Living in the Fast Lane Smokers can’t give up cigarettes easily. What they may not realize is how fast cigarettes can get them – and the rest of us. Leonard Bernstein’s West Side gang member Jets sang “from your first cigarette to your last dying day.” Cigarettes are less heroic these days. They produce more […]
Walk, don’t crave (food, tobacco and other things) 1/12/11
Getting Back Control Gained a few pounds over the holidays but still craving those chocolate croissants? Do you want to establish or re-establish control over what you do? One answer for you may be walk, don’t crave. Often I’ve written that what you do is what you become. The body runs on information, using that […]
Why can’t I rest? Learning how to regenerate yourself (1/5/10)
Beginning Your Regeneration It’s the New Year, but people feel tired and restless. They’re worried about the economy, their jobs and family, and the the state of the world. They wonder if their health will hold out and if health care will be there when they need it. No wonder people have a […]
Your different states of consciousness (1/3/11)
Coma and Wakefulness – Anesthesia Creates Coma, not Sleep Does anesthesia put you to sleep? A long review of what really happens in anesthesia, published recently in the New England Journal, points out what cognitive scientists have known for a long time – our usual layman’s terms give little credence to the extraordinary variety of […]
Provigil – secret uses of stimulants (12/31/10)
Staying Up Humans love to experiment – on ourselves. If a drug works in one arena, it will be tried in another and another. Provigil, (generic – modafinil) is the newest prescription stimulant, even though a version was devised in France in the 1970’s. Okayed by the US FDA for narcolepsy, sleepiness in sleep apnea, […]