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Should We All Take a Bit of Lithium?
The idea of putting a mind-altering drug in the drinking water is the stuff of sci-fi, terrorist plots and totalitarian governments. Considering the outcry that occurred when putting fluoride in the water was first proposed, one can only imagine the furor that would...
A Low Dose of Lithium May Slow Kidney Aging
Best known therapeutically as a treatment for bipolar disorder, lithium has long intrigued researchers with its potential age-defying properties. The element has been shown in lab experiments to extend the lifespan of fruit flies and roundworms, while observational...
Beyond its psychiatric use: the benefits of low dose lithium supplementation
Sophie I Hamstra 1, Brian D Roy 1, Peter Tiidus 1, Adam J MacNeil 2, Panagiota Klentrou 1, Rebecca E K MacPherson 2, Val A Fajardo 1 Affiliations 1Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. 2Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St....
Systems Biology Understanding of the Effects of Lithium on Cancer
Weihao Ge1,2 Eric Jakobsson1,2,3* 1National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States 2Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United...
Low-dose lithium impact in an addiction treatment setting
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Efficacy and Safety of Lithium Treatment in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients
At the beginning of the pandemic, we observed that lithium carbonate had a positive effect on the recovery of severely ill patients with COVID-19. Lithium is able to inhibit the replication of several types of viruses, some of which are similar to the SARS-CoV-2...
Lithium in Drinking Water and the Incidences of Crimes, Suicides, and Arrests Related to Drug Addictions
G N Schrauzer 1, K P Shrestha PMID: 1699579 DOI: 10.1007/BF02990271 Abstract Using data for 27 Texas counties from 1978-1987, it is shown that the incidence rates of suicide, homicide, and rape are significantly higher in counties whose drinking water supplies contain...