The Journal of Neuroscience recently reported a powerful study showing the devastating effects of methamphetamines on brain health. Please take a look at it. Realize that the government is about to embark on a program testing us all to determine whether we are mentally healthy -- basically so that some of us can be put on methamphetamines to make us "better." This is a call to action. Please help me to alert others to this nonsense and end it right now. See below for details. Have a great week. --D.I. Minkoff, M.D.

Government Screening for Mental Illness
I recently received the following action-alert email from Peter Dockx of the Citizens Commission for Human Rights, an organization dedicated to controlling psychiatric abuses of human rights. The email details the plans of Bush's new Freedom Commission Initiative to screen all U.S. citizens for mental illness, and what to do to stop it. With their permission, I am sharing this email with you.                                                                   read more ...»

Could Scars Be Affecting Your Health?
Did you ever think that scars could be affecting your health? What? Yes, we've all got them. From ear piercing to appendectomy scars, they might just be affecting how well your body functions -- or doesn't.    

We know that the body controls itself through very tiny electrical current flows. These flows go from the brain to every organ and back. The flows may be transmitted through nerves, or they may be transmitted through tiny light emissions from cell to cell. The nerve communications are relatively slow. The second method is very fast (similar to the speed of light).                                                                                                      read more ... »

This Is Your Brain on Meth: A 'Forest Fire' of Damage
Millions of children are given methamphetamines every day in the form of Ritalin and other drugs. In my opinion this is a crime against these children. If you read this New York Times article about the brain damaging effects of methamphetamines by habitual users, you will agree. The results of methamphetamines by habitual users would in effect be what occurs with children who are put on these drugs at young ages for many years. Get the image of the title: "A Forest Fire of Damage" to the brain. Brain cells are destroyed by this drug. This drug also causes brain shrinkage and memory loss. The author, from the UCLA School of Medicine, and writing in the Journal of Neuroscience from a documented MRI study, says, "We expected some brain changes but didn't expect so much tissue to be destroyed."                                                                                                               read more ...»

Dizzy Spells, etc. -- LifeWorks Wellness Success Story
Before I found the LifeWorks Wellness Center , I had been to an opthamologist, a neurologist, a gynecologist, and an ear, nose, throat specialist trying to find the cause of my periodic dizzy spells, migraine headaches, terrible irritation in my eyes, and general overall feeling of tiredness and depression.                                                         read the rest ...»

Exercising Your Brain
Is your brain getting enough exercise? I'm serious! In the old "use it or lose it tradition," if your brain cells are failing you it's because they are working too slowly. One way to speed them up is through mental exercises. Abilities like memory and logic can be improved with daily effort. When you start these exercises, it may feel like your brain needs some oil, but gradually it gets better. For some fun suggestions, go to the link below and try some of these activities. They are fun and can help rejuvenate your mental life.         learn more ...»

Food Heals
Gwynn Palmer, two-time cancer survivor and author of Having it All Without Wheat, Dairy or Sugar , offers some words of advice about the healing power of food.       See the article...»