Researchers examined the effects of green tea polyphenols (GTP), administered through drinking water, on rats who were intermittently deprived of oxygen during 12-hour “night” cycles, mimicking the intermittent hypoxia (IH) that humans with obstructive sleep apnea experience. People with obstructive sleep apnea have been reported to have increased markers of oxidative stress and exhibit architectural [...]

Newswise – Problem drinkers who took the craving-curbing drug nalmefene whenever they felt the desire to drink alcohol reported fewer heavy drinking days each month than drinkers who took a placebo pill, but both groups reported marked reductions in heavy drinking days. Nalmefene is not yet available in the United States; it is still considered [...]

Vasectomy breeches the protective barrier between the blood and the testes, which may lead to anti-sperm antibodies that attack brain cells. Northwestern University – Researchers have discovered men with an unusual form of dementia have a higher rate of vasectomy than men the same age who are cognitively normal. The dementia is Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), [...]

An ahead of print epub of a study with rats by S Chalon of the Universite Francois-Rabelais de Tours, France reveals that a diet seriously deficient in omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids during gestation and lactation was associated with alterations in the brain pool of serotonin and dopamine, and that attempting to correct the deficiency in lactation did [...]