Anxiety may stunt girls' growth to shorter adult height
Chicago AP reports a Pediatrics study suggesting anxious adolescent girls may grow up to 2 inches shorter than non anxious peers. Lead author Dr. Daniel Pine notes possible inhibited growth hormone, though hormone data and parental heights were not analyzed. experts urge further research.
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Chicago
Cindy Crawford
Claudia Schiffer
Daniel Pine
Pediatrics
New York State Psychiatric Institute
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Robert Blizzard
University of Virginia
Zinc lozenges may speed cold recovery by days
A Cleveland Clinic study finds lemon zinc gluconate lozenges cut median illness duration to 4.4 days versus 7.6 with placebo and reduce coughing hoarseness congestion and sore throat but raise nausea mouth irritation and bad taste. Researchers note effects on the virus were not studied and results apply to COLD-EEZE only.
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Quigley Corp
Doylestown
Cleveland Clinic
Annals of Internal Medicine
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Scientists identify brain appetite controller receptor
New York AP reports scientists from Synaptic Pharmaceutical and Ciba-Geigy identify a brain receptor that binds neuropeptide Y to signal hunger. Blocking the receptor reduces rat appetite. human trials may start after two years. Leptin and peptide YY also interact with the receptor to regulate eating.
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Herb derivative as effective as quinine in fighting malaria
Boston AP reports a Chinese herb derivative artemether showing similar death rates to quinine in treating severe malaria. In Gambian child cerebral malaria, 21 percent died with artemether versus 22 percent with quinine. in Vietnamese adults, 13 percent died with artemether versus 17 percent with quinine. Malaria affects 300 million annually with 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Brain scans offer multiple explanations for stuttering
New York AP reports brain imaging during reading shows evidence supporting several competing stuttering theories. Dr Peter Fox notes each theory is accurate and combined explanations may be needed. the UT Health San Antonio center led the study with UC Santa Barbara collaborators. The work, involving 10 stutterers and 10 fluent speakers, suggests higher activation in speech movement planning circuits and in muscle-ordering circuits.
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Fox
Nature
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University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio
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