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What is gluten? And other frequently asked questions about gluten
What is gluten? Gluten is a protein that is found in certain grains, including wheat, barley and rye and triticale (a cross between wheat and rye). What problems prompt people to avoid gluten? Gluten causes inflammation of the small intestine in...
Tags: Celiac Disease, Allergies, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diets and Dieting, Symptoms
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Amgen aims to restock its medicine cabinet
Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops medicines used in the treatment of cancer, kidney disease, arthritis, bone disease and other serious illnesses. The Thousand Oaks company's top-selling products include arthritis medication Enbrel,...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Ovarian Cancer, Kidney Disease, Pharmaceuticals, Health Treatments
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Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?
Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Disabilities, Bankruptcy, Cerebral Palsy, National Government
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Amid controversy, Israel issues new birth-control guidelines
JERUSALEM -- Rocked by a scandal involving birth-control treatments for Ethiopian Jews, Israel's health ministry issued new guidelines on the use of the injections known commercially as Depo-Provera. In a recent letter to the country's four HMOs...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Women's Health, Ethiopia, Birth Control, Health Treatments
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Girardi | Keese
Firm Makes an Art of Joining Forces for Major Impact“It’s critical that consumers be allowed to band together to take on rich, powerful corporations.” —Graham LippSmith Some of the most important tools a lawyer has to help injured people are class and mass actions. Such lawsuits...Tags: Avandia (drug), Insurance, Diabetes, Vioxx (drug), Pharmaceuticals
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'Healthy' beer, $190-a-bottle Sam Adams and other booze news
Disregard, for now, the popular pre-election question of which candidate you’d rather have a beer with. The real sudsy issue at hand is whether the alcoholic brew is healthful. That’s the claim being made by Alexis Nasard, chief commercial...
Tags: Skyfall (movie), Daniel Craig, Science and Technology, Chicago Restaurants, Science
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CVS customers say prescription refills weren't OKd
George Engelke manages his CVS prescriptions online. If he needs more of a medicine, he orders it. If he's going to be away from his Corona del Mar home, he tells the pharmacy where to send the shipment. He's never asked CVS to automatically refill his...
Tags: Insulin Injections, Glaucoma, Allergies, Insurance, Medicare
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Female Lawyers for Female Cases
The law aims to protect men and women equally. Yet some types of cases nearly beg for female representation-and don't get it. That's why Karen Barth Menzies, partner at Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro & Davis, has devoted her career to taking on the...
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Women's Health, Litigation and Regulation, Prosecution
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Pantry Raid: A diet of good intentions
Most of us are too plump and are overly fond of snacks, fast food — and food in general. So why did two lean young women who dine on smoothies and organic fruits and vegetables (how unimpeachable does that sound) seek help cleaning up their act?...
Tags: Celiac Disease, Dining and Drinking, Organic Foods, Arable Farming, Salt
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In-Your-Face Fitness: Is there a right way for women to get ripped abs?
There is something surreal about a former champion bodybuilder lifting up her shirt to show you her abs in the middle of a coffee shop.
Sandra Bueckert is a 45-year-old mother of two and one of the best-known personal trainers in my hometown, and she...Tags: International Olympic Committee, University of California, Los Angeles, Weight, Weight, Weight Loss
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Milk, soft drinks and bone strength
Want strong bones? Eat foods high in calcium and vitamin D, get plenty of exercise — and maybe steer clear of soda.
In recent decades, as consumption of the beverage has steadily displaced the consumption of others —particularly milk —...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teen-agers, Diets and Dieting, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Cranberry juice cocktail for urinary tract health
Q: I published the original article on cranberry juice cocktail and urinary tract infections (Journal of Urology, May 1984). We also demonstrated in several nursing home studies that cranberry juice cocktail, not the plain juice, works best. Please...Tags: Celiac Disease, Actonel (drug), Anthropology, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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