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BENEFITS: Relieves stuffy nose and opens airways. RISKS: Nervousness, restlessness and difficulty sleeping, particularly if combined with caffeine. Should not be taken by anyone with high blood pressure, glaucoma or kidney disease. Call your doctor immediately if you experience fast or irregular heartbeat, tremors or hallucinations...
DIED. JACK NEWFIELD, 66, award-winning author and investigative reporter for New York City's pioneering alternative weekly the Village Voice and other publications; of kidney cancer; in New York City. A crusader for victims of nursing-home neglect and lead poisoning, he helped bring about the conviction of numerous city political leaders for corruption and exposed abuses of power in his annual "10 Worst" lists of judges and landlords...
Most consumers assume that dietary supplements marketed as "all natural" are safe. How far that is from being true was underscored this year by the Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, which issued a "dirty dozen" list of supplements that have been linked to cancer, kidney or liver damage and heart problems and some of which have been banned in Europe and Asia. What to avoid: aristolochic acid, comfrey, androstenedione, chaparral, germander, kava, bitter orange, organ or gland extracts, lobelia, pennyroyal oil, scullcap and yohimbe. In addition, the FDA says, consumers should steer clear of supplements called Actra...
...kidneys work hard to keep that from happening. If salt content is too high, the body's water content will be elevated too. The system responds by slowing down the manufacture of renin, an enzyme that increases water retention. Dialing back the renin also dials back the production of angiotensin, a protein that constricts blood vessels. Should the salt level fall too far, the body reverses the procedure, cranking up renin to hold on to water and releasing angiotensin to tighten vessels. There are a lot of things that can throw that system off, including kidney disease and tumors...
...hits the mattress from 7 until 10, and naps for 15 minutes during her 4 a.m. break. She clocks out at 8:30 in the morning and, except for a one-hour snooze, soldiers on until evening, tending to the needs of a husband who suffers from kidney disease. Then the cycle begins again...