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Addiction and Drug Education Blogs and Podcasts, looking at drug use trends and treatment, and how addiction is tied to the brain as well as the body CNS Productions CNS Productions service@cnsproductions.com No no http://www.cnsproductions.com/144logo.jpg http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog 144 144 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/702/ http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/702/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:01:44 +0000 CNS http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/?p=702 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/702/feed/ 0 00:01:01 The draft version of the new DSM - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was released for public comment recently. The DSM ... The draft version of the new DSM - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was released for public comment recently. The DSM is viewed as the bible ofnbsp; the mental health community - used in defining what is a mental disorder by establishing criteria and terminology. Though the changes might appear cultural or semantic,nbsp;nbsp; theirnbsp; impact is far reaching - affecting legal matters, industry and government programs andnbsp; medical and mental health treatment - with a potential of billions of dollars at stake for pharmaceutical companies, insurance and government health plans, doctors, researchers and patiences advocacy groups. It was last revised in 2000, and won't benbsp; finalized until 2013. And controversy is swirling around it. Dr Inaba explains. Addiction,Education,/,Prevention,,Compulsive,Behaviors,,Dr.,Darryl,Inaba,,In,the,News,,Podcasts,,Psychiatric,medications,,Treatment,,Testing,,gambling CNS Productions no No http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/698/ http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/698/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:46:52 +0000 CNS http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/?p=698 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/698/feed/ 0 00:01:01 We look at a new study correlating craving sugar, depression and the tendency toward alcoholism in children; also this is the 2nd annual Children of ... We look at a new study correlating craving sugar, depression and the tendency toward alcoholism in children; also this is the 2nd annual Children of Alcoholics Awareness Week. Alcohol,,Dr.,Darryl,Inaba,,In,the,News,,Podcasts,,Understanding,Addictions,,Brain,Chemistry CNS Productions no No http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/695/ http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/695/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:50:56 +0000 CNS http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/?p=695 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/695/feed/ 0 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/684/ http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/684/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:20:06 +0000 CNS http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/?p=684 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/684/feed/ 0 00:01:01 When the Mental Health Parity Act finally starts to go into effect this summer, it may increase addiction treatment, just as aging baby-boomers begin to ... When the Mental Health Parity Act finally starts to go into effect this summer, it may increase addiction treatment, just as aging baby-boomers begin to need more treatment for the cumulative effects of addictions. Addiction,Education,/,Prevention,,Dr.,Darryl,Inaba,,In,the,News,,Podcasts,,Treatment,,Testing CNS Productions no No http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/664/ http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/664/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:42:02 +0000 CNS http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/?p=664 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/664/feed/ 1 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/656/ http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/656/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:22:24 +0000 CNS http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/?p=656 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/656/feed/ 0 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/651/ http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/651/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:34:15 +0000 CNS http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/?p=651 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/podcasts/651/feed/ 0 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/uppers/639/ http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/uppers/639/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:39:44 +0000 CNS http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/?p=639 http://www.cnsproductions.com/drugeducationblog/uppers/639/feed/ 0 00:01:01 A recent story in the Wall Street Journal highlights some significant benefits to drinking coffee. Also a look at the new "anti-energy" drinks like Drank, ... A recent story in the Wall Street Journal highlights some significant benefits to drinking coffee. Also a look at the new "anti-energy" drinks like Drank, containing calming herbs like chamomile, melatonin, valerian root and rose hip. Dr Inaba comments include the every-few-decades cycling of the kind of drugs that are popular. Listen to podcast Transcript (edited): CNS:nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;Hi and welcome once again to the CNS Addiction Podcast. I'm Howard LaMere, here with Dr Darryl Inaba. One of the topics we focused on recently was the negative aspects of coffee and caffeine, and here is an article in the (December 31, 2009) Wall Street Journal about the positive aspects of coffee. DARRYL: Quite a surprising story, an amazing one published by the WSJ which is fairly investigative and conservative in their reporting, and they published this just before Christmas, when people are gearing up for the Holidaysnbsp; - the after-dinner coffees, and coffees during the day, so it was good timing. Contrary to many older studies which outline the negative aspects, the hazards and the addictive properties of coffee, this study showed positive results, amazing results from the practice of drinking coffee. Six cups of standard coffee lowered the risk of prostate cancer, 5 cups lowered the risk of Alzheimerrsquo;s by 65% in a Finnish study hellip; that alone is enough to inspire me to go back to drinking coffee after I have been clean from coffee for some 30 something years.nbsp; I havenrsquo;t touched a drop of coffee because when I start I canrsquo;t seem to stop, Irsquo;ll go way above 6 cups, Irsquo;ll go up to 20 cups a day. But if 5 cups per day can lower the risk of Alzheimerrsquo;s disease by 65% that is saying something. It also cuts the possibility of stroke in women, and reduced the risk of developing Type II diabetes, which impacts a huge number of people in the United States. Close to 80 million people are pre-diabetic or diabetic type IIs so if 4 cups a day can cut that by 25 ndash; 35 %, thatrsquo;s a huge health benefit. The study also claims coffee cuts the risk of gallstones, and lowers the risk of committing suicide. That surprised me because one of the problems with drinking coffee in excess is the crash.nbsp; According to this study, people that drink at least 2 cups of coffee a day cut the risk of suicide by 60%.nbsp; All these positive things are quite amazing. The older studies found increased hypertension ndash; high blood pressure, cardiac or heart irritability with a propensity to develop irregular heart beat, increased stroke risk, and risk of miscarriage. A recent study says that pregnant women who drink 3 cups a day increase the risk of miscarriage. A lot of major hazards, GI irritability, maybe even some cancers of the stomach are on the opposite side of these health benefits. So the jury is still out about if itrsquo;s positively good for you, or positively bad for you, but it seems like therersquo;s a lot of good news about coffee drinking. CNS:nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;How are these studies conducted, itrsquo;s hard to do a regular double-blind test. DARRYL: This is purely anecdotal. These are just reports - asking questions of people, and thatrsquo;s why these studies are controversial. Researchers will ask people how many cups of coffee they drink a day, over how long a period of time, because they want to gage results on a longitudinal basis, to see what risks are connected. A lot of people aren't going to remember how many cups of coffee they drank over the last ten years. And people are either stimulus-augmenters, or stimulus-reducers, I find very few people who are stimulus-normal.nbsp; And that means, some people are going to exaggerate - think they drank a higher number, and some will be stimulus-reducers; thinking they drink a lesser number per day. CNS:nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;So what do make of the effect you mentioned of the stimulant effect on blood pressure - high blood pressure and heart disease... 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