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News "Shorts"	February 10, 2008
Beat Physical and Mental Fatigue with L-Carnitine Supplementation In a study from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers found that L-Carnitine administered orally promoted cognitive functioning by reducing mental and physical fatigue. Read more at: http://www.hsibaltimore.com/ealerts/ea200801/ea20080121a.html Negative Drug Studies Not Published According to a recent literature review, selective publication of anti-depressant trials is skewing public opinion of the efficacy of these drugs. "Nearly a third of antidepressant drug studies are never published in the medical literature and nearly all happen to show that the drug being tested did not work. In some of the studies that are published, unfavorable results have been recast to make the medicine appear more effective than it really is." The report is printed in The New England Journal of Medicine, January 17, 2008. Read more at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120051950205895415.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news or http://content.nejm.org/ Reduce your risk of dementia with folate The British Medical Association's Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry published a report that links a significantly increased risk of dementia in those who had a folate deficiency, also called vitamin B-9. Researchers concluded that "the onset of dementia was significantly associated with an exaggerated decline in folate." Read more from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080205/hl_afp/healthageingdementia