MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'endorphins'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:22:29 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050582&cid=t_155776_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-are-humans-so-drawn-to-sunlight-despite-its-negative-consequences%2F2011.07.20 It doesn’t make sense: If sunlight causes cancer, why are human beings so drawn to it, flocking to sunny beaches for vacation time and hoping for sunshine after a rainy spell? One answer, says David Fisher, chief of dermatology at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, may be that humans are literally addicted to sunshine so our skin can make vitamin D. New evidence suggests that we get the same kick out of being in the sun that we get from any addictive substance or behavior. It stimulates the so-called “pleasure center” in the brain and releases a rush of feel-good chemicals like endorphins. So there may be more than a desire to look good in a tan behind the urge to soak up the sun’s rays. This craving may be a survival mechanism that evolved over thousands ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050582 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:00:34 +0100 5050582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4361312&cid=t_155776_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2F2fUYjz31s-8%2F Every now and then I receive an e-mail  or comment that is sufficiently long to warrant a post of it’s own.  Below is the comment without interruption;  a bit lower I repeat parts of the comment, interspersed with my own responses.  I hope you find it interesting. The comment: I am a strange case: vegetarian, healthy, Pilates instructor, good-looking– NEVER A DRUG ADDICT — but i had a secret-  I was badly depressed for years- treatment resistant to over 30 meds, only some helped to a point… I did extensive research into the brain and opiate systems and i wondered if it was possible my endorphin system may be the culprit ( check this primer: http://www.prohibitionkills.blogspot.com/)  I was desperate enough to try out opiates as a final solution ( and I monitored m... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4361312 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:53:49 +0100 4361312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322695&cid=t_155776_151_f&fid=35797&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewrecovery.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fwalk-away-from-temptation.html The singer Paul Simon's composition, "There Must be Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover," also holds true for leaving your addictive substances. If you ask a group of people who've gotten free of the monkey on their back what they do when they feel a craving coming on, you'll wish you knew shorthand to write down all the different solutions that work for somebody. "Take a deep breath!" "Count to 100." "Call a sober friend." "Go to a meeting." "Drink a glass of cold water." "Touch your sober talisman." "Do a meditation." And so on. Now comes a roundup of studies in the New York Times -- thanks, Dr. Joe Mott for pointing me to it -- highlighting evidence in favor of one of the simplest ways to leave your demon: walk away. A series of studies completed in the past five years demonstrates the empow... New Recovery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4322695 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:10:00 +0100 4322695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560233&cid=t_155776_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Flow-dose-naltrexone-medical-revolution-or-pseudoscience%2F2010.05.13 On SBM we have documented the many and various ways that science is abused in the pursuit of health (or making money from those who are pursuing health). One such method is to take a new, but reasonable, scientific hypothesis and run with it, long past the current state of the evidence. We see this with the many bogus stem cell therapy clinics that are popping up in parts of the world with lax regulation. This type of medical pseudoscience is particularly challenging to deal with, because there is a scientific paper trail that seems to support many of the claims of proponents. The claims themselves may have significant plausibility, and parts of the claims may in fact be true. Efforts to educate the public about such treatments are frustrated by the mainstream media’s lazy tendency to di... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560233 Thu, 13 May 2010 12:00:52 +0100 3560233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2365301&cid=t_155776_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fexercising-with-crohns-disease%2F I had a really bad flare up of my Crohn’s a few years ago where my ankles swelled up so much that I couldn’t walk for almost a month.  Crohn’s disease effects more than just the intestines, it can also affect the skin, joints, mouth, and throat.  In some people it can also affect the eyes.  Since this flare up, I stopped doing high impact exercise for fear that my joints would swell back up.  They were very touchy for a long time.  Recently, I had my yearly bone scan performed and found out that my bones actually got worse even though I was taking the bone strengthening medicine Boniva and lots of Calcium supplements (with Vitamin D) .  I started taking this dance class before I had my bone scan but am happy that I started it because moving your body around in any way helps the... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2365301 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:47:55 +0100 2365301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2259905&cid=t_155776_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fthree-lessons-learned-from-a-life-with-chronic-pain%2F Are you a different person? Have you changed since chronic pain entered through your back door and slipped into your life? Such a rude visitor, daily pain takes over, does it not? I looked up one day and realized my priorities had changed; my perspective had changed and I had begun to appreciate baby steps in life. Today I’d like to chat with you about these three changes because I suspect you have also experienced them. If you haven’t gone there, you might want to think about taking that journey. PRIORITIES CHANGE: This one kind of sneaks up on you. I know I had worked for years to get through school, become a nurse and provide for my family. My children were always my priority but my career was pretty high on that list; when you can no longer go to work, so much for that priority. Th... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2259905 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:26:55 +0100 2259905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933470&cid=t_155776_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fchronic-pain%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Femotional-ups-and-downs-in-a-life-with-chronic-pain%2F Long before my time, probably not as far back as the stone age but definitely during the days of the Hollywood musicals, there was a song titled “Zing Went the Strings of My Heart.” There are some days I feel like my heart is “zinging” for certain. The smallest happenings in life get to me far more than they should. On those days, I cry at commercials, blubber like crazy when somebody dies, whether I know them or not and really have to turn the channel if an animal is being reported as mistreated on the news. Sometimes my coping skills just fly away and leave me totally stranded. Since I’ve lived with this up and down emotional roller coaster for such a long time I’ve given it a lot of thought. I find that during the course of a day I can slide in all di... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933470 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:14:50 +0100 1933470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1058401&cid=t_155776_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F192399522%2Fnaloxone-and-receptorology.html The power of the opiates revealedThe breakthrough that laid the groundwork for the first truly scientific understanding of addictive drugs took place in 1972, when researchers discovered the existence of specific receptor sites in the brain for the opium molecule.At roughly the same time, emergency room doctors were baffled to discover that timely injections of a drug called naloxone completely reversed the effects of heroin intoxication. Minutes after an injection of naloxone, heroin addicts were awake, fully recovered, and instantly into the rigors of heroin withdrawal. Naloxone, and a similar drug called naltrexone, rescued O.D. victims from respiratory failure. Like a magic bullet, naloxone--trade name Narcan-- blocked the effects of heroin.At Johns Hopkins University School of Medicin... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1058401 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:21:00 +0100 1058401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1015035&cid=t_155776_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F181939294%2F Endorphins and other morphine-like substances known as opioids, which are released during exercise, don’t just make you feel good — they may also protect you from heart attacks, according to University of Iowa researchers. That good ol’ “runner’s high” is caused by natural opioids that are released during exercise and they are super duper (that is a word from my kids) good! If we can harness exactly how these altered gene expression patterns work, we can reveal specific cardio-protective pathways and viola… we can mimic these same properties of exercise into treatments for heart disease. And that is that. Read more here Share This (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1015035 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:39:46 +0100 1015035