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...American Medical Association. The study found that hormone-replacement therapy does nothing to help the heart, confirming a conclusion that other researchers had already begun to reach. The true surprise was that large doses of two potent antioxidants--800 International Units of vitamin E and 1,000 mg of vitamin C--don't seem to increase the longevity of postmenopausal women with heart disease. Worse, suggest the researchers, the vitamins may increase the risk of death. Vitamin lovers were spooked by the results, but they may have got too scared too soon. Critics condemn the study as statistically flawed, particularly...
...risks. There's little stigma attached to it, nor do users endure the hassle of trying to score it from street-corner dealers. Recently, a casual request for Alprax tablets was greeted without a blink by a New Delhi pharmacist. The cost: 50 for a strip of 10 0.25-mg tablets. Another chemist was reluctant at first, but he relented. "You don't look the sort that might be an addict," he said. Neither recorded the name of the prescribing doctor as required...
Nicotine pops look a lot like regular lollipops, but they smell a little weird and leave a sour aftertaste. Most contain either 2 mg or 4 mg of a chemical called nicotine salicylate and sell for about $3 apiece. They're made by independent pharmacists, who have long had the right to mix various active ingredients, usually following a doctor's orders, into preparations that aren't commercially available...
Folks who smoke more than 1 1/2 packs a day are supposed to start with the 4-mg pops and work their way down to 2 mg after a couple of weeks. The idea is not to suck on the things continuously but only when the urge to smoke becomes overpowering. Once the craving has passed, you're instructed to put the lollipop back in its reusable bag. One pop is supposed to replace four or five cigarette breaks...
...drink a lot of alcohol stay away from the herb. Everybody else should be careful not to take kava every day for more than four weeks straight and not to exceed the recommended dosage. In Germany, where herbal supplements are scrutinized much more closely than in America, 60 mg to 120 mg of kavalactone (the active ingredient in kava) is considered a reasonable daily dose. When you buy a kava product, be sure to check the kavalactone concentration listed on the label. And above all, try to relax...