Researchers found that 3,000 milligrams of niacin a day resolved 80 percent of schizophrenia cases.
A simple and inexpensive solution for ADD may be the addition of niacin or niacinamide to the diet of the affected person. Studies have confirmed that niacin, a B vitamin, can successfully treat attention deficit disorder, general psychosis, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, and violent behavior.
Some small studies have shown that high doses of vitamin B3 (niacin) may also combat hard to treat superbugs, including antibiotic resistance staph infections. The research showed high doses of the vitamin boosted the immune system 1,000 fold, effectively killing off the harmful bugs.
In a recent review of retracted studies of drug and biomedical literature, drug studies were found to have the highest number of incidents of scientific misconduct. A review of retracted biomedical and life science research papers found that only 21 percent were retracted due to errors.
The most common reason for retraction, in over 67 percent of cases, was misconduct, including fraud or suspected fraud (43.4%), duplicate publication (14.2%), and plagiarism (9.8%). The more respected or influential the journal was, the more likely its retractions were to be attributed to fraud or suspected fraud.
According to researchers, our biggest life expectancy killer is television.
Researchers in Australia measured the health destroying effects of television and concluded that each hour of television reduces our life expectancy by 21.8 minutes. The average American watches 2.8 hours of television every day. Crunching the numbers we find that if you watch the average amount of TV tonight, your life expectancy will shorten by almost 62 minutes.
Drinking sodas can adversely impact your sleep. It can take up to 12 hours for caffeine to be cleared from the system. Mountain Dew MDX , Jolt Cola and Vault contain 71 milligrams of caffeine per 12 ounce serving, which is the upper limit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allows. Sodas like Pepsi and Coke contain citrus, sodium benzoate, massive amounts of sugar and other chemicals which can aggravate the gastrointestinal tract, promote acid reflux and put you on the sugar roller coaster.
Alcohol is also sleep disrupter. It metabolizes quickly in your system and causes you to wake up multiple times during the night. One study found that a glass of bourbon or vodka mixed with caffeine free soda at bedtime increased the amount of time women spent awake during the night by 15 minutes. It also reduced nightly sleep time by 19 minutes and diminished quality of sleep. Studies have shown that alcohol makes snoring worse.
Prescription drugs typically have an expiration date of one to five years, but many "expired" drugs are just as potent as when they were originally made, even several years past their expiration date. Researchers analyzed eight prescription drugs that expired between 28 and 40 years ago and found that most were just as potent as when they were made.
Larry R. Miller has been a freelance writer, worldwide health and fitness information source since 1982.