Researchers Explore The Antidepressant Effects Of Ketamine

Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Kele Ding

22 Feb 2008
Drug treatments for depression can take many weeks for the beneficial effects to emerge. The excruciating and disabling nature of depression highlights the urgency of developing treatments that act more rapidly. Ketamine, a drug used in general medicine as an anesthetic, has recently been shown to produce improvements in depressed patients within hours [...]

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Tuberculosis Risk In Male Smokers With High Vitamin C Intake May Be Increased By Vitamin E

Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Kele Ding

22 Feb 2008
Six-year vitamin E supplementation increased tuberculosis risk by 72% in male smokers who had high dietary vitamin C intake, but vitamin E had no effect on those who had low dietary vitamin C intake, according to a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
Previous studies had suggested that vitamin E might improve [...]

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