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Physical activity improves symptoms of depression, anxiety, and distress: an overview of systematic reviews

Mar 29, 2023/ Comments 0 / in Uncategorized / by

Doctors and patients can consider exercise as a first-line treatment for anxiety and depression compared with the usual treatments. Exercise should be part of the treatment of neurotoxic conditions, as I have described in my book entitled “Neurotoxicity Guidebook”, first published several decades ago. See the following, quoted below: Singh B, Olds T, Curtis R,…

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Asbestos, EPA, and Dr. Selikoff

Apr 6, 2022/ Comments 0 / in Uncategorized / by

As you might know, I studied neurotoxicology under Dr. Irving Selikoff at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Selikoff was the leading researcher documenting the harmful effects of asbestos. According to Wikipedia, “Irving J. Selikoff was a medical researcher who in the 1960s established a link between the inhalation of asbestos particles and lung-related ailments….

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Dementia, Neurotoxicity

Mar 14, 2019/ Comments 0 / in Uncategorized / by

I have stated for many years that we will have an increase in dementia diagnoses due to neurotoxicity. Neurotoxicity is underdiagnosed and under-recognized, in part because many medical personnel lack training and experience with these disorders. Neurotoxicity can result in dementia – it can be a cause of dementia. The following is from https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/dementia-death-rate-increasing/2019/03/14/id/906942/?ns_mail_uid=407292d6-0b45-4b95-9fbd-f3cbd5ef1a28&ns_mail_job=DM19945_03142019&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010502fd2t3g Dementia…

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Possible Parkinson’s ‘Pandemic’ Looms

Feb 19, 2019/ Comments 0 / in Uncategorized / by

[The following article describes Parkinson’s disease, which can be caused, contributed to, or exacerbated by many neurotoxic substances, such as “mold”.] The number of people living with Parkinson’s disease worldwide could double in the next two decades, experts project. The following are excerpts from the above cited article. In a report warning of a possible…

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Hanford Site, Disability Claims

Jun 8, 2018/ Comments 0 / in Uncategorized / by

I recently returned from a visit to Washington state, where I spoke in several cities concerning my work in forensic neuropsychology and neurotoxicology at the Hanford site. The following is information from Wikipedia: “The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on the Columbia River in the…

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Psych drug injuries, long-term disability

Jun 8, 2018/ Comments 0 / in Uncategorized / by

I recently worked on a case of a person injured by psychiatric drugs (primarily Lexapro), which had been prescribed by psychiatrists and taken as directed. The claimant had a complicated and extended history of psychiatric drug prescription, actually for a relatively minor anxiety condition that might have been successfully treated without drugs. However, he ultimately…

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The American Psychological Association recognizes chemical threats

Jan 4, 2016/ Comments 0 / in Children, Mold, Neurotoxicity, Pesticides, Uncategorized / by

The American Psychological Association (APA) is waking up to modern society’s chemical assault on psychological processes and function. Although many scientists including myself have expressed enduring and deep concern for neurotoxicity over the past 30 years (in my case, since the early 1980’s), the recognition of the importance of neurotoxicity by establishment organizations and hence the…

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Catholic News Service: People have right to know environmental causes of illness, doctor says

Nov 29, 2015/ Comments 0 / in Uncategorized / by

The following article highlights the ethical right of sick people to learn if their disease is due to environmental causes. The Vatican-sponsored author finds that practically all chronic illness affecting function (such as occurs with neurotoxicity) are to be attributed, at least in large part, to environmental factors, including environmental mold exposure. The Catholic church is…

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Costs of dementia, neurotoxicity

Oct 12, 2015/ Comments 0 / in Uncategorized / by

“By 2050 an estimated 135 million people worldwide will have dementia. In 2010 the global cost of dementia care was estimated at $604bn (£396bn; €548bn) and estimated to increase to $1tr by 2030.1 Of all chronic diseases, dementia is one of the most important contributors to dependence and disability.2 3 In the absence of a…

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Mental illness, head injury and neurotoxicity

Oct 8, 2015/ Comments 0 / in Uncategorized / by

Danish scientists have studied the link between head traumas such as concussion and skull fracture and the subsequent risk of developing mental disorders. They found that head injuries can increase the risk of developing certain mental disorders by up to 439 percent. By comparing the injured people’s risk of developing the disorders with the rest of…

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