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Traditionally, nonprescription drugs have been limited to treating mild and temporary conditions like headaches and heartburn. But the FDA is weighing the possibility of letting stores sell medicines that treat symptomless lifetime conditions like high cholesterol and osteoporosis--as many other Western nations do. The agency could go so far as to make birth-control pills and antibiotics as accessible as aspirin. That's too far for some critics, who express concern about our nonchalant, pill-popping approach to medicines. Does anyone even read a label? they...
With Hafez Assad's death, the spotlight turns to his son Bashar, 34, a mild-mannered ophthalmologist and perhaps the most unlikely political heir among the new generation of Arab leaders who have started assuming power in the Middle East. Indeed, Bashar's older brother Basil, a daring, charismatic figure, had been favored to follow in their father's footsteps until he was killed in a traffic accident...
...most people, this deterioration is annoying but hardly disabling. You'll lose your glasses but not your marbles. Even in the 65-and-older age group, only 15% of people suffering from mild cognitive impairment will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease. Others, Mayeux explains, may be suffering from undiagnosed problems such as atherosclerosis, ministrokes or thyroid disorders. For still others, alcohol and drugs, legal or illegal, may be part of the problem. Any substances that depress the central nervous system, including anesthetics, throw a similarly wet blanket over the ability to form memories. Blood-pressure medicines and antidepressants...
...clinical studies that have been conducted on ginkgo involved only patients with Alzheimer's disease. While these people did experience flickers of improved memory, that's no indication that ordinary middle-agers with ordinary memory woes will benefit similarly. "We don't really know whether it works for mild memory loss," says Devi...
Forewarned, I nonetheless decided to sample a couple of the memory nostrums, starting with ginkgo. The package warned that in addition to any other potential problems, ginkgo can cause "mild gastrointestinal discomfort." After just one pill, I discovered that the package was--how best to put this?--not kidding. It's hard to say if my memory improved in the little time I was on ginkgo, but I can say I had no trouble at all remembering to eat a bland diet for several days afterward. Vitamin E had similarly little impact on my memory. Those antioxidants may be able...