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The Mood Of Depressed People Improves With Weight Loss
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), July 28 - August 1, 2009, the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that after a 6-month behavioral weight loss program, depressed patients not only lost 8% of their initial weight but also reported significant improvements in their symptoms of depression, as well as reductions in triglycerides, which are a risk factor for heart disease and stroke. The results of this study highlight the need for further research into the effects of weight loss in individuals suffering from psychiatric disorders.
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New insights into how a Phase III Alzheimer"s drug might work were among the advances in potential therapies targeting two abnormal brain proteins - beta amyloid and phosphorylated tau - at ICAD.
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Synchronized Swimming Of Algae May Have Significant Implications For Human Health And Disease
Using high-speed cinematography, scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that individual algal cells can regulate the beating of their flagella in and out of synchrony in a manner that controls their swimming trajectories. Their research was published on the 24th July in the journal Science.
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Scrap England's "Shameful" Prescription Charge, Urges DTB

The prescription charge in England is a tax in all but name - and an unfair one at that - and should be axed, says Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). England is the only one of the four UK countries that has either not already scrapped the charge or plans to do so by April 2011. DTB argues that, contrary to popular belief, the ÷£7.20 currently levied on prescription medicines does not directly reflect the cost of the drug prescribed and does not specifically fund health services. Instead, the charge is for raising general tax revenue, it says. With the abolition of the charge in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, a key argument put forward for its retention - namely that it reminds people of the cost of medicines, and acts as a deterrent to overuse prescription services - rings hollow, says DTB. "Why only people in England need such a reminder is far from clear," it says. Those who support the charge argue that many people are exempt. But these exemptions are totally illogical, says DTB. And they are so confusing that even NHS Prescription Services is setting up an online quiz for healthcare professionals to test their knowledge about whom they should and should not be charging. The other concern that advocates for the retention of the charge advance is that its abolition might prompt patients to demand medicines "of dubious value." The counter argument is that if these products are so questionable, they should not be available for prescription in the first place, insists DTB. Having demolished the arguments in support of keeping the prescription charge in England, DTB concludes: "[It] is a poorly conceived, manifestly unfair tax that shames the NHS and the Department of Health. It needs to go." Drug And Therapeutics Bulletin


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