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• Over-the-counter eye drop sales shoot up, but do little good

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Nov 30 (IANS) The use of antibiotic eye drops for conjunctivitis has increased by almost half since they became available over the counter in 2005, says new data.This is despite the fact that evidence from clinical trials from around the same time showed the eye drops to have minimal benefit.“It’s very ...
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• New erectile dysfunction drug ‘works within 30 minutes’ (Re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 29 (ANI): An experimental erectile dysfunction drug has shown promise in prompting erections in just 30 minutes or less, say researchers.The manufacturers claim that avanafil works faster than drugs like Levitra currently on the market. The research team from University of Texas Health Science Centre ...
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• The NHS should not waste our cash on homeopathy

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  If £4 million is spent, it means £4 million less for drugs that work better, says Alasdair Palmer.
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• All bow before the mighty power of the nocebo effect

  
  Bad Science — Authority: 521
  Ben Goldacre, Saturday 28 November 2009, The GuardianThis week the parliamentary science and technology select committee looked into the evidence behind the MHRA’s decision to allow homeopathy sugar pill labels to make medical claims without evidence of efficacy, and the funding of homeopathy on the NHS. There were ...
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• Five songs that were pointless in 2009

  
  The Musical Chairs — Authority: 128
  It’s that time of year where the folks that write about music have to look back over the past year. I’m sure you’ve already seen a ton of lists explaining what the year’s best music was and some nostalgic features (fear not, if you like that sort of thing then you’re in luck as The [...]
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• Levitra Investigation: Man With The Primary Disorder Of Sphincter Relaxation Find Voiding Difficult

  
  Health Choices — Authority: 152
  Using anesthetized dogs, a micromanometer constrictor was applied to either an intact coronary artery model of stable hypoperfusion: Protocol 1 or a site of arterial injury model of recurrent platelet-mediated thrombosis. These narratives, we suggest, not only challenge the culture stereotype of mid-later life sexual ...
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• New erectile dysfunction drug ‘works within 30 minutes’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 27 (ANI): An experimental erectile dysfunction drug has shown promise in prompting erections in just 30 minutes or less, say researchers.The manufacturers claim that avanafil works faster than drugs like Levitra currently on the market. The research team from University of Texas Health Science Centre ...
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• “Kings of Medicine” by Placebo

  
  CONFRONT Magazine — Authority: 128
  A song suggestion from Gemma Artist/Band: Placebo Song: Kings of Medicine Hometown: London, England Genre : Rock Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFeo7gAmZGE http://www.placeboworld.co.uk/ http://www.myspace.com/placebo -
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• Placebo 2009 - Live Acoustic OUI FM 28.10.2009

  
  Media-Club New Albums — Authority: 174
  2009 - Live Acoustic OUI FM 28.10.2009 Placebo 8 tracks Bootleg
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• Historical Use Of The Power Of Mind

  
  Common Allergies And Symptoms — Authority: 132
    Years ago society was introduced to a long line of commercials to help teens stay away from drugs. The main goal was to penetrate the subconscious mind and let them know, ‘The mind is a terrible thing to waste.’ It worked and even though the 60s and 70s were the mainstay for drugs, in the eighties those ...
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• Power Of Mind Throughout The Ages

  
  Common Allergies And Symptoms — Authority: 132
    You may not know this, but back around the early to mid-80s, we really saw an increase in powerful messages helping the subconscious mind. Most of them dealt with anti-drug slogans and commercials that were just about everywhere. However, there was one that said, ‘The mind is a terrible thing to waste.’ Well, ...
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• Implant can help addicts stay off heroin

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Sydney, Nov 26 (IANS) A naltrexone implant reduces cravings among heroin addicts and blocks its effects, says a new study.According to the results of the study, the implant that prevents addicts from the effects of heroin has had a 63 percent success rate of abstinence. But oral application of the same medicine does ...
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• New on DVD: Mixed media, mostly music

  
  AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters — Authority: 647
  Grizzly Bear The weeks new DVDs are all over the map, but there are lots of options for indie music fans.Read on for more!read more
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• Does the Q-Ray Bracelet Really Work?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  The scientific method is the mortal enemy of quackery. It is a democratic process whereby all claims can be rigorously tested and in so doing either establish their veracity or refute them as bunk. Within the consumer domain, there are endless product claims that are wholly unsubstantiated by any scientific testing, ...
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• Ditch the Dimetapp?

  
  Chemistry Blog — Authority: 415
  I just finished up the teaching part of my teaching fellowship.  I got to teach five weeks of an undergrad organic class, and I had a blast!  As the seasons started to change, though, I started to hear more and more coughing and sneezing and sniffling.  Everyone’s all concerned with the swine flu, but we’re ...
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• song to say goodbye.AVI

  
  Cell Phone Offers — Authority: 172
  Author: fifty50percent Keywords: Placebo Warsaw Added: November 19, 2009
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• SotD: Placebo – Haemogoblin

  
  Marginal Damage — Authority: 133
  Busy couple of days, have been all over the place. Just remembered this. Back to work…
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• Fake Medicine: Why Is Homeopathy Still In Use?

  
  Better Health — Authority: 555
  Homeopathy, as a cultural phenomenon, remains an enigma. In the two centuries since its invention it has failed to garner significant scientific support. In fact, developments in physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine have shown the underlying concepts of homeopathy to be wrong – guesswork and speculation that ...
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• Your own stem cells can help treat heart disease: Study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): Transplanting own stem cells into heart of severe angina patients lessens their pain and improves their ability to walk, a new study has revealed.The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed that transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn’t ...
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• Probable Cause Of HIV Vaccine Failure

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 146
  The recent failure of an HIV vaccine was probably caused by the immune system reacting to the virus ’shell’ used to transmit the therapy around the body, according to research published 16 November 2009 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The trial, called ‘STEP’, was halted in September ...
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