March 17, 2000
The Medicinal Value of Nicotine (Really)
Scientists think the drug may help relieve the symptoms of some brain disorders
It's not an image most parents would relish: their children taking nicotine every day. But the much maligned psychoactive ingredient in tobacco may soon find its way into the medicine cabinets of the young and old.
At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science here last month, researchers said that evidence is mounting that nicotine can lessen the symptoms of brain
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