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2 hrs ago | Monterey County Herald

Ask Dr. Gott: Letting nature take its course Letting nature take its course

Dear Dr. Gott: I have had a problem with severe constipation for many years. I have taken different laxatives and have been on milk of magnesia for a long time.

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Related Topix: Constipation, Health, Milk of Magnesia, Magnesium Hydroxide (generic)

6 hrs ago | Edmonton Sun

Daily H1N1 Q&A

Today's Question: "Is it safe to buy products over the Internet that could prevent or combat H1N1?" "There are only three products authorized by Health Canada that should be used against the H1N1 flu virus: the H1N1 vaccine Arepanrix, and the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza .

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Relenza, Zanamivir (generic)

10 hrs ago | NBC26

How safe are popular reflux drugs?

Millions of Americans take drugs like Nexium, Prevacid and Prilosec to ease the erosive effects of acid reflux, but do these medicines put patients at risk for other health problems? Experts remain divided on the potential dangers these common prescription medications might pose.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Otolaryngology, Gastroenterology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Plavix, Clopidogrel (generic)

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Oregonian

We are what we buy and how we buy it

Trade and globalization -- when not referencing blockbuster sports transactions or raucous street protests, debates over these abstract terms can give Ambien and Jack Daniels a run for their money as a cure for insomnia.

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Related Topix: US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Medicine, Ambien, Zolpidem (generic), Insomnia, Health, Opinion

PhysOrg Weblog

Researchers identify drug candidate for treating spinal muscular atrophy

A chemical cousin of the common antibiotic tetracycline might be useful in treating spinal muscular atrophy , a currently incurable disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants.

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Related Topix: Tetracycline (generic), Sumycin, Medicine, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, Franklin University

The Sydney Morning Herald

Folic acid linked to asthma

Australan study reveals link between folic acid supplements in pregnancy and asthma.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Folvite, Folic Acid (generic), Australia, Oceania, World News,

Science Blog

Study: Lap band surgery effective for morbidly obese children

A surgeon now at Children's National Medical Center and his colleagues from New York University have found laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding to improve the health of morbidly obese adolescents.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, New York University, Diabetes, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin

Medical News Today

Children's Asthma Risk Linked To Folic Acid Supplements During Late Pregnancy, Australian Study

Featured Article Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Respiratory / Asthma ; Nutrition / Diet Article Date: 05 Nov 2009 - 9:00 PST Researchers in Australia have identified a link between allergic asthma in 3 to 5 year-old children and exposure to folic acid that their birth mothers took as ...

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Related Topix: Folvite, Folic Acid (generic), Medicine, Life, Nutrition, Food

WUSA9

Consumer Warning: Sexual Enhancement Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that Stiff Nights, a product marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains an ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure and is illegal.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Viagra, Sildenafil (generic), Medicine

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WebMD Health News

Acetaminophen May Be Linked to Asthma Risk

Nov. 5, 2009 -- The popular pain and fever reliever acetaminophen may be linked with an increased risk of asthma in children and adults, according to a new research review of previously published studies by Canadian researchers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Asthma, Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Pain

KCTV5

Birth Control May Help Ease Asthma

Women with asthma who take birth control pills may have fewer problems than those who do not, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Medicine

WGN-TV Chicago

Southern Ill. doctor admits illegally dispensing Methadone; clinics acknowledge

Federal prosecutors say a southern Illinois doctor has agreed to surrender his medical license after admitting he illegally dispensed methadone, tampered with a witness and obstructed justice.

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Related Topix: Methadone, Medicine, Illinois, Illinois Government

The Greenville News

S.C. limiting some Medicaid patients to 1 pharmacy

South Carolina, trying to curb abuse of narcotics and save money, is requiring Medicaid patients suspected of doctor-hopping for drugs to choose one pharmacy for all of their prescriptions.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, South Carolina, Drugs, South Carolina Government, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic)

OfficialWire

Weight Loss, Medication Can Delay Diabetes

U.S. researchers say a little weight loss and activity go a long way in helping prevent or delay diabetes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Metformin (generic), Glucophage

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Drugs.com

Folate Levels in Pregnancy Tied to ADHD in Offspring

Low folate levels during pregnancy are associated with higher odds for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring aged 7 to 9, new research has found.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, ADHD, Folvite, Folic Acid (generic)

RedOrbit

Study Finds It's Safe To Treat HER2-Positive Breast Cancer With Trastuzumab And Adjuvant Radiation

Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab a 'a 'typically used in combination with chemotherapy.

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Related Topix: Herceptin, Trastuzumab (generic), Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology

EurekAlert!

A 'spoonful of sugar' makes the worms' life span go down

If worms are any indication, all the sugar in your diet could spell much more than obesity and type 2 diabetes.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dieting, Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, UC San Francisco, San Francisco Metro

Newswise

Study Links Folic Acid Supplements to Asthma

A University of Adelaide study may have shed light on the rise in childhood asthma in developed countries like Australia in recent decades.

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Related Topix: Folvite, Folic Acid (generic), Medicine

Detroit Free Press

Medical pot creates workplace dilemma for many employers

Steven Karapandza says his use of prescription marijuana to help ease the pain of daily migraine headaches is none of his boss' business.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Sterling Heights, MI, Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Michigan, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

PhysOrg Weblog

Lifestyle changes may stave off diabetes for a decade

Sustaining modest weight loss for 10 years, or taking an anti-diabetic drug over that time, can prevent or lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk for developing the disease, according to the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study , a long-term follow-up to a landmark 2001 diabetes prevention study.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Yeshiva University, Metformin (generic), Glucophage

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