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    Dec 7, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Firms warned over sale of weight-loss hormone

    "Homeopathic" weight-loss products containing human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) are illegal and mislead consumers, federal agencies said Tuesday after issuing warning letters to seven companies that market the popular pellets, powders and sprays.
    "Homeopathic" weight-loss products containing human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) are illegal and mislead consumers, federal agencies said Tuesday after issuing warning letters to seven companies that market the popular pellets, powders and sprays. In a...

    Tags: Health, Food and Drug Administration, Obesity, Companies and Corporations, Chicago Tribune

    2. Dec 5, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Anxiety treatment: Medication, therapy or both can help

    Karen Smuland has always been an anxious person. But after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York's World Trade Center, she had her first panic attack and ended up in an emergency room, convinced that she was dying.
    Karen Smuland has always been an anxious person. But after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York's World Trade Center, she had her first panic attack and ended up in an emergency room, convinced that she was dying. The 48-year-old architect from Bend,...

    Tags: Health, Pharmaceuticals, New York City, Diseases and Illnesses, Sexual Dysfunction

    3. Dec 7, 2011 |Story| Daily Press

  3. Health Notes:Vaccine study demonstrates protection against norovirus illness

    <em>Health Notes blogger,<strong> Prue Salasky</strong>, is on vacation for two weeks. In her absence, Features Department Editor <strong>Karen Morgan</strong> is making occasional blog posts. This one is a news release from Baylor College of Medicine.</em>
    Health Notes blogger, Prue Salasky, is on vacation for two weeks. In her absence, Features Department Editor Karen Morgan is making occasional blog posts. This one is a news release from Baylor College of Medicine. "An experimental norovirus vaccine...

    Tags: Health, Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, Vomiting, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    4. Aug 14, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Long-discredited hCG diet makes a comeback

    Among the hundreds of drastic and unproven weight loss plans, the controversial hCG diet may take the cake.
    Among the hundreds of drastic and unproven weight loss plans, the controversial hCG diet may take the cake. Discredited by researchers in the 1970s, the near-starvation diet restricts followers to 500 calories a day for six weeks. At the same time,...

    Tags: Health, Human Interest, Obesity, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Headaches

    5. Jun 15, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. hCG diet leaves some hungry for less

    When Lynn Patterson resolved to lose weight early this year, she took a hormone normally associated with pregnancy, not dieting.
    When Lynn Patterson resolved to lose weight early this year, she took a hormone normally associated with pregnancy, not dieting. The 53-year-old Catonsville nurse went on the hCG diet, named for human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone that is produced...

    Tags: Famines, Health, Hamburgers, Pharmaceuticals, Hormones and Metabolism

    6. Mar 20, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  6. Attention hikers: a way to reduce altitude sickness is at hand

    Health
    The tool to prevent altitude sickness is available over the counter....
    7. Feb 28, 2012 | Sun-Sentinel

  7. Principal explains reason for the FCAT placebo

    South Florida Schools | Sun Sentinel blogs
    The scoring of this year's FCAT writing exam will take a couple of months, so there's plenty of time to speculate on whether Hagen Road Elementary's novel approach made a positive difference. As I reported in today's editions, the school west of Boynton...
    8. Dec 12, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Troubled study at heart of therapy debate

    With $30 million of taxpayer money, researchers set out to conduct one of the largest studies ever of an alternative medical treatment, a controversial therapy for coronary artery disease.
    With $30 million of taxpayer money, researchers set out to conduct one of the largest studies ever of an alternative medical treatment, a controversial therapy for coronary artery disease. The project was marred with problems from beginning to end....

    Tags: Heart and Circulatory System, Health, Human Interest, Oncology, Colleges and Universities

    9. Nov 28, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. The Healthy Skeptic: Promise of ChromaGen lenses for dyslexia a bit blurry

    We rarely stop to think about it, but reading is an amazing accomplishment. It turns markings on a page or a screen into coherent thoughts. It's a complicated process: The eyes see a procession of letters, and the brain turns them into words.
    We rarely stop to think about it, but reading is an amazing accomplishment. It turns markings on a page or a screen into coherent thoughts. It's a complicated process: The eyes see a procession of letters, and the brain turns them into words. The...

    Tags: Ophthalmology, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Companies and Corporations

    10. Nov 28, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    11. Nov 2, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor offers patients new hope

    All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years.
    All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years. The...

    Tags: Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Katy Perry, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Genes and Chromosomes, Mamma Mia! (musical)

    12. Aug 17, 2011 |Story| Coastline Pilot

  12. Hansen: The power of eternity

    You may not notice it right away. As you visit Dallas or Idaho or Corona, something slowly tightens in your stomach, or your throat thickens like a small spring allergy. Some describe it as claustrophobia; others say it's like a mild panic attack. You...

    Tags: Mountains, Allergies, Health, Human Interest, Landforms

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