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Contradictory findings on zinc products
IF cold symptoms alone don't make one's head spin, the sheer number of zinc options on the market -- lozenges, swabs, sprays and tablets containing various salts of the mineral -- surely will.
The buzz over zinc began in 1984, when researchers in Austin,...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Matrixx Initiatives Incorporated, Science and Technology, Cleveland Clinic, Hospitals and Clinics
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Strong dose of belief helps, too
Special to The TimesWHEN Nick Rous feels a cold coming on, he starts taking vitamin C and lots of garlic. When people around him come down with the flu, he reaches for echinacea and a homeopathic remedy, Oscillococcinum. As a last resort, Rous, 30, says he turns to...Tags: Immune System, Flu, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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Alternative medicine is way cool, Mom
Associated PressJust like their parents, kids are taking herbal supplements including fish oil and ginseng, as well as participating in yoga classes, a sign of just how mainstream alternative medicine has become. More than 1 in 9 children and teens try those remedies...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Adults, Social Sciences, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Science and Technology
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Airborne effects unstudied
CATCHY packaging and celebrity endorsements have done much to make Airborne a hot seller among consumers eager to keep colds and flu at bay. The product, famously created by a schoolteacher who was tired of catching germs from her students, racked up more...Tags: Flu, Vitamin Therapy, Consumers, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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Ginseng unproven in U.S.
LAST year, Health Canada, the Canadian equivalent of the Food and Drug Administration, granted COLD-fX license to make a specific scientific claim -- something the patented American ginseng extract can't do in the U.S. The claim: Two 200-milligram doses...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Immune System, Medical Research, Symptoms, Health
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WHO talks on Sars-like virus
Gulf Daily News, Manama, BahrainHEALTH Ministry officials will travel to Geneva next week to discuss how to combat the spread of a deadly Sars-like virus that has put Bahrain on high alert. Fifteen people have already died of the novel coronavirus in Saudi Arabia, including at least...Tags: Pneumonia, Viral Diseases and Infections, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Manama (Bahrain)
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What's Going Around: Allergies and the common cold
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Allergies are bringing along with them other sicknesses this week. Doctors offices across the Ozarks are seeing an increase in sore throats, earaches and the common cold all associated with allergies. In Branson, the CoxHealth...Tags: Physical Conditions, Antihistamines, Allergies, Earache, Sore Throat
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Preteens require proper immunizations
Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill.As children get older and more active, the need for immunizations becomes just as important as when they were infants. Many of the old vaccines given before they started school have begun to diminish and new vaccines have been introduced to teens and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Diphtheria , Heart Failure, Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Album reviews: The Lost Patrol, Sam and Dave
The Free Press, Kinston, N.C.New album: Driven Artist: The Lost Patrol Label: LP Records Rating: 5 stars out of 5 New York's goth-pop overlords return with "Driven," their ninth and greatest album to date. The band hits the ground running with "Spinning," a thick and dreamy...Tags: Israel, Music, Entertainment, Politics, Freedom of the Press
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Lindblom closed today after student, 16, dies of meningitis
Two days after a student died from bacterial meningitis, Lindblom Math and Science Academy will be closed today so crews can clean the West Englewood school on the South Side. Savon Smith's mother said she found him unresponsive when she tried to wake...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, Headaches, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Meningitis
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News of the Weird: Well-Earned Retirement
In March, twin sisters Louise and Martine Fokkens, 70, announced their joint retirement after more than 50 years each on the job — as Amsterdam prostitutes. (In February, the minimum age for prostitutes in the Netherlands was raised to 21, but there...
Tags: Prostitution, Arthritis, Iceland, BBC, Death and Dying Customs
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The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn., John Beifuss column
Commercial AppealThe 16th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival begins this year on Halloween. Appropriately, then, the organization is getting a jump on the holiday with a horror-themed double feature Tuesday night that brings two much-anticipated movies to the Malco...Tags: Movies, Nazi Party, A Clockwork Orange (movie), JG Ballard, Room 237 (movie)
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