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New drugs relieve depression in hours.
Millions of people are suffering from depression, but the drugs available to treat them haven't changed much in 25 years. Two recent studies that focus on a new class of drugs are offering a new hope to these patients.
In depressed patients, brain cell communication breaks down. Current medication target a chemical called serotonin to help brain cells talk to each other. But it's PRESENT IN JUST FIVE PERCENT OF THOSE CELLS.
These new drugs target a different chemical called glutamate, present in 80 percent of brain cells. Researchers believe these new drugs restore the lost communication better than older drugs, which can take months or years to kick in.
The exciting part of some of the newer medication is that they might, in fact, produce very rapid antidepressant effects within hours or days, CBS News quoted Dr. Gerard Sanacora of Yale University, who is leading of the trials as saying.
(Me: Greatest news for the very large number of patients suffering from depression! The reports explain why the currently available are best hits or misses, mostly misses and why they are slow acting if at all (patients, as yours truly, know these only too painfully): they are supposed to stimulate or boost the brain chemical serotonin that is present only in 5% of brain cells. Besides the cost of the expensive drugs to be taken for prolonged period, currently the patients also foot the ransom-like fees the shrinks (psychiatrists) charge, for years on end)
Mindchow
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
The answer to the problem was – log(1+x). A student copied the answer from the student's next to him, but didn't want to make it obvious that he was cheating, so he changed the answer slightly to – timber(1+x)
Think it over
Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.
Christmas creep: The trend display Christmas related merchandise and advertising earlier each year.
"I choose to live, not just exist" – James Heyfield.
A newspaper headline: Captain Cook's voyage
(On the English cricket captain's milestones)
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