Word: combos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...followed last week's abrupt withdrawal of two of the country's favorite diet pills looked like a multiple-choice law-school torts exam, the similarity was hardly coincidental. Even before the FDA urged the recall of Redux (dexfenfluramine)--and Pondimin (fenfluramine), the front half of the fat-pill combo known as fen/phen--scores of lawyers across the nation had already started filing lawsuits. After the recall, the legal assault turned into a stampede. "Everyone saw money," says Jacoby & Meyers' Gail Koff...
DANGER IN DIET PILLS The weight-loss combo fen/phen is responsible for 82 cases of a rare heart-valve problem. Also, studies find that Redux, thought to be a safer choice, depletes animal brains of serotonin, the neurotransmitter that controls mood...
PROSTATE-CANCER COMBO Patients who undergo a combination of short-term radiation and three years of hormone therapy have a better five-year-survival rate than those treated by radiation alone...
...heads to buy a new cummerbund-bow-tie combo and splurges a little by renting a pair of shiny, patent-leather dress shoes. He leaves the store happy, but nervous nonetheless...
...year and our largest revenue generating event," says Kristal C. O'Bryant, co-manager '98 of HSA Celebrations. O'Bryant, who helped generate the package titles, says the most popular tend to be oriented towards family and friends: the "Just Because," friendship package or "Sending My Love" combo that may be shipped home...