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BENEFITS: Indirectly reduces production of stomach acid. RISKS: Headache, diarrhea, dizziness. May be less effective when used with antacids. The combination of Tagamet (cimetidine) and Valium can trigger confusion. Use of these drugs increased the risk of developing pneumonia 63% in a recent study...
...import of the vote [in favor of Ukrainian independence from the disintegrating U.S.S.R.] went beyond the imminent creation of the fifth most populous country in Europe?52 million people, slightly fewer than in France. More broadly, the ballot seems likely to trigger the final dissolution of the Soviet Union ... Even now [the Kremlin government] is only a shell that some diplomats assert fails the test for diplomatic recognition?it does not control the territory it claims. Last week the [Soviet] central bank ran out of cash ... [and] the government may be unable to pay its employees, including the more than...
...election, the irregularities continued, with several reports of tabulation glitches producing phantom votes for the presidential candidates. The original count finds a gap of two percent separating Bush and Kerry in Ohio—not terribly close, and certainly not narrow enough to trigger an automatic recount under state law. Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, the overseer of the Ohio elections and a Republican who ardently supported Bush’s re-election campaign, has been adamant in his stance that the elections in Ohio were fair, and that a recount would be a waste of state tax money...
...home. The E.U. took in around 20% of global textile and clothing imports in 2002. With China already the bloc's biggest supplier, the end of quotas "will have serious consequences for the European industry," says Bill Lakin, director-general of European trade body Euratex. Brussels could yet trigger safeguards should Chinese imports explode. You can be sure it won't need 10 years to do so. The Schroders' Pet Project With German unemployment approaching 11%, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder understands the need to protect jobs. But he could hardly have expected the howls that greeted the news that...
Better, says sleep researcher James Wyatt of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, to consume a little caffeine in the morning and continue to take it in very small doses throughout the day. That should evenly block the uptake of adenosine, a neurotransmitter-like chemical that helps trigger sleep. In a recent study, Wyatt and others tested that theory, comparing a group of volunteers taking low, steady caffeine doses with subjects who got none at all. The caffeinated group indeed performed better on cognitive tests, with no late-day crash. (Though p.m. caffeine may not do much for your ability...