Story by Atul Gawande in the New Yorker about a woman with uncontrollable itching whose case may provide a clue to a new theory about brains and bodies.
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The Next Step? Ashok Gupta at the IACFS/ME Conference
Cort Johnson of the Phoenix Rising forums interviews Ashok Gupta on his Amygdala Retraining™ Program at the IACFS/ME Conference this year.
Impaired Brain Plasticity Linked To Angelman Syndrome Learning Deficits
Researchers believe that the disruption of a single gene in the brain can cause the severe cognitive deficits associated with Angelman syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder often misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy or autism…
Healing words
Five Canadian women suffering from fibromyalgia, CFS, MCS and other related conditions started a health book club called Health Pursuits Reading/Study Group in 1996 which now has over 60 members.
Enlarged brain region found in toddlers with autism: study
Toddlers with autism seem more likely to have a larger amygdala, the area of the brain linked with facial recognition and emotion, a brain scanning study suggests.
Thousands of kids exposed to dangerous liquid mercury in schools, homes. Contamination can last years, and cleanups are costly.
When children encounter long-forgotten stashes of liquid mercury, schools have to shut down for weeks and the toxic trail left in classrooms and communities costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Ashok Gupta Explains the Amygdala Retraining Program for ME/CFS/FM and Associated Illnesses
Ashok Gupta’s self-recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome gave him the insight needed to develop his Amygdala Retraining™ Program that helps those with CFS, ME, Fibromyalgia, MCS and related conditions.
New Study: Autism Linked to Environment
Research links soaring incidence of the mysterious neurological disorder to fetal and infant exposure to pesticides, viruses, household chemicals.
Autism Teen Creates “Outsider” Art
Arthur Simo is a teenager, self-taught artist and he has autism. Creating art gives him a way of showing his feelings about the way he perceives the world around him.
Artist Blogs About Life with Severe MCS and Advanced Neuro-Lyme
PlanetThrive.com’s newest guest blog post is by Julie Laffin, a Chicago-based performance artist who writes of her struggles with severe chemical sensitivity and advanced neurological lyme disease.
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