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Here’s a story that caught my eye because my father was an alcoholic.

“Reshaping of the DNA scaffolding that supports and controls the expression of genes in the brain may play a major role in the alcohol withdrawal symptoms, particularly anxiety, that make it so difficult for alcoholics to stop using alcohol.”

The idea in the article/study is to make alcoholism easier to cure by making the withdrawal less terrible. My father was unable to quit until Diabetes claimed both of his legs.

This is another story I posted on Topix.com today, because it actually have good advice in it, and it came from the television show!

A Link Between Antidepressants And Type 2 Diabetes This is interesting because

Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A’s School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk of type 2 Diabetes.Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A’s School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk of type 2 Diabetes.Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A’s School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk of type 2 Diabetes.

These are just a sampling of the stories that broke today.  Throughout the day I will make new posts, and later include some of the more interesting clinical trials.

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