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(University of Montreal) Narcotics have an irreversible effect on the brains of people already suffering from mental illness, according to Dr. Stephane Potvin of the Universite de Montreal affiliated Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin at the Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital. According to his research, some 33 to 50 percent of psychiatric patients also suffer from drug addiction
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(University of Montreal) “Energy drinks are the coffee of a new generation,” says Stephanie Cote, nutritionist with Extenso, a Universite de Montreal health and nutrition think-tank. “These drinks are made up of sugar and caffeine and can have a negative impact on health.”
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(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The blood-brain barrier remains a major obstacle to the successful delivery of drugs to treat central nervous system disorders, reports Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.
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(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) With the Obama Administration’s call for change comes new momentum for health care reform, which at its core should encompass universal coverage along with evidence-based methods of prevention, chiropractic, and complementary and alternative medicine.
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(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) A dividing cell duplicates its chromosomes and its centrosome, an organelle that helps divide the two sets of chromosomes equally to daughter cells, just once. Extra centrosome copies can lead to incorrect distribution of chromosomes, genomic instability and cancer. In a paper appearing on Feb. 6 in Science, Dr. Bruce Stillman [...]
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Excessive exposure to television in teens has been linked to an increased risk for depression in early adulthood, particularly among young men. Medscape Medical News
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Monthly spending on prescriptions was reduced by 14% among beneficiaries in the “doughnut hole.” Medscape Medical News
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Current use of moderate to high doses of statins for patients hospitalized with sepsis was associated with a mortality risk reduction of more than 20%. Medscape Medical News
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Combined resistance and aerobic exercise were the optimal exercise for simultaneous reduction in insulin resistance and functional limitation in previously sedentary, abdominally obese older adults. Medscape Medical News
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Creating a public health insurance option that would operate alongside private plans would succeed in driving down healthcare costs — partly by reducing payments to physicians, researchers said.
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