HealthDay 
(1/20, Dotinga) reports that a medical review in the online edition of
The Lancet found "that lithium, a common treatment for bipolar
disorder, can lead to weight gain," can "slightly hinder the kidneys'
ability to concentrate urine," and cause "high rates of abnormalities in
the thyroid and parathyroid glands," although it showed "few signs of a
link to skin problems or hair loss, and a suspected connection to birth
defects hasn't been proven." Two doctors wrote in an accompanying
editorial that "the findings reaffirm
lithium's role as 'a treatment of choice for bipolar disorder.'"
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