gotbeer,
How do you know where to look for all this stuff? It's simply amazing.
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...the drug could be a promising addition to efforts to control the nation's obesity epidemic...
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Hmmm, let's do some math...
Number of Americans with epilepsy: 1.5 to 3.5 million (1)(2)
Percentage of obese Americans: 27-33%
Number of Americans with epilepsy who are obese: 405,000 to 1.16 million
I'm no business whiz, but looks like a small opportunity to me.
Too bad the article authors conveniently repeated the myth about the reasons for the success of LC diets.
(1)"Epilepsy research targets brain chatter" The Vanderbilt Medical Center Reporter,
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/?ID=2168.
(2)Hauser WA, Hesdorffer DC: Epilepsy: Frequency, Causes, and Consequences. New York City, Demos, 1990