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...Dutch report in the Archives of Internal Medicine highlighted another problem with the pills: abnormal bleeding. Patients taking drugs that strongly inhibit reuptake of serotonin--a neurotransmitter that aids both mood and blood clotting--were at least twice as likely to be hospitalized for bleeding in the brain, uterus and other sites than patients taking weaker drugs. So-called SSRIs, including Prozac and Paxil, were among the strongest drugs. The risk is small, however, and most serious for patients already at elevated risk for bleeding...
We didn't really need another reason to lose weight, but headlines last week provided one anyway: news that as your body gets larger, your brain may be getting smaller. That's a little overdramatic, to be sure, but it is now probably reasonable to add dementia to the ever growing list of obesity-related illnesses. For some time, researchers have known that carrying a lot of extra weight is not only linked to chronic diseases like arthritis and cancer but may also be a risk factor for brain diseases like Alzheimer's. And now, using sophisticated brain scans, scientists...
Researchers from Göteborg University in Sweden and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee followed nearly 300 women over a period of 24 years and then, when the women were between the ages of 70 and 84, performed C.T. scans on their brains. Not surprisingly, body-mass index (or BMI, a ratio of weight to height) increased as the women aged. In addition, the women with the highest BMI turned out to be the most likely to have suffered atrophy, or wasting, of the temporal lobes of the brain. In fact, the researchers found that for every 1-point...
Deborah Gustafson, lead author of the report, which appears in the current issue of Neurology, says there are several possible explanations for fat in the body leading to cell death in the brain. For one thing, being overweight or obese is linked to hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol, all of which contribute to blocked arteries and decreased blood supply to the brain. "Fat alone," she adds, "could be the problem, as it leads to increased levels of brain-attacking hormones, such as cortisol...
...that includes psychosocial support, Campral helped 16% to 38% of alcoholics who had already stopped drinking avoid imbibing for up to four months. Unlike current abstinence aids, which either dampen the alcohol high or make people violently ill if they drink, Campral works by restoring nerve activity in the brain's pleasure center that is altered by overindulgence in alcohol. Campral's makers expect it to be available in time for New Year's celebrations...