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AeroShot Caffeine Side Effects and Health Risks

AeroShot Caffeine Side Effects and Health Risks. No civilized society would give a club drug to kids as young as 12 years old. Right? Wrong, it seems, if the makers of the new AeroShot Pure Energy had their way.

Right now, the ‘inhalable’ caffeine products are only available in France and through the company’s website at US$2.99 per ‘inhaler.’ But these are expected to hit Boston and New York retail outlets this month, where they may be sold next to energy drinks.

That is, if the health regulators don’t heed the warnings of United States Senator Charles Schumer (Democrat, New York), who has attacked AeroShot as a potential health threat especially dangerous to teens and youngsters.

Schumer, who in the past has effectively crusaded against Four Loko [see Four Loko Side Effects] and other caffeinated alcoholic drinks as well as bath salts [see Dangerous Effects of Bath Salts], both of which have led to spates of emergency room visits and deaths, said AeroShot shouldn’t be sold in the U.S. until the Food and Drug Administration reviews the product.

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Chantix Side Effects: Depression and Cardiovascular Problems?

Chantix Side Effects: Depression and Cardiovascular Problems? Chantix, the anti-smoking pill once heralded as a blockbuster drug and a major breakthrough in the science of helping smokers butt out, has been racking up a bad reputation for being linked to psychiatric problems and heart problems.

In a recent study, U.S. researchers said the popular smoking-cessation medication, made by drug maker Pfizer and sold as Champix in Canada, Europe and other countries, was linked to suicidal thoughts and aggression.

The new study, published in the journal PLoS One in November 2011, reviewed 3,249 case reports of smokers who experienced depressive symptoms while using medications to help them butt out.

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Nicotine Patch Side Effects and Benefits

Nicotine Patch Side Effects and Benefits. A new research study shows that nicotine patches can boost memory in older nonsmokers with mild cognitive impairment, a common precursor to dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

The new study, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), was modest in size, involving about 70 people over six months. But lead researcher Dr. Paul Newhouse said it’s the largest study ever done to investigate how nicotine might improve memory. Newhouse is director of the Center for Cognitive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

“There were improvements in attention and memory performance in patients who took the nicotine patch compared to those with the placebo patch,” Dr. Newhouse told NPR’s Health Blog Shots. “The placebo patients stayed the same or got worse.”

That nicotine improved alertness, coordination and cognitive functioning has been established by previous research and the latest study suggests it may help improve attention, memory and mental processing in people with mild memory loss. Pfizer provided the patches for the study.

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PlayStation Side Effects: Palmar Hidradenitis

PlayStation Side Effects. Do you have PlayStation palmar hidradenitis? If you spend a lot of your time in front of your PlayStation, then you just might have this PlayStation palmar hidradenitis thingie.

But what is it? Well, it is a new skin disorder caused by your constant use of games consoles. Check out this BBC report on a swiss girl who was diagnosed with this new disease.

Doctors who examined her at the Geneva University Hospital concluded she had a condition known as ‘idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis’, a skin disorder that generally causes red, sore lumps on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.

The patient had not participated in any sport or physical exercise recently, and could not recall any recent trauma involving her hands.

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