by Neil Bossenger | Apr 8, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Statins, or cholesterol lowering medications, are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. “Big pharma” would put them in tap water if they could. Regularly underdiagnosed in clinical trials is what is now termed statin myopathy, or muscle pain...
by Neil Bossenger | Dec 12, 2012 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
First research to demonstrate structural damage to the brain from high blood pressure among people as young as 40. Uncontrolled high blood pressure damages the brain’s structure and function as early as 40, and even the brains of middle-aged people who...
by Neil Bossenger | Aug 16, 2012 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Good news: drinking a cocoa-rich beverage or biting a chunk of rich, dark chocolate every day may help brain health in older adults, a new study shows. The study, recently published in the journal Hypertension looked at data from 90 seniors who already had mild...
by Neil Bossenger | Oct 17, 2010 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Blood pressure is on the rise. And managing the condition is multi factorial from lifestyle, to dietary, to emotional, to pharmacological and non-pharmacological. The purpose of this blog post is to shed some light on the neurological implications of a specific...
by Neil Bossenger | Aug 8, 2010 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
“I have never had dizzy spells again and remarkably my high blood pressure has dropped.” Dizziness and vertigo can have a myriad of causes from inner ear disease or vestibular dysfunction, to brainstem or cerebellar misfiring – the cerebellum is the...
