Anxiety Ruled This Lawyer's Life. Until He Tried Meditation.
A 500-square-foot Midtown studio in New York City is quietly becoming a temple for the anxious, the overworked and the curious. There are 26 seats.
From inside the studio windows, you peer over taxi cabs crowding 5th Avenue below and if you put your nose right up to the glass, you can see the needle of the Empire State building looming large, piercing upward into the sky.
Ben Turshen opened the single door to his meditation studio less than six weeks ago and he has only been teaching the practice for two years. But his following is growing, perhaps because he’s the most unlikely of teachers.
“I didn’t learn medita...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 18, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
NIDA highlights drug use trends among college-age and young adults in new online resource
Use of illicit drugs, including marijuana, has been rising steadily among college-aged young adults. In addition, non-medical use of stimulants, including Adderall and Ritalin, has more than doubled in the past few years. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has created a new section on... (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - May 18, 2015 Category: Addiction Tags: Alcohol, Amphetamines, College Students, College-Age and Young Adults, Marijuana, Monitoring the Future, Ritalin, Stimulants, Trends and Statistics, Young Adults Source Type: news
WATCH: This Is What Adderall Does To Your Brain
It's a little pill that can make you hyper-focused, suppress your appetite, and improve your mood and energy levels.
Sound familiar? Adderall is used by over 25 million people worldwide to treat ailments including ADHD, narcolepsy and depression -- and increasingly, the pills are being taken without a prescription to boost performance at school or work.
So what happens in your brain when you pop one? A new video from the American Chemical Society's series, Reactions, has some answers.
In short: It's all about the dopamine.
"People with ADHD tend to have lower levels of dopamine, the key chemical in the brain's rew...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 12, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
How does Adderall™ work? (video)
(American Chemical Society) More than 25 million people rely on Adderall and other similar drugs to help treat narcolepsy, depression and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. But how does amphetamine, the active ingredient in Adderall, work? This week, Reactions explains how amphetamine helps you focus. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/MeJRBsghMt8. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 11, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Alex Rodriguez, Willie Mays And Adderall At Work
A-Rod has come back strong from his steroid suspension. How we respond says much about those who use Adderall at work. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 28, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Todd Essig Source Type: news
ICYMI: Tango As Medicine, What Stress Looks Like And Your Brain On 'Food Porn'
ICYMI features what HuffPost editors are reading this week.
This week, we teared up while re-reading this year's recipient of the Hillman Prize -- a long-form profile of an abortion doctor who treats women in Mississippi. We were also awed by our infographics editor's illustrations of stress and curious to learn more about why people hate Lilly Pulitzer. We also spent time unpacking the devastating history of an author and actor who suffered psychosis after a car accident damaged his brain.
Read on and tell us in the comments: What did you read and love this week?
1. This Is What Stress Physically Feels Like -- The Huf...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adderall In The Workplace: 7 Warning Signs You've Crossed The Line And Need Help
Increasing numbers of people use stimulant medications at work, especially in competitive fields. Here are 7 warning signs of a possible problem. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 20, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Todd Essig Source Type: news
Workers Seeking Productivity in a Pill Are Abusing A.D.H.D. Drugs
Interviews with users and treatment experts suggest a growing number of young American workers are taking stimulants to enhance concentration and stamina at work. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ALAN SCHWARZ Tags: Drug Abuse and Traffic Adderall (Drug) Productivity Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Institute on Drug Abuse Addiction (Psychology) Express Scripts Inc ESRX NASDAQ Source Type: news
Will 'Smart Drugs' Soon Sweep the Nation?
If you haven't heard of the term "biohacking", you may already be being outcompeted by those who have. A biohacker has generally been defined as someone who aims to gain control over their own biology. Many biohackers are now choosing to take brain enhancing substances -- or "nootropics" -- that supposedly allow you to tailor your brain to fit your needs, rather than letting your brain control you. In fact, so many tech gurus and entrepreneurs swear by smart drugs that it prompted CNN to run the story "Are Smart Drugs Driving Silicon Valley?"
Some of us with an unrelenting hunger for success have tried cognitive-enhanci...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 17, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Shire touts plan to extend dominance in ADHD market through 2029
This morning, drug giant Shire said a long-acting drug in development for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder that could help the company fend off competition from generics until 2029 could launch in a little over two years, based on feedback from the Food and Drug Administration.
Shire (Nasdaq: SHPG), whose U.S. headquarters are in Lexington, has been developing the ADHD drug known as SHP465 for years using the same active ingredient as its former best-selling drug, Adderall XR. It first filed… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 7, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Don Seiffert Source Type: news
Adult ADHD drug abuse on the rise
Some doctors are prescribing drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall for "lifestyle enhancement" even though the long-term impact is unknown (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctors' new fears over ADHD medicine abuse among adults
There is a new call for immediate action on so-called “lifestyle use” of ADHD drugs. By one count, nearly 4.5 percent of American adults live with the condition, and that’s lower than the rate for children. But millions more adults may be taking Ritalin and Adderall for everyday problems. Dr. Holly Phillips joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the dangerous side effects. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experts Weigh In On The Ethics Of Using Brain-Enhancing Drugs
By: Tanya Lewis
Published: March 26, 2015 08:00am ET
Boosting a person's smarts through drugs or electrical or magnetic stimulation of the brain is becoming an increasingly widespread practice. Now, bioethicists are weighing in, saying that while such cognitive enhancement is neither bad nor good, it deserves more research.
In the past, "there have been many arguments that suggest one should take an ethical stance for or against cognitive enhancement" of healthy individuals, said Amy Gutmann, chairwoman of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, which released the second part of a report...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
One in six college students misuse ADHD stimulant drugs
(University of South Carolina) A team of researchers just published a meta-analysis showing that one in six college students misuse the stimulant drugs prescribed for ADHD, such as Ritalin and Adderall, considerably more than reported in several of the earlier studies. Those students run both legal and health risks in off-prescription use of ADHD stimulant drugs, which are Schedule II controlled substances. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
