The metabolic supplement, which has previously shown therapeutic benefit in animal models for Huntington's, Parkinson's, other neurologic diseases and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, warrants additional study according to lead researcher M. Flint Beal of the Cornell University Medical Center in New York City.
Quitting smoking is harder for women than for men.
Dorothy Hatsukami, a researcher in tobacco use cessation and professor at the University of Minnesota , says women have poorer outcomes than men do in smoking cessation treatment. She says research shows women may need a higher dose of nicotine replacement, such as nicotine gum or patch, to help them quit. Also, the sensory effects of smoking may be more important for women than for men. Women tend to use smoking to cope with negative feelings, and they state that gaining weight when quitting is a greater concern to them than it is to men. Hatsukami is the incoming president of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.