World Cerebral Palsy Day is October 6th! Let’s learn a little about these disorders and how we can identify and better understand the disorder. Cerebral palsy is also referred to simply as CP, is a group of disorders that can interfere with a person’s ability to control their movements. This
Author: Jocelyn, RN, BScN
Proposed by the United Nation, the International Day of Non-Violence is intended to spread awareness through education and discussion around the need for peace over violence. It is celebrated on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi is of course a strong name in the Indian independence movement and
Brainzyme is a company that focuses (see what I did there?) On developing blends of plant-based supplements in an effort to increase your brain’s capacity and overall function. This most definitely qualifies as a nootropic.
I came across this company and had to give them a try. I am not affiliated with them in any way, but I did find an affiliate link, so I will be using that in this article. It does not encourage or persuade my feelings or opinions in any way.
Largely known as a growth factor receptor antagonist Suramin is currently only used in the treatment of river blindness (onchocerciasis) as well as African sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis). This medication is not approved by the USA FDA, but it is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines. Unfortunately, it is not absorbed through the stomach or intestines, so ingesting it will unfortunately not provide the terapeutic that you are hoping for.
Pain at the injection site is likely because you have cause a trauma to the area from the needle going in as well as the space created within the muscle as the medication is being injected. This will illicit your immune response of inflammation, which causes the continued pain at the injection site and may cause swelling and redness.
A myocardial infarction is a heart attack, plainly put. Myocardial refers to the muscle of the heart and infarction refers to a blockage. In most cases of a heart attack, the blockage refers to a blood clot or other entity blocking the blood vessels that supply blood and nutrients the muscles of the heart. When the muscles of the heart cannot get enough blood supply, areas of the heart lack oxygen and begin to die off as a result. A blockage is not the only cause of a heart attack, but we will focus on this particular cause as it is the most common.
L-Phenylalanine, also referred to as PEA, phenethylamine, HCL, or beta phenylethylamine is a natural monoamine alkaloid and a trace amine… Not to be confused with the anti-cancer composited of phenylalanine, L-Phenylalanine mustard (L-PAM). Don’t take that one as a nootropic, please.
“What do proteins do? Everything.”
– Will Hunter, 2015 (shout out to my patho prof)
You might not have heard of nootropics, but the word is often heard amongst groups of people who are deep into the biochemical interworking of the body and the mind. Some or many of it has little to no scientific studies to support their use, but there are many resources on the Internet touting certain benefits of different nootropics. In essence, nootropics are any substance one can take that is purported to increase one’s cognitive abilities, memory, and learning ability.
On October 13th, 1989 The United Nation’s General Assembly made a call for an international day to promote risk-awareness and disaster reduction. October 13th was hailed as the “International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.” Disasters can come in many different forms — both natural or artificial. This observed day is dedicated to encouraging a global culture of reducing the risk of disasters. Reducing the risk starts by first identifying potential risks to not only ourselves and our communities, but to the world. This isn’t just a day for ourselves to look at disaster risk reduction, such as preparing our homes for earth quakes, or checking our fire extinguishers, but to see our community and our fellow countries and what risks might be looming.
According to the CDC, around half of people suffering from arthritis are actually younger than you might think with only 49.6% of sufferers being over the age of 65. Arthritis literally stands for “inflammation of the joints:” Arthro refers to joints and itis denotes inflammation. In the spirit of World Arthritis Day on October 12th, let’s talk about the many different kinds of arthritis. We will talk about Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Childhood Arthritis, Lupus, Gout, and Fibromyalgia.