The changed brain: The brains of depressed individuals respond differently to cognitive therapy than to drug therapy, according to a University of Toronto study. Neither treatment appears to work better than the other, researchers found, but the difference may help doctors understand why one treatment works for some but not for others.
Supplemental effect Multivitamins with vitamin D may reduce the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to two long-term studies of nurses. MS was 41 percent less likely to occur in women who took vitamin D than in others. A separate study found women with high levels of vitamin D had a significantly lower rate of rheumatoid arthritis.
Still using? A University of Michigan study found that a surprisingly high number of 35-year-olds abuse marijuana and alcohol. Some 32 percent of men reported drinking heavily in the past two weeks, and 13 percent had smoked pot. Subjects with advanced degrees used pot as often as nonprofessionals.
