Friday, May 27, 2016

Study Ties Cellphone Radiation to Brain, Heart Tumors in Male Rats

Professional Village Compounding Pharmacy in Sacramento wanted to share this information with you...
Partial results from an ongoing $25 million, federally-funded study into the dangers of cellphone radiation found a tentative link between such radiation and two rare types of tumors in male rats. 

Thursday, May 12, 2016

A study asks: Too much folic acid a cause of autism?


For decades, pregnant women and women who may become pregnant have been advised to take folic acid to help prevent certain birth defects.
But a new study suggests it may be possible to get too much of a good thing — very high levels of the vitamin in mothers' blood at the time of childbirth was linked to higher risk of their children developing autism years later.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Stroke Signs and Symptoms

Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. and a leading cause of severe disability. On average, one person dies from stroke every 4 minutes. Support National Stroke Awareness Month and become informed about stroke signs and symptoms ‪#‎StrokeMonth‬ http://ow.ly/4nkPqm

Monday, March 21, 2016

Women Are Outliving Men, But They're Paying A Price

Professional Village Compounding Pharmacy & Medical Supplies Sacramento wanted to share this article...Women all around the world have one survival advantage: They are expected to outlive men. The survival rate for females is 81.2 years compared to 76.4 years for males, but this doesn’t mean they’re healthier.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Why Early Risers Tend To Be Healthier

Professional Village Compounding Pharmacy Sacramento‪#‎CompoundingPharmacySacramento‬ wanted to share this information with you...In a report on sleep and nutrition released exclusively to The Huffington Post, Jawbone found that users who went to bed at a consistent time every night -- a time earlier than 11 p.m., that is -- logged fewer calories and ate more nutritious food.

Friday, March 11, 2016

High-potency pot smokers show brain-fiber damage

High-potency pot smokers show brain-fiber damage

More THC associated with weakness in white matter linking cerebral hemispheres

People who use especially potent pot show signs of damage in a key part of their brain. The results, reported online November 27 in Psychological Medicine, are limited, though: The small brain scanning study doesn’t show that marijuana caused the brain abnormality — only that the two go hand-in-hand. But the findings suggest that potency matters, says study coauthor Tiago Reis Marques, a psychiatrist at King’s College London.

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Could Your Antidepressants Be Messing With Your Teeth?

Could Your Antidepressants Be Messing With Your Teeth?
For a lot of people, antidepressants are life-changing, and there's no shame in taking them to take care of yourself. But they might have some unexpected side effects — including messing with your teeth, new research suggests.