KICK ZIPPY TO THE CURB AND FORGET HIM

Prescription for Peace and Quiet

Can you imagine that one day you could just take a little pill and forget all about someone who has done you wrong?  Like taking a Tylenol after one too many drinks – poof!  and all is well?  The real morning after pill!  Grudges and revenge be damned – amnesia is the new answer!  That is what might be on the horizon as researchers are working on a drug called PKM.

So far, researchers haven’t figured out exactly how the brain works, especially the female brain.  The diagram above shows a summary of what they have found so far. Apparently phone skill center is enlarging (thanks iphone 4s), encroaching on the commitment need center so more women are committed to their cell phone than a man.  I have heard women say, “heck, it vibrates” why do I need a man?  I don’t think this brain diagram is right actually, because women’s memory center has to be huge – they never forget when men do something wrong, and I don’t see memory center listed anywhere.  Where is memory stored anyway?  We know the pathways that the brain uses to store and retrieve memories, but which cells contain the thought?  We lose cells every day, yet we retain our long term memory….hmm?

You can forget the walk of shame!

New Option!  Stay overnight, maybe even have crazy (safe) sex, then walk home the next morning in the clothes you wore out the night before, and then take a pill and forget it ever happened!  The walk of shame will be no more!  We don’t know it all about memory storage, but neuroscientists reports that injecting a drug that blocks an enzyme called protein kinase Mzeta (PKMzeta) into the cerebral cortex of rats makes the animals forget a meal that made them sick weeks earlier. I think some restaurants may want to put this pill on their dessert menus.  I have eaten some forgettable meals – that’s for sure, and if you have ever gotten food poisoning – it is hard to ever eat that food again…escargot – never again for  me. And for those who wonder about the rat/human thing, remember many men are very similar to rats and so the data can be extrapolated with confidence.

Pretty Pedal Power

Have you heard the expression, “it’s just like riding a bike” implying that even if you kind of forgot how to do something, it will come right back?  Well, researchers have  identified a key nerve cell in the brain that controls the formation of memories for motor skills such as riding a bicycle, skiing or eating with chop sticks.  They found these molecular layer interneurons that transform the electrical signals into a language that can be laid down as a memory in other parts of the brain.  I wonder if PKM will make people forget how to do things?  That might not be good.

Freak Warning – Another Date Rape Drug?

Could be dangerous!

Can you imagine how the date rape drug perverts might use a drug that erases memory permanently like PKM?  It is horrifying to hear stories of the drug called Rohypnol (Roofie) which causes 8 – 12 hours of total amnesia, and women and men waking up not knowing what happened to them. It is really important not to accept drinks from others, or leave your drink unattended for even a second, for there are predators out there looking to take advantage.  Also, girls stick together and don’t let a stranger who offers to take one of your friends home who is way too drunk for how much they consumed, leave with them.  This pill is 10 times stronger than valium, so 20 minutes after they take it they are really woozy.  It combines with the alchohol and really causes loss of coordination, and ability to know what is happening.

Time for Selective Forgetting,

Dr. Darrin Frye, MD

TimeMasterMD

That’s right!  That little brown coffee bean packs a mighty wallop and seems to fight off the advances of the nasty Hepatitis C liver virus.

Apparently coffee beans help the liver but not the brain, and doesn’t seem to protect against stupid nose piercings…”She’s beautiful and likes to bathe in beans, and she has a metal rod jutting out from her nose.”  ”Bonus, he said.”

Is coffee antiviral?  YES it seems.

People living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who drink three or more cups of coffee per day have a 53 percent lower risk of liver disease progression than non-coffee drinkers, according to a new study authored by Neal Freedman, PhD, MPH, of the National Cancer Institute.  Green or Black Tea didn’t do anything for Hep C.

Doctor’s may soon be writing hepatitis patients a prescription for RX:  VENTE HOT EXPRESSO MACHIATTO EXTRA DRY QUAD SKINNY ORGANIC LIGHT FOAM  SIG:  Two Sips P.O. Q 2 Minutes TBT over 20 Min  DISP:  1 (1 Refill) instead of one of the new breakthrough pharmaceuticals for Hepatitis C.   Where’s the next Super Starbucks with the Pharmacy going to pop up next?

Britney  Spears is no stranger to VENTE, and can always be found close to food and drink.  I guess she means “to the Food Market” when she sings, “I Wanna Go?”   (I hope that isn’t a bunny tat hopping through the bunny trail peeking out of her lowriders)  You can get hepatitis from tattoo parlors that don’t sterilize their needles well by the way.

Hepatitis Awareness Bulletin!   It is WORLD HEPATITIS DAY today the 28th, and it is good to get out the message, “Get tested, make sure you don’t have it!”

An estimated 170 million people worldwide have chronic hepatitis C infection. About 3.2 million people in the United States are chronically infected with HCV.  Egypt has the highest infection rate for a single country in the world, and Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean are the regions with the highest infection rates.

A lot of people have Hepatitis C and they don’t know it.  American Idol Judge,  and former Aerosmith front man, Steven Tyler, has been unable to escape the rocker lifestyle without consequence. In 2006, Tyler revealed that he had been secretly living with Hepatitis C for years, and after a hard fought battle using interferon, has reportedly been able to achieve a Zero viral count.  He states the virus has left his bloodstream, but in truth the virus can go dormant and revisit later down the line – so you always need to be vigilant and get your liver function, and viral tests done at least annually.  You can get labs done today without having to schedule a doctor’s visit so you can save the $150 for the visit.  Since you already know what you want, just go to www.beacheslab.com and order yourself a hepatitis  C test  for just $80 USD and in just a few days you will know your situation.

Those that have other liver issues, seem to make it easier for the Hepatitis virus to really take hold.  Those who drink alot of alcohol, take a lot of medications, or have other types of serious illnesses like HIV are at high risk of complications from hepatitis.  Once the liver fails, you are in bad shape, so don’t let it get that far.  There are two new drugs that just hit the market and they have shown great promise in heading off the advances of Hepatitis C.  Victrelis and Incivek both FDA approved this month,  boosts the chances that hepatitis C treatment will result in a cure — that is, a “sustained viral response” or SVR. Although hepatitis C virus (HCV) may not be totally eliminated, an SVR essentially means a person will never have to worry about developing complications of hepatitis C disease.  Incivek and Victrelis both target the HCV protease enzyme, making it nearly impossible for the virus to replicate.  I suggest you take your medication with a large cup of java!

The hepatitis C virus, normally thought to be transmitted exclusively through blood — such as by sharing of needles among intravenous drug abusers — can also be transmitted through sexual activity, principally through anal sex among gay men.  Nobody really knows for sure how the “Baywatch Beauty” Pamela Anderson got her Hepatitis C – it often comes from tattoed rocker guys who sleep around and mess with drugs, so I am not sure where she might have came in contact with anyone like that.  I guess I can look through Net Flix for her honeymoon video with Tommy Lee, or the other love story captured with Bret Michaels to see if there are any clues to how she might have got the C word, Hepatitis.

Get Tested!  Don’t be Yellow  (jaundiced) – stuff can come out of both ends at the same time and that is never good.

Apparently, Hepatitis can make you a very bad speller too.  Constant or contstant makes no real difference as long as the love lasts.  Love yourself and get yourself tested today at www.beacheslab.com.

Time to go Labbing,

Dr. Frye