ADHD May Be Caused By A Glitch In The Internal Timing Of The Brain
Archives
All entries, chronologically...
In Part 1 of this series, a basic introduction to Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES), also known as Cranial Electrical Stimulation and Cranial Electrostimulation, was given that included a technical overview, typical treatment protocols, and common side effects. Next, Part 2 details CES’ proposed mechanism of action and treatment effectiveness with depression, anxiety, insomnia, and chronic pain, as well as a few closing thoughts. Readers can expect many more future posts on CES and its treatment of various ailments. I anticipate that the first will cover a well-designed CES for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) study.
New books and book categories have been steadily added to the Recommend Reading section of BMED Report. This turned out to be a highly accessed part of our website, and readers who use embedded links to purchase featured books support our continued operation. The latest book category additions are Electromedicine and Consumer Self-Help. Both of [...]
David Perlman, a neuroscience graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, presents a comedic reminder of the dangers of false positives in fMRI data. The researcher conducted an fMRI of a deal salmon’s brain as it was “shown a series of photographs depicting human individuals in social situations with a specified emotional valence.” Moreover, “the [...]
BMED Report previously featured a free learning website in Academic Earth Offers Free Video Lectures From Prestigious Universities and Scholars. Today, your attention is called to the Open Courseware Consortium (OCC). The OCC is made up of 200 participating educational institutions that span more than 30 countries who offer free online educational courses. The catch [...]
A recent study published in the June 2009 issue of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeeback (Volume 34, Number 2, by Swanson, Gevirtz, Brown, Spira, Guarneri, & Stoletniy), finds that heart failure patients respond favorably to heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback and breath training.
The September 23rd edition of The Scientist Research News Update brings about news and research from a wide range of topics. These include that Nature (Journal) will launch an open access journal, the NIH calls for risky research to push the envelope of knowledge, a highly regarded epilepsy paper is retracted to due researcher errors, [...]
Several somewhat subtle, but important improvements have been made to BMED Report over the past few weeks. First, you might have noticed that BMED Report feels quicker and more responsive. Multiple new cache systems have been installed to significantly speed up the site’s responsiveness, especially during busy times. Next, a new search engine was installed [...]
Busy week for the Science Daily Research News Update series. This week brings to you new research on how yoga contributes to mindful eating and a thin waistline, poor attention and memory associated with binge drinking, how our immune system may actually protect cancer cells early on, a new keyboard that will help persons with [...]
I came across an interesting article in the SF Gate (San Francisco Chronicle) entitled, “Parents fight use of new psych meds for kids.” Public newspaper articles are seldom featured on this website, but I think this an important topic that needs to be discussed more. I am personally troubled with current trends in psychiatry to [...]
Neurofeedback, also known as EEG biofeedback, has been used successfully for the treatment of substance abuse for over 25 years. Built on the work of Kamiya and Green (Budzynski, 1999), Eugene Peniston published a series of papers using alpha-theta neurofeedback with a Veteran’s Administration (VA) population of Vietnam War veterans diagnosed with alcohol abuse and [...]
