Cocaine addiction vaccine shows early promise

A widely reported experimental vaccine used to counteract coke addiction showed strong results - at least initially. But, as the medical news syndicate HealthDay now reports, it lost its effectiveness after a few months.

Thirty-eight percent of the study’s participants developed enough antibodies to curb their cocaine use. But after two months, the effects tapered off, reports Healthday.

The study’s findings are published in the October issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, which also reports that cocaine addiction affects 2.5 million people nationally, only 809,000 of whom are being treated.

Dormir diminui a possibilidade de obesidade

Fonte: aqui.

Há estudos para tudo. Agora, aparece-nos um estudo dos Archives of General Psychiatry, que nos refere que as crianças que dormem menos, são mais sensíveis ao junk food e logo também têm mais possibilidade de virem a ficar obesos:

• children who skip hours of sleep double their overall risk of being overweight, or obese.
• The basic premise is that children and adults who do not get enough sleep are more likely to snack on junk foods, and also have far less energy, meaning they are less likely to take part in regular exercise.
• They found that children are better off in terms of sleeping when they can have a regular time for bedtime, and waking up.

Ou seja, é importante dormir bem.