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Antidepressant May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s

| May 15, 2014 Comment

According to new research, an antidepressant may help to clear away the protein plaque that builds up in Alzheimer’s patients brains, and help slow or even prevent the disease. The antidepressant drug, citalopram, sold as Celexa, was given to older mice with Alzheimer’s-like brain damage. The scientists found that though the existing plaques didn’t go […]

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New FDA Warning against Aspirin for Preventing Heart Disease

| May 7, 2014 Comment

The US Federal Drug Administration (FDA), has issued a new warning against aspirin. For years patients at risk of cardiovascular disease have been advised to take aspirin to prevent it. Now the FDA says that those who haven’t experienced a cardiovascular event or symptoms of the disease should not take aspirin as it can cause […]

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