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Exercise and Depression

By Ken Niemann Summary Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) presents a considerable challenge to public health in the United States. Estimates of lifetime prevalence are 22.9% in females and 15.1% in males and the condition is likely increasing among younger cohorts. Successful treatment does not seem to increase with rising costs…
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The Toxicology of Oxycontin

By Ken Niemann Oxycodone is a synthetic opiate derivative classified as a Schedule II Controlled Substance and about 59 tons of the drug were consumed in the United States in 2010. Each year, a growing number of deaths occur from semi-synthetic opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine. This essay will…
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Science Uprising Series

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BMJ: Medical Error Is Third Leading Cause of Death in US

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=278&v=KxUfPBhipLA[/embed]   Medical Error Is Third Leading Cause of Death in US Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease and cancer, according to findings published today in BMJ. As such, medical errors should be a top priority for research and resources, say authors…
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Philosophical Problem with the Brain Disease Model of Addiction: Epiphenomenalism

​The essay below so perfectly articulates my view on epiphenomenalism and its importance to psychology that I couldn't resist sharing it. (Epiphenomenalism is a self-referentially refuting concept.) Please give Steven Slate some traffic if you are interested in either Philosophy of Mind or Addiction: "Behaviorists believe that materialist determinism is…
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Thorton: RICE Is Wrong

  It’s the most famous acronym in sports medicine, a household term as familiar to athletes as the physicians who treat them: R.I.C.E., for rest, ice, compression, and elevation. Legendary sports doc, Gabe Mirkin, M.D., coined R.I.C.E. in his 1978 bestseller, The Sportsmedicine Book. In the four decades since, his memorable protocol—especially…
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Epigenetics And Addiction

By Ken Niemann Important controls in the switching on and off of genes include but are not limited to: timing, gravity, spatial organization, environmental cues, and epigenetic mechanisms. It is the latter that we are exploring here. Epigenetics may be defined as changes in gene expression that don’t involve changes…
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Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;’ Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’

See also: Study: Nearly Four-Fifths Of "Gender Minority" Students Have Mental Health Issues By Michael W. Chapman | June 2, 2015 | 1:34 PM EDT Dr. Paul R. McHugh. (Photo: Johns Hopkins Medicine) (CNSNews.com) --  Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the former psychiatrist-in-chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital and its current Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, said…
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Beyond determinism and materialism, or isn’t it time we took consciousness seriously?

Locke, E. A. (1995). Beyond determinism and materialism, or isn’t it time we took consciousness seriously? Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 26(3), 265–273. BEYOND DETERMINISM AND MATERIALISM The author launches a devastating attack on materialism, behavioralism, epiphenomenalism, psychological determinism, etc. However, he does make some errors not critical to…
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Editors of World’s Most Prestigious Medical Journals: “Much of the Scientific Literature, Perhaps HALF, May Simply Be Untrue”…

Editors of World’s Most Prestigious Medical Journals: “Much of the Scientific Literature, Perhaps HALF, May Simply Be Untrue"... Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine are the two most prestigious medical journals in the world. It is therefore striking that their chief editors have both publicly written that corruption…
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Movie Exposes Vicious Scientology Cult

Scientology also owns a drug rehab called Narconon whereby the "recovering addicts" have to do the most bizarre things while isolated from friends and family. The cult also has front groups that pretend to serve as a counseling center for those seeking help for addiction. HBO’s Scientology Exposé Going Clear…
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“Ecoscience” by John Holdren: Textbook of the Globalist Depopulation Effort

Must Read: John Holdren, Obama's Science Czar, says: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planet Ecoscience in PDF. Source: Infowars: EcoScience: Authored in 1977 advocates for extreme totalitarian measures to control the population. One of the authors is John Holdren, Obama’s top science and technology advisor Click…
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Brandon Smith Gets It Right!

"Why I Will Not Submit To Medical Martial Law" Submitted by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market.com, One of the most dangerous philosophical contentions even amongst liberty movement activists is the conundrum of government force and prevention during times of imminent pandemic. All of us at one time or another have had…
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VA Outrage!!

[youtube=http://youtu.be/qHKfCs6oSKU] What This Whistleblower Was Forced To Do At This VA Hospital The scheduling clerk at the Veterans Administration office in Phoenix has come forward with evidence admitting that she’s being told to hide the deaths of veterans, and that it’s still happening.....  
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