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...used safely, which will automatically exclude many women who don't realize they are pregnant until more than 49 days after their last period. Two sets of pills are required--first mifepristone, then, two days later, misoprostol, to trigger contractions and expel the fetal tissue--and that can cause nausea, heavy bleeding and painful cramping. After about 12 days, a woman must return to the doctor to confirm that the abortion was successful...
...advantage of the two-drug combo is that it can terminate an unwanted pregnancy earlier than most surgical procedures. And because surgery is not required, the risk of infection is lower. Yet there are drawbacks. Some women suffer excessive bleeding, nausea or diarrhea. Nor is it recommended for women with bleeding disorders or who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day. Indeed, for many, surgery is less complicated--and quicker than the three-office-visit protocol required for the new pills...
...they miss their period to suspect they are pregnant, decide to abort and set up the appointments. (Home-pregnancy tests will help.) But once they do, many women find the process oddly comforting. Although they expel the fetus, all they see is a bloody mass that's unrecognizable. The nausea passes soon after the expulsion is over, and they can go on with their lives...
...acute leukemia; in Tokyo. Growing up an orphan in Switzerland and teased by schoolmates, Hug was inspired by the Rocky movies and trained relentlessly in martial arts from age 12. Considered the Michael Jordan of his sport, he was mobbed in Europe and Japan. Last week, after enduring nausea and nosebleeds, Hug was admitted to a Tokyo hospital with a high fever and was found to have leukemia. He was put on chemotherapy but suffered immediate organ failure and brain damage...
CHEERS! A medication used to quell nausea in cancer patients may reduce an alcoholic's cravings. Research shows that after three months on the drug ondansetron, drinkers cut their booze intake from an average of eight glasses a day to just two. Caveat: on dansetron works only in those who became alcoholics before age 25--about 3.5 million people--probably because young drinkers tend to have a specific biological predisposition to the disease...