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One physician’s faxed order to discontinue hydrocodone, marketed as Anexsia, was misread by the pharmacist as an order to discontinue Arixtra, an anticoagulant. Another doctor intended to electronically order clonidine, an antihypertensive, but accidentally ordered the sedative clonazepam because both appeared as “CLON” on the computer screen.

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Most of us make New Year resolutions, and that includes to have a healthier lifestyle. One of the main ingredients of a healthy lifestyle is to have an ideal weight. In order for you to have an ideal weight, you have to maintain a long term fat fighting weight loss system. Make long term weight loss as your #1 Healthier New Year Resolution!

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The Weight Connection
In a recent Harvard study involving 85,000 women, 61 percent of the diabetes cases that developed during the 16-year study period could be attributed to excess weight. But you don’t have to be obese, according to scientists at Kaiser Permanent Center for Health Research Northwest in Portland, Oregon. “In our study, there were moderately and even mildly overweight people who got diabetes before age 45,” says lead researcher Teresa Hillier, M.D. “The risk of early on set diabetes rose by 6 percent for every five to eight pounds of excess weight,” she says.

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Wheat is one of the most common grains consumed by Canadians. However, for individuals with a wheat allergy, this grain is unsafe to eat. A wheat allergy is a reaction to one or

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Hormonal birth control pills may increase markers of cardiovascular disease risk and the chance of developing cervical cancer, according to a handful of studies published and presented at medical meetings within the past month. Experts say, however, that while these studies help paint a more complete picture of the effects of this form of contraception, the positives still outweigh the negatives.

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By Dr Dave Robinson

Most people desire a fit, trim body. Most people are also willing to try any ???magic??? drug, rub, lotion or potion that is pitched to them to get that body. The proof is the billions that are spent each year by consumers to achieve accelerated weight loss.
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Healthy living is something we all aspire to ascertain, in a world where everything is achievable.

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The House Committee on Education and Labor heard emotional testimony about abuses at so-called boot-camp programs for troubled youth, and members vowed to step up regulation of the programs, USA Today reported Oct. 11.

A Florida jury last week acquitted guards and a nurse of manslaughter charges over the death of a 14-year-old boot-camp resident, but Congress heard many other stories about children who died while enrolled in similar programs. “I can’t think of any testimony that we have heard in this committee that has caused a greater sense of anger and sorrow,” said committee chairman Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.).

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Actress Nicole Ritchie, the “Simple Life” star, who is four months pregnant with boyfriend Joel Madden’s child, said that she owes the baby her life. She says that she is prepared to put on extra weight that comes with being pregnant. She does not even have any qualms about gaining 50 pounds, as she believes that the weight she will gain will be the requirement of her body to keep her baby fit.
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