THE ENDORPHINS: A Happiness Enhancing Phamaceutical Industry in Your Brain
By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD. howardsachs@rocketmail.com or leave a Comment below.
Your own brain produces the endorphins, free of charge, completely harmless and designed to help you look forward to a happy, healthy New Year.
What are the endorphins which don’t require expensive drugs, so generously prescribed by [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Happy New Year with a little help from Endorphins
Posted in Medicine, Rants and Raves on December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Short Story: “Insight” Binoculars Obviate Facial Transplant
Posted in Rants and Raves, tagged aging, beauty, love, the soul on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
The story takes place in a small town, Chagrin Falls, a few miles from Cleveland, Ohio. In a small two family home on Leaview Lane, two unmarried, middle aged sisters, Madeline and Gertrude lived, Gertrude, older by 15 years, was retired early at 45, from her position as Editor to a [...]
Addicted to Fresh Air
Posted in My life now, Rants and Raves, tagged aging, exercise, fresh air on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
I awoke at 6:30 AM to a snowy morning to await the arrival of my aide, Bonnie who had forewarned me of her early arrival due to a massive work schedule. I heard her open the door, and immediately she begin to shout, “It snowed last night and you can’t go [...]
Part 2: Horrific Dream Followed by Insight into Touch Deprivation
Posted in My life now, Rants and Raves, tagged aging, elderly, touch deprivation on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
In the article prior to this one, I described a nightmare in which waves of parasthesias were traversing across my body, leaving in its path, numb areas. However, once a kind neighbor touched these numb areas, normality was restored. I interpreted this dream to mean that I was deprived of a [...]
Horrific Dream, Followed by Stroke of Insight. Where Will It Lead?
Posted in My life now, Rants and Raves, tagged brain, elderly, neuroscience, prefrontal cortex, touch on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
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I am grateful to Murray, a retired philosopher, for introducing me to an article by Mark Jung – Beeman, a cognitive neuroscientist, describing the “Aha” moment of enlightenment, a brain process poorly understood. After working at a problem, hour after hour, [...]
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