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Acne Vulgaris
Recent Studies Suggest Popular 'Diet Pill' Relacore Reduces Acne Breakouts
February 29th, 2008
As crazy as it sounds, recent studies conducted at Stanford and Wake Forest Schools of Medicine suggest there's a connection between stubborn stress-related belly bulge, unsightly acne flare- ups and the so-called "Belly Fat" pill, Relacore(R) (from the Carter-Reed Company) ... and that link is stress. By now we've all heard that stress increases cortisol (the stress hormone) and cortisol increases "belly fat." Well, now it seems that stress also increases both the frequency and the severity of acne breakouts. While this may be terrible news for millions of us who seem to be stressed-out even on the best of days, it turns out to be great news for the Carter-Reed...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-02-29)
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