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Reader Panel: Concealed carry permits
Today's question: A South Dakota senate committee approved a bill last week that allows motorists with a valid S.D. driver’s license to carry a concealed weapon without a permit within state borders. What do you think of this change? To join the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Safety of Citizens, Interior Policy, Miramar, Criminals
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Federal center pays good money for suspect medicine
Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, we now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. With $666,000 in federal research money, scientists examined whether distant prayer could heal AIDS. It could...Tags: Breast Cancer, Columbia University, Food and Drug Administration, Lower Back Pain, Health Treatments
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Firms warned over sale of weight-loss hormone
"Homeopathic" weight-loss products containing human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) are illegal and mislead consumers, federal agencies said Tuesday after issuing warning letters to seven companies that market the popular pellets, powders and sprays.
In a...Tags: Infertility, Food and Drug Administration, Companies and Corporations, Weight, Health
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Treating menopause symptoms with rhubarb
Q: I've read several suggestions for hot flashes. My chiropractor recommended a vegetarian supplement derived from rhapontic rhubarb. After the first month of taking it, my hot flashes decreased in severity, and shortly after that they disappeared...Tags: Probiotics, Mineral Supplements, Drugs and Medicines, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Rhubarb
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Drugmaker recalls birth control pill
NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmaker Glenmark Generics said Friday it is recalling seven lots of birth control pills because in some packages, the pills were in the wrong order.
The company, which is based in India, did not say how many pills or packages...Tags: Birth Control, Family Planning, Companies and Corporations, Health, Economy, Business and Finance
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Health Notes:Vaccine study demonstrates protection against norovirus illness
Health Notes blogger, Prue Salasky, is on vacation for two weeks. In her absence, Features Department Editor Karen Morgan is making occasional blog posts. This one is a news release from Baylor College of Medicine.
"An experimental norovirus vaccine...Tags: Medical Research, Diarrhea, Drugs and Medicines, Calicivirus, Pharmaceuticals
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Long-discredited hCG diet makes a comeback
Among the hundreds of drastic and unproven weight loss plans, the controversial hCG diet may take the cake.
Discredited by researchers in the 1970s, the near-starvation diet restricts followers to 500 calories a day for six weeks. At the same time,...Tags: Breast Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Hormones and Metabolism, Weight, Entertainment
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hCG diet leaves some hungry for less
When Lynn Patterson resolved to lose weight early this year, she took a hormone normally associated with pregnancy, not dieting.
The 53-year-old Catonsville nurse went on the hCG diet, named for human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone that is produced...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Human Body, Hormones and Metabolism
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Attention hikers: a way to reduce altitude sickness is at hand
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Principal explains reason for the FCAT placebo
South Florida Schools | Sun Sentinel blogsThe scoring of this year's FCAT writing exam will take a couple of months, so there's plenty of time to speculate on whether Hagen Road Elementary's novel approach made a positive difference. As I reported in today's editions, the school west of Boynton... -
Troubled study at heart of therapy debate
With $30 million of taxpayer money, researchers set out to conduct one of the largest studies ever of an alternative medical treatment, a controversial therapy for coronary artery disease.
The project was marred with problems from beginning to end....Tags: Medical Research, Crime, Law and Justice, Financial Aid, Food and Drug Administration, Human Interest
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Can lecithin keep your arteries clean?
Q: I am 70 years old and have been taking lecithin for more than 35 years. When the doctor viewed images of my arteries, he was amazed to find no plaque or calcification deposits of any kind. He said I had the arteries of a 20-year-old. My heart doctor...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Mineral Supplements, Diarrhea, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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