Sample Articles and Excerpts
Below are the articles and excerpts available on this site. They represent a fraction of the content in Smart Life News. We suggest viewing the special topics area for content grouped by related topic, browsing the detailed content listings of all our back issues or conducting a site search if you know specifically what you are looking for.
EDITORIALS:
Cognitive Enhancement - Debut editorial from Smart Drug News (now Smart Life News). Provides an overview of smart drugs and discusses the original scope of the newsletter.
Truth and Misleadingness - The legal and regulatory consequences of the Pearson vs Shalala decision, which declared the FDA’s significant-scientific-agreement standard for restraint of health claims to be in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Self Care and Cognitive Enhancement Millenium editorial from Smart Life News. Access to supplements and pharmaceuticals offer individuals new approaches to health-enhancement that are becoming increasingly important as the pace of change increases...Keeping the brain youthful (plastic) and functional (metabolically efficient) facilitates learning, creativity, and emotional flexibility at older ages. It postpones the debilities of aging.
PHARMACEUTICALS, NUTRIENTS AND HERBS:
DHEA Chapter from Smart Drugs II - DHEA is a steroid hormone produced in the adrenal gland and has been shown to have anti-aging, anti-obesity and anti-cancer influences.
Melatonin Chapter from Smart Drugs II - Melatonin, the principal hormone produced by the pineal gland. is under investigation as a treatment for a number of conditions, including jet-lag, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), depression, insomnia and cancer.
Piracetam Chapter from Smart Drugs II - Piracetam (Nootropyl) is reported to be an intelligence booster and CNS (central nervous system) stimulant with no known toxicity or addictive properties.
All About Adaptogens - Adaptogens like Siberian Ginseng are named for their ability to increase peak performance and general adaptation to stress. This is an exerpt from the first of a multi-part series on adaptogens that appeared in several issues of Smart Life News.
SPECIFIC HEALTH CONCERNS:
Hypothyroidism: A Common Cognitive Condition - An excerpt from Smart Life News concerning undiagnosed hypothyroidism, its symptoms, and how to deal with it if you are having difficulty with an uncooperative doctor.
Alzheimer's: Treatment Protocol - This is the chapter from Smart Drugs II that discusses Alzheimer's in depth. Be sure to also review the combination therapies table below.
Alzheimer's: Combination Therapies - From Smart Drugs II, this is the companion table for the article above.
Parkinson's Disease: An Improved Therapy - Steven Wm. Fowkes interviews Annetta Freeman about her successful personal Parkinson's treatment which employs deprenyl, anti-oxidants and other nutrients.
Down's Syndrome: Interview With Dixie Lawrence - From Smart Life News/, this interview provides many practical tips for the successful implementation of nutritional therapy and piracetam in children with Down's syndrome.
Down's Syndrome: The Case for Piracetam - An article from Smart Life News discussing piracetam use in Down's Syndrome and dispelling many of the unfounded fears about its use.
