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...sports fan the loss of such an electrifying talent is jarring. Throw in the fact that the man was 24 years old and had an 18-month old little girl and a new fiancée to take care of, and it’s a bitter pill to swallow...
...think that to make a small pill that could treat diabetes is a milestone towards achieving a cure,” Sinclair said...
...oral contraception, those students on drugs with no generic equivalent have to pay much more. The consequences of instituting this new law have been immediately noticeable—clinics are already citing plummeting sales, and many students have reported switching to alternative birth control methods, like the morning-after pill, that are less ideal. Although some lawmakers have recognized this new provision as an unintentional and undesirable consequence of legislation tacked onto the omnibus 2005 act, some there are some who actually support the price hike. They argue that the original system encouraged women to use more expensive brand-name...
...probably don't need a scientific study to tell you there's no such thing as a magic weight-loss pill. But a paper published today on BMJ.com shows exactly that: Taking federally approved anti-obesity medications, such as Xenical and Acomplia, leads only to modest weight loss - an extra 6 lbs. to 10 lbs. (2.7 kg to 4.7 kg) a year - and it's not likely to radically trim down bulging waistlines. "People have to understand it's very difficult to lose weight," says lead author Raj Padwal, an assistant professor at the University of Alberta...
...Untitled,” and frequently gave a second name in parentheses. “Untitled” (Placebo – Landscape – For Roni) has two parenthetical names, which both suggest the psychological dialogue between the viewer and the piece. Placebos, typically sugar pills parading as medicine, only affect the body through the patient’s belief that the pill is an actual cure. A victim of AIDS, González-Torres was constantly facing thoughts of his own mortality. His work is both sensual and hopeful. The toffees have a placebo effect, changing...