Word: counterfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fortunately, GERD has a cure. For years doctors tried to minimize the problem with antacids. Then they turned to drugs like Tagamet and Pepcid to block a biochemical signal that sets off acid production. Neither of these remedies, now available over the counter, can turn off the stomach's acid-making machinery at the source, however. That's where a new group of prescription medications, called proton pump inhibitors, comes in. "You don't just get better on these pills," Dannenberg exults, "you actually return to normal." And because the drugs are activated only in the acid environment...
...over the planet have a new savior: Canada has declared war on U.S. pop culture. And this is no solo quixotic tilt against the Golden Arches -- Ottawa got the culture ministers of Britain, Brazil, Croatia, Iceland, Mexico and Senegal, among others, on board for a conference on strategies to counter the global dominance of Americana. Needless to say, Washington was not invited, although the official explanation is that the U.S. has no culture minister. But there may be a commercial motive behind Canada's noble quest: "It's driven as much by the entertainment industry in those countries...
Doctors call it the brown-bag test. The idea is to have you dump the contents of your home medicine cabinet plus your favorite vitamins and over-the-counter remedies into a bag and bring it to their office so they can see just exactly which pills you're popping. The findings can be horrifying. You may discover that those little white tablets and the big blue gel caps you're swallowing are actually dangerous when taken together. The more prescription medicines you take, the greater the risk...
First, make sure all your doctors and pharmacists know all the drugs, including over-the-counter remedies, that you're taking. Most doctors routinely use just 20 of the more than 12,000 prescription products currently available. So don't be alarmed if they have to look a few things up. Pick up a copy of Deadly Drug Interactions by Joe and Teresa Graedon (St. Martin's Griffin). Keep a list of your medications and allergies in your wallet for emergencies. Fill all your prescriptions at the same pharmacy, preferably one that has a computerized system for flagging potential problems...
...women are created equal regardless of their race. Unquestioning faith in that idea led Lewis from his family's sharecropper farm in Alabama to the front lines of the battle for racial justice during the 1960s; he never flinched as he suffered arrests and beatings during the lunch-counter sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., the Freedom Rides and the brutal police assault on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Ala., that paved the way to the movement's greatest triumph, the Voting Rights...