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Parents routinely administer a spoonful of cough syrup to a child who can't get to sleep because of a bad cough. The expectation is that the medicine will give the child--and the parents--a silent night. But does it work? When researchers gave a group of children with upper respiratory infections one of two active ingredients in over-the-counter cough syrup or a placebo, they found that the kids taking either of the cough-syrup ingredients had no better improvement in their symptoms than those taking the dummy liquid. In fact, all three groups had fewer symptoms...
...drugs are going to work, patients must actually take them, and doctors find it maddeningly hard to ensure that they do. Many of the medications can have mild side effects, including fatigue, dry cough, and occasional erectile difficulties in men--not surprising, since you're manipulating the body's circulatory hydraulics. When people face a disease that causes no symptoms and a treatment that does, it's no surprise which one they sometimes choose. "You prescribe medication," says Weber, "and within a year, 50% of people quit taking...
Meanwhile, senior guard David Giovacchini continues to impress, as he came off a career game against Colgate to record 10 points and seven assists, though he did also cough up five turnovers...
...scenes of young people blowing whistles, banging drums and handing out cough drops amid the throng of protesters in Kiev last week looked familiar, they should: student-led mass protests also followed disputed elections in Tbilisi last year and in Belgrade in 2000, and each time the opposition prevailed. At least one group has played a role in all three movements. Serbia's Otpor, or Resistance, the student organization that spearheaded the revolution that ousted Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, sent "trainers" to aid activists who helped unseat Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze in 2003. And earlier this year, the group provided...