Caffeine Withdrawal to Be Included in the DSM-IV

"A review of the literature, published in the Sept. 21 Online First issue of Psychopharmacology, allows for validation of caffeine withdrawal. The investigators suggest that this validation is sufficient to warrant inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)."

Hypertension Linked to Cognitive Decline at All Ages

"High blood pressure is likely to cause cognitive decline in young people as well as old, according to the results of a longitudinal study published in the Oct. 4 Online First issue of Hypertension."

Article: Science of cell protein destruction wins Nobel?| New Scientist

Discoveries concerning the controlled process of cell protein degradation have earned three scientists the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2004. Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, and Irwin Rose from the University of California, Irvine, share the $1.3 million prize for discovering the process by which a protein called ubiquitin attaches itself to unwanted proteins, giving them the “kiss of death” that marks them for destruction.

MRSA Emerges as Cause of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

"Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections may be coming soon to a clinic near you, suggest researchers here at the Infectious Diseases Society of America annual meeting."