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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Food and Drug Administration said that specific does of certain oral contraceptives can be safely and effectively used as "morning-after pills." According to FDA studies, taking two two oral contraceptives within 72 hours after intercourse, followed by a second identical dose 12 hours later, is 75 percent effective in blocking a pregnancy. The pills work by preventing a fertilized egg from entering the uterus and won't work if a woman is already pregnant. Aside from nausea and, in some cases, vomiting, there are no serious side effects. It's the first federal approval...
...been diagnosed with ADD and ADHD, most of whom were taking Ritalin. "Brad," as I will refer to him in this column, had been diagnosed with a particularly severe case of ADHD, and was correspondingly receiving heavy doses of medication, including Ritalin after breakfast and a sleep-inducing pill before...
...wonder if the binge might not also have been triggered by the fact that for once that summer, Brad had access to large quantities of food at 9 p.m., after the effects of the Ritalin were beginning to wear off, but before he had received his sleep-inducing pill...
...Cambridge bio-tech firms are searching every molecule and enzyme for the elusive pill that will put an end to deadly viruses...
...only one Cambridge company has found the pill that will put an end to broken hearts...