Researchers hypothesize, based upon several lines of evidence, that documented
chronically inadequate vitamin D intake in the United States,
particularly in the northern states and particularly in the elderly, is a
significant factor in the causes of Parkinson’s disease. …
Do they really think readers are so stupid as to believe sunshine exposure
causes Parkinson’s disease? They’re apparently willing to print the false
headlines and find out. …
A current theory proposes that a defect in methylation processes is central to
the biochemical basis of the neuropsychiatry of these vitamin deficiencies. …
Peter Breggin, M.D. author Medication Madness
Bruce Levine, Ph.D.
clinical psychologist
Dominick Riccio, Ph.D. Psychologist &
psychoanalyst
James B. Gottstein, attorney …
Again, patients showed lower brain volume and larger fluid-filled spaces on MRI
scans, with no differences between those who began treatment either a few months
or more than 1,year after an initial period of psychosis. …
That’s bad news for the companies that make leading atypicals–Johnson & Johnson Risperdal, Eli Lilly (Zyprexa), Bristol-Myers Squibb (Abilify),Pfizer (Geodon), AstraZeneca(Seroquel). Prescription rates for these meds have enjoyed a
strong growth curve, increasing more than fivefold among children over the past
15 years. …
Eli Lilly will face a class-action suit over Zyprexa, now that a federal judge
has certified a group of insurance companies, pension funds, and unions that
want the drugmaker to repay them for the billions they spent on the
controversial antipsychotic drug. …
…The antipsychotic action may be secondary to other consequences in the brain
that evolve over a period of several weeks. …
“Serotonin transporter binding potential values were significantly higher in all
investigated brain regions in individuals investigated in the fall and winter
compared with those investigated in the spring and summer,” the authors write. …
Some say the fact that a few quick medication-monitoring visits pay much better
than a longer psychotherapy session conducted in the same amount of time could
be the reason for the switch …