Dopamine Neurons May Be Damaged by SARS-CoV-2
A new study provides evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect brain cells responsible for mood, movement and stress, causing a disruption in dopamine production and leading to symptoms such as feeling sad and brain fog. The study, which was conducted by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, […]
Laxative Drug MiraLAX Side Effect Reports Include Brain Dysfunction in Children
In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a grant of nearly $325,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to study the side effects of the osmotive laxative MiraLAX in children. The call for this investigation came after thousands of parents filed MiraLAX related adverse reaction reports and the advocacy group the […]
One in Four New Jersey Teens With Autism May Be Undiagnosed
A 2023 study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders found that despite advances in screening and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), one in 55 teenagers met the criteria for ASD; however, one in four 16-year-olds on the autism spectrum had not received a formal diagnosis.1 Walter Zahorodny, PhD, an associate professor […]
New Bat Virus Identified in Thailand
Eco-Health Alliance, the New York-based non-profit that used U.S. government money to fund gain- of-function research on coronaviruses in bats at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), research that has been implicated in the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, recently announced that a new virus has been identified in bats in Thailand.1 2 Dr. Peter […]
Massachusetts Unprepared to Care for Thousands of Autistic Young Adults
Thousands of autistic children in Massachusetts are reportedly now transitioning into adulthood, and those, who have been diagnosed with severe forms of neurological dysfunction, will experience even more challenges as they get older. Parents, health professionals and child health advocacy groups have warned for years that there will eventually be a growing demand for lifetime […]
Evidence of Alarming Growth in Cognitive Impairment Among Adults
According to research conducted in Netherlands by the Network for Health Research in Disasters (GOR Network), a significant number of adults are increasingly grappling with unexplained memory and concentration problems. The findings show an alarming 24 percent spike in doctor visits related to cognitive impairment issues among people 25 years and older during the first […]
