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Forum: Announcements
May 13th, 2006, 11:33
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Updated Site Stays True to its Roots
The Internet Medical Journal was founded in 1993, when Thomas F. Heston, MD was a medical resident at Oregon Health Sciences University. His residency director at the time, Dr. Jerry Glowniak, was a...
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Forum: News
May 5th, 2006, 11:55
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EU: Popular sugar substitute safe
ROME, Italy (AP) -- European food safety experts have good news for dieters with a sweet tooth, announcing Friday that the popular sugar substitute aspartame does not raise the risk of cancer.
An...
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Forum: News
May 5th, 2006, 11:52
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Soda Distributors to End Most School Sales
NEW YORK May 3, 2006 (AP)— The nation's largest beverage distributors have agreed to halt nearly all sales of sodas to public schools a step that will remove the sugary, caloric drinks from vending...
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Forum: News
April 23rd, 2006, 19:00
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FDA and Medical Marijuana
WASHINGTON, DC -- Representatives of the Marijuana Policy Project, whose efforts have led to passage of the U.S.'s three newest medical marijuana laws, are available for comment regarding the Food...
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Forum: News
April 23rd, 2006, 18:49
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Forum: News
April 23rd, 2006, 18:43
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"Seriously, what are the feds smoking?"
"What is completely wrong about the FDA's position, however, is that in effect it continues to impede not just the medical use of marijuana but also medical research on marijuana, which could lead to...
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Forum: News
April 23rd, 2006, 18:36
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FDA No Longer a Scientific Authority
"So there is clearly no scientific logic to their decision," Carter said. "I think this is politically driven." - Dr. Greg Carter, a rehabilitation-medicine specialist at the University of...
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Forum: News
April 23rd, 2006, 18:35
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Politics - not Science - Controls the FDA
"There is abundant evidence that marijuana can help cancer patients, multiple sclerosis patients and AIDS patients. There is no scientific doubt that marijuana relieves nausea, vomiting, certain...
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Forum: News
April 21st, 2006, 06:55
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Views: 25,201
Politics at the FDA
"The war in Iraq is bad enough. But the war on drugs has lasted longer and cost more money and more American lives." - the Guardian....
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Forum: News
April 21st, 2006, 06:35
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FDA: Bad for American Medicine
"But the Institute of Medicine report concluded there was no evidence that marijuana acted as a gateway to harder drugs. And it said there was no evidence that medical use of marijuana would increase...
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Forum: News
April 21st, 2006, 06:25
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Politics at the FDA
"Unfortunately, this is yet another example of the F.D.A. making pronouncements that seem to be driven more by ideology than by science," said Dr. Jerry Avorn, a medical professor at Harvard Medical...
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Forum: News
April 11th, 2006, 07:52
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Drug firms 'hype up diseases to boost sales'
Drug companies are inventing diseases to sell more of their products, it has been claimed. Scientists have accused major pharmaceutical firms of "medicalising" problems like high cholesterol or the...
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Forum: News
March 31st, 2006, 16:06
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Views: 30,276
Light drinking may not be good for you
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers poured cold water on the idea that moderate drinking helps prevent heart disease on Friday, noting that many studies include teetotalers as a control group but...
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Forum: News
March 31st, 2006, 13:13
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Views: 23,870
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Forum: News
March 30th, 2006, 17:09
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Study fails to show healing power of prayer
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A study of more than 1,800 patients who underwent heart bypass surgery has failed to show that prayers specially organized for their recovery had any impact, researchers said on...
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Forum: News
March 24th, 2006, 08:19
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Views: 23,471
Fish Not a Proven Heart Protector
[Forbes] FRIDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- The belief that the omega 3 fats found in oily fish can help prevent heart disease is far from proven, a new British study contends.
U.S. experts agreed...
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Forum: News
March 21st, 2006, 10:45
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Views: 22,407
Death raises concern at police tactics
[BBC] "The problem is that when you talk about the war on this and the war on that, and police officers see themselves as soldiers, then the civilian becomes the enemy." - Peter Kraska, an expert on...
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Forum: News
March 20th, 2006, 20:18
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Views: 28,733
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Forum: News
March 4th, 2006, 07:59
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Views: 26,830
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Forum: News
March 4th, 2006, 07:56
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Spatting with the spouse can harden your heart
Arguing with your partner really can break your heart. Research now shows it can contribute to hardening of the coronary arteries.
Such impact on the heart is more common in wives when they and...
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Forum: News
March 3rd, 2006, 15:57
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Views: 15,054
NIH: Osteoporosis Is Widespread Among Men Too
[Newsmax.com] Forty-four million Americans are at risk of contracting osteoporosis, a disease of low bone mass that can lead to breaks and fractures, according to the latest figures from the U.S....
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Forum: News
February 21st, 2006, 15:28
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Jog your way to a healthier heart -- and brain
What keeps your heart strong may also keep your mind sharp, researchers suggest
ANDRÉ PICARD
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
'It is the heart and not the brain That to the highest doth attain,"...
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Forum: News
February 21st, 2006, 15:26
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Views: 15,893
A dirty tie could kill you
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: A liberally stained tie is not only the epitome of sloth, it is a lethal weapon - a germ warfare laboratory of terrifying capabilities, says British newspaper The...
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Forum: News
February 20th, 2006, 11:43
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Forum: News
February 20th, 2006, 11:42
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Views: 28,629
Harm reduction-the cannabis paradox
"Holland, having the most liberalized drug laws, does not have more cannabis users (over age twelve) than do more repressive countries, and the per capita number of heroin users is also lower."...
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