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a substance or preparation used to treat disease
the museum has an exhibit on some of the strange physics that were once used to cure disease
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Issues about foreign countries, travel, publishing and higher learning, as well as medicine and the law, will be of interest.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024
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The chief takeaway from this study is that every bit of exercise is important, said Dr. Sean P. Heffron, an assistant professor of medicine and director of cardiovascular fitness and nutrition at New York University Langone Medical Health.Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The drug was developed by Akeso, a Hong Kong company.John Dorfman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Only time will tell if GLP-1 drugs are headed for those fates, Palakodeti says.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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For this reason, people taking blood pressure medications should check with their healthcare provider before taking taurine supplements.Jillian Kubala, RD, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Hawaii has the lowest rates of GLP-1 medication usage, with 0.4 percent of patients on the drugs, and 3 percent of patients with obesity taking them.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Many political organizing campaigns, whether party based or nonpartisan, have targeted Latinos as a whole, with messaging that has treated Latinos as a monolith.Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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China has been reluctant to do so, since it's long been treated as a developing country in the UN climate system.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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For your natural remedies, pop into Wellness Rx, a charming pharmacy that specializes in both conventional and traditional medicine.Anna Haines, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Based in Secaucus, N.J., The Vitamin Shoppe sells nutritional solutions, including vitamins, minerals, specialty supplements, herbs, sports nutrition, homeopathic remedies, green living products, and natural beauty aids through proprietary brands and approximately 700 national brands.David Moin, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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The movies include the story of a Saudi girl and her Sudanese driver who form a friendship, a look at a Bedouin family’s life in the middle of the desert, and the journey of a couple from rural Egypt who immigrate to New York in search of a cure for their infertility.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Professor Frink enlists Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, who are immune from the burp clouds, to persuade their father to help with a cure.Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Gillick, the Chargers’ high-powered running back who came into the contest averaging 168 yards a game, was nursing an injury and saw limited action, getting only 10 carries.Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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Makhachev has been nursing an injury and on the shelf since his spectacular fifth-round submission win over Dustin Poirier in June at UFC 302.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Matty has the clerk snap a pic of her 5-foot-1 self reaching for the same condoms Michael seemingly did, and that photo ends up proving in court that the footage was doctored, and Michael was never there.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
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However, the photo was doctored and Harris was actually posing with her ex Montel Williams and his daughter Ashley at the 2001 Race to Erase Multiple Sclerosis.Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Physic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physic. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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