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Jet lag isn’t just about sleep Most people think of jet lag as a temporary inconvenience such as fatigue, poor sleep, maybe some brain-fog. However, jet lag has a holistic impact on several hormonal systems. Most importantly your thyroid and prolactin are disrupted for weeks after you land in the "new time-zone". Especially neurodivergent people, or menopausal women, whom may already be dealing with burnout or hormonal sensitivity may struggle with the impacts for weeks after

The R med in young children – may it actually improve their white matter? Note: Google will ban any website which names any medicines from showing in search results, as such the name of the med discussed in this blog post, has been replaced with The R med. A study was performed 2011-2015 on 48 boys 10–12-year-old, and 50 young adult men, all with ADHD. None of them had taken The R med before this study. They were divided into 4 groups, where two groups got a placebo, and the

Introduction Asthma is a complex chronic inflammatory illness of the airways affecting 235 million people worldwide (WHO 2013). The disease is characterised by airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR), cellular inflammation and increased mucus production leading to airway obstruction (Moon et al. 2008, p. 275)(Abidi 2014, p. 19). Shahid and Khair-ul-Bariyah describes asthma as the increased contractibility of the tissue in the airways as a the result of an inflammatory process (2014