Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Weight loss drugs may harm growing brain

Weight loss drugs may harm growing brain

A drug from new clas of weight loss treatments disrupted wiring needed for brain development in young mice, American researchers raising concern about using such medications i nchildren.


At he MIT studied the effects of a chemical tha supresses appetite by blocking cannabinnoid receptors in the braingn, the same brain mechanisms that make people hungry when they smoke marijauna.

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