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Prescription Diet Pills Help Patients Shed Pounds

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Prescription diet pills can help moderately obese people lose weight, without regaining it, according to a new -year study. But the pills must be taken for years to maintain the weight raising questions about their long-term safety, an obesity expert warns. The new study, by Michael Weintraub, M.D., of the University of Rochester School of Medicine... »

“Health Must Remain Affordable” – VdK Calls Cheaper Drugs

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The exposure of the Social Association VdK, Kreisverband Munster, is clear: Vital medicines must remain affordable. The discussion about the health fund and the value added tax on drugs was one of the main points in the small circle Verbandstag. The VdK had specially designed for this field, the secretary for social policy in North... »

Noise, homemade

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The ear has a body’s own mechanism, which is damage caused by loud noises can prevent. The ear can reduce the hearing and thereby protect against noise. The scientists concluded from experiments with mice, in which the mechanism successfully against permanent hearing loss protected. Previously this was not known exactly why the ear can... »