couldn’t remember my address,” said Mr. Bunnell, 60, with a measure of horror in his voice. “I knew where I lived, and I knew how to get there, but I didn’t know what the address was.”

By 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, 11 million to 16 million Americans will have the disease.

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Health

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:44:50 GMT

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Boosting levels of the stress hormone cortisol with low doses of hydrocortisone could help patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia feel better,

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Chocolate and sex can boost brain

How To Lose Weight with a Spreadsheet and a Web Site

Early Psychosis Intervention

Psychotic disorder

Dementia: What Are the Common Signs?

What is dementia?

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Exercise Your Brain, or Else You’ll ... Uh ...

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