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Your article "St. John's What?" [MEDICINE, April 30] tells of the millions who take St. John's wort, most of them for mild depression or the occasional blues. The new study you wrote about included 200 subjects, all of whom suffered from "major depression." Perhaps before discounting the herb's effectiveness, researchers should target folks having mild depression. St. John's wort seems to work for me--but heck, I also occasionally take ginkgo biloba to increase mental agility and clear thinking! MEL DAVIS Addison, Texas
...John's Wort was never intended for use by severely depressed people. It is for short-term use and should never be taken daily for long periods of time. St. John's is safe when used properly and does take the edge off PMS, the blues and mild depression. PEG BOARDMAN Somerset, Mass...
...group. Designed to keep the HIV virus from fusing to the cell wall, fusion inhibitors include compounds called T-20 and T-1249. The first compound, T-20, appears to be at the head of the class, so to speak; researchers report low toxicity among test cases, and relatively mild side effects like soreness and inflammation at the injection site, dizziness and nausea. For the needle-phobic, T-20 may cause a few problems - patients are required to inject themselves twice a day. But for most, even multiple injections are preferable to the incessant pill-counting and precise timing required...
Meanwhile, Moscow's reaction was surprisingly mild. "It is hard not to agree with the President of the United States that the world is changing rapidly and new threats are appearing," President Vladimir Putin said. "We must counter these threats with well-thought actions." The calm demeanor is in keeping with his attempt to project Russia, impoverished as it is, as America's strategic peer. Russian officials also acknowledge they won't mind if the U.S. pumps hundreds of billions of dollars into a scheme they think will never work...
These questions will become more urgent as the population bulge of the baby boom generation reaches the Alzheimer's years--and new research is showing that those years may start earlier than anyone had thought. Just two months ago, scientists suggested that many cases of a condition known as mild cognitive impairment, in which patients in their 40s and 50s exhibit memory and recall problems, are very likely the first step on the way to Alzheimer's disease. If so, then it's important to start slowdown strategies as soon as possible. A cure for Alzheimer's is still...