Morning News Run
March 7, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Morning News
Use of Hyperactivity Drugs Soars – BBC
Between 1993 and 2003, prescriptions of ADHD medications, such as Ritalin, almost tripled. Global spending on ADHD drugs increased nine-fold, with 83% occurring in the US, a study in Health Affairs reported.
New York May Not Win Its War Against Rats – Yahoo! News
Video of rats scampering across a New York City restaurant floor may have disturbed viewers worldwide but some experts say the rodents are less dangerous than other creatures drawn to restaurants — humans.
Berlin Scientists Use Brain Scan to Predict Intentions – NWFDN
Researchers at Berlin’s Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience claim they have now, for the first time, identified people’s decisions about how they would later do a high-level mental activity _ in this case, adding versus subtracting.
Half of HIV Cases Spread by newly Infected – Science Daily
A new study led by McGill University researchers shows that half of all HIV transmissions happen when newly infected people don’t know they are carrying the virus and may not even test positive for it.
Diet Study Tips Scale in Favor of Atkins – Reuters
“Many health professionals, including us, have either dismissed the value of very-low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss or been very skeptical of them,” said Christopher Gardner, assistant professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center in California, lead author of the study, “But it seems to be a viable alternative for dieters.”
