Recent news on Laxatives

Prepare for nostalgic trip in '07 celebration of psychedelia  -  25 May 2007
PopMatters,Hippie-era musical flashbacks happen every five seconds on TV commercials that exploit our memories to hawk everything from retirement funds to laxatives.

Depression's Evil Twin  -  25 May 2007
Beliefnet.com,She helped me to commit to a regular diet of three well-rounded meals--at least 2000 calories a day--and to stop using laxatives and exercise as a way of

rsfh230507 - health issues use  -  May 23, 2007
Fermanagh Herald (subscription),Osmotic laxatives including lactulose can be taken by all patient groups but can take up to 48 hours to have an effect. Finally, Stool softeners promote

Over-the-counter laxatives for constipation: Use with caution  -  Apr 27, 2007
MayoClinic.comLaxatives can help relieve and prevent constipation. But not all of them are safe for long-term use. Overuse of certain laxatives can lead to dependency and

The Truth about 'Detox Diets'  -  May 21, 2007
My Fox Colorado.com,These “detox diets� do help you lose weight, but that's because they usually use laxatives and put you on a starvation schedule. And studies have shown that

Constipation and laxatives  -  Apr 25, 2007
Health24.com,Loss of muscle tone due to repeated use of harsh laxatives will eventually cause constipation. Unfortunately the idea that you have to be regular according

Modern medicine originated in Egypt, not Greece  -  May 15, 2007
Indian Catholic,The team also discovered prescriptions for laxatives of castor oil and colocynth and bulk laxatives of figs and bran. Researchers further found evidence of

The True Fathers Of Medicine Were Egyptian, Not Greek  -  May 15, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The team also discovered prescriptions for laxatives of castor oil and colocynth and bulk laxatives of figs and bran. Other references show that colic was

Boys' eating disorders often overlooked  -  May 15, 2007
Asbury Park Press,Peebles found that American Indians and Alaskan Natives were much more likely than whites to use laxatives to control weight, and that almost 47 percent of

Fruttasan Introduces New All Natural Laxative To US Market  -  May 8, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,A significant portion of these Americans rarely pay close attention to the laxatives that they buy over the counter when looking to achieve relief.

AGS: Geriatricians Go Slow with Newer Chronic Constipation Therapies  -  May 8, 2007
MedPage Today,Of the bulking agent laxatives, only psyllium has been studied in randomized clinical trials and found beneficial in the general population.

Traditional Chinese medicine working wonders on animals  -  May 17, 2007
Earthtimes.orgShe was put on laxatives and her diet was changed, but relief was only temporary. Within a week of being put on a TCM concoction of 10 herbs ground into a

A story of bingeing and purging  -  May 11, 2007
Cleveland Jewish News,It was while she attended (the now closed) Pardes High School, where she was the largest one in her class, that Grunspan began to use laxatives as a way to

Modern Medicine Origins May Come From Egypt  -  May 11, 2007
AHNThey also reveal prescriptions for laxatives of castor oil and colocynth and bulk laxatives of figs and bran. Redistribution, republication. syndication

Fitness Column  -  May 3, 2007
Ulster Herald (subscription),They will eat a large quantity of food in a relatively short period of time and then use behaviors such as taking laxatives or self-induced vomiting

Health Buzz  -  May 7, 2007
Jackson Clarion Ledger,Peebles found that American Indians and Alaskan Natives were much more likely than whites to use laxatives to control weight, and almost 47 percent of

I COULD HAVE A PERFECT BODY BUT I'D STILL NEVER BE HAPPY WITH IT  -  Apr 29, 2007
Sunday People,..."When I was about 20 I was being stupid and taking laxatives and hardly eating anything and going to the gym at least three hours a day.

Pharmacies, homesickness and other Cheezie stuff  -  May 24, 2007
StarPhoenix,Australian drugstores are comparatively small, with just a shelf or two of ointments and laxatives behind which an apothecary formulates prescriptions with

Effectiveness Of Serotonin And Nerve Stimulants On Irritable Bowel ...  -  May 24, 2007
Science Daily (press release)In this prospective, multi-center trial, 65 patients (58 female) who failed treatment with laxatives and biofeedback (retraining pelvic floor muscle

Gender, Ethnic Differences May Hamper Eating Disorder Diagnosis  -  May 2, 2007
Science Daily (press release)She found that boys were less likely than girls to have used purging behaviors, such as vomiting or using laxatives, to control their weight in the month

Experience Counts in Colonoscopy: Study  -  May 23, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),Before a colonoscopy, patients are required to fast and use laxatives to thoroughly clean the bowel. Surprisingly, only 0.7 percent of colonoscopies in

DDW: Sacral Nerve Stimulation Relieves Refractory Constipation  -  May 20, 2007
MedPage Today,A prospective, multicenter study he reported included 65 patients (58 female) who had failed treatment with laxatives and biofeedback.

Answer man on border protection  -  May 6, 2007
Boston Globe,The suspect passed a routine search, but Woo became suspicious after hearing the man's story and discovering condoms and laxatives in his suitcase.

New Diet Gains Popularity  -  May 2, 2007
NBC Sandiego.com,Dieters then use laxatives each night. Celebrities like Beyonce have bragged that it helps them lose weight fast. Dietician Mary Hardy said, "Any diet which

Dieting: a risky cocktail of drugs from Brazil  -  May 23, 2007
WBUR, Boston's NPR News Station,We have Valium (diazepam), laxatives, thyroid hormone in this one, Lasix as a diuretic, caffeine, anti-nausea medication.

Dieters try starving to get thin  -  Apr 29, 2007
Metro,Some go to the extreme of drinking vinegar or taking laxatives. The online poll of more than 300 men and women was carried out for Living TV,

Obesity hype problem  -  Apr 29, 2007
Sky News Australia,A survey of 3000 people found the number of people regularly taking laxatives, making themselves sick or undergoing extreme fasting, jumped from 4.7 per

Glaxo Targets Us Minorities With Launch of Weight-loss Drug  -  May 23, 2007
Buzzle,The company is hoping to secure some of the $1bn (£500m) spent annually by Americans on "quack" tablets, herbal potions and unproven laxatives in efforts to

Foundation in place locally for life sciences industry to bloom  -  Apr 25, 2007
The Bay City Times,Healthcare Industries, 1636 N. Gleaner in Hemlock, figures prominently in those aspirations as its silicone-based products appear in brand-name laxatives,

Don't swallow everything you hear  -  May 23, 2007
Victoria Times Colonist,Then there's the even sillier story that made the rounds about fast-food restaurants in general: the food is pumped full of laxatives.

Kelly's Hips replacement on waiting list  -  May 23, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,They spend a fortune on grapeseed extracts, megavitamins, laxatives and anything else with a tenuous claim to aid slimming. Alli could be a better use of

Green Tea Weight Loss Capsule  -  May 22, 2007
American Chronicle,Similarly, other herbs used for weight loss capsules such as herbal laxatives and herbal fen-phen, have been associated with irregularities of the heartbeat

Experts Warn Of Detox Diet Dangers  -  May 18, 2007
NBC6.net,Because many rely on aggressive laxatives, these diets can also get pretty messy. Frequent bathroom visits can lead to irritation and breakdown of skin on

The Excesses Of Eating Disorders  -  May 22, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...often by severely limiting their food intake, exercising excessively or using self-induced vomiting, laxatives or other "purging" techniques.

Effectiveness Of Serotonin And Nerve Stimulants On Irritable Bowel ...  -  May 22, 2007
DentalPlans.com,In this prospective, multi-center trial, 65 patients (58 female) who failed treatment with laxatives and biofeedback (retraining pelvic floor muscle

Eating Disorders: Not About the Weight  -  May 22, 2007
13WHAM-TV,There's bulimia where you take in food and find a way to get rid of it through laxatives or vomiting. And then there's disordered eating, binge eating,

Daily par is beating anoxeria  -  May 22, 2007
Middletown Press,Katten said that her anorexia did not become bulimia, a disorder that involves heavy use of laxatives and vomiting to flush out food.

Decides He Needs to Scale Back  -  May 21, 2007
Wall Street JournalSince she moved to the nursing home, she hasn't fallen, her diabetes is under better control and she isn't abusing laxatives anymore.

Taking vegetables, fruits can relieve constipation  -  May 21, 2007
PakTribune.com,The assumption that everyone should have a bowel movement at least once each day has led to overuse and abuse of laxatives, some experts say.

cutting weight  -  May 12, 2007
Paly Voice,Stories have been told of wrestlers using vomiting, dehydration, laxatives or working out in rubber suits in hopes of cutting weight while sometimes doing

Constipation and laxatives  -  Apr 25, 2007
Health24.com,Loss of muscle tone due to repeated use of harsh laxatives will eventually cause constipation. Unfortunately the idea that you have to be regular according

Fasting May Be More Harmful Than Helpful  -  Apr 24, 2007
KUTV,Some detox diets include herbal supplements that could contain laxatives. Dieters may feel lighter but they haven't lost fat. Overuse of laxatives can lead

Foundation in place locally for life sciences industry to bloom  -  Apr 25, 2007
The Bay City Times,Healthcare Industries, 1636 N. Gleaner in Hemlock, figures prominently in those aspirations as its silicone-based products appear in brand-name laxatives,

Fasting May Be More Harmful Than Helpful  -  Apr 24, 2007
CBS 42,Some detox diets include herbal supplements that could contain laxatives. Dieters may feel lighter but they haven't lost fat. Overuse of laxatives can lead

'Neglectful' NHS told dying woman to take laxatives  -  Apr 12, 2007
Independent,The nurse who took the call said her case was not serious enough to call out the emergency doctor, and advised her to take laxatives for the constipation.

Dying woman told to 'take laxatives'  -  Apr 12, 2007
Channel 4 News,A woman whose partner frantically phoned an NHS call centre and was told to give her laxatives for crippling stomach pains, was failed by the NHS,

Dying woman told to 'take laxatives'  -  Apr 12, 2007
ITV.com,Sheffield after her partner Mitchell Bower frantically rang an out-of-hours NHS call centre for help but was told to give her laxatives.

Medications bring relief from gastrointestinal problems  -  Apr 23, 2007
Jurnalo,Laxatives are among the best-selling gastrointestinal medications, according to IMS Health. They work in various ways. Some stimulate contractions in the

P&G: pimping laxatives as the new diet aid?  -  Apr 11, 2007
BlogHer,Notice how the ad is clearly directed to a much younger audience than the typical (over 60) user of laxatives. Also, the top two questions on the Metamucil

Advice about constipation and laxatives has changed  -  Apr 3, 2007
SouthCoastToday.com,Some new thoughts on constipation and laxatives contradict what we've been taught. One is that an increased amount of fluid is necessary for regularity.

Relees this convikt now  -  Apr 23, 2007
Times Online,One can only feel for prisoners such as Robert Cole, who downed laxatives to shed 2½ stone (16kg) and squeeze through a crack in the wall at Long Bay Jail

Out-of-hours nurse told my dying partner: Take laxatives  -  Mar 29, 2007
This is London,A mother died two days before Christmas after an out-of-hours NHS call centre advised her to take laxatives for crippling stomach pains, an inquest was told

NHS TOLD DYING MOTHER TO TAKE LAXATIVES  -  Mar 29, 2007
UK Express,A young mother died in agony hours after being told to take ­laxatives by staff at an out-of-hours medical call centre. Alison Christian, 36, who had severe

8th-graders lace doughnuts with laxatives  -  Apr 1, 2007
Barre Montpelier Times Argus,HOLTSVILLE, NY — Some eighth graders got an early start on April Fool's Day when they handed out doughnuts laced with laxatives to classmates,

Pranksters put laxatives in school donuts  -  Mar 30, 2007
7Online.com,...(Holtsville - WABC, March 30, 2007) - Four pranksters at a Holtsville middle school placed laxative in donuts and distributed them to students Friday,

Former nurse gets 3 months in prison for making son ill  -  Apr 21, 2007
Delmarva Daily Times,Although she said she gave her son laxatives, she did not admit to injecting fecal matter into her son. According to court documents, she told police she

Nurse gets 3 months in prison  -  Apr 20, 2007
The News Journal,WILMINGTON -- A former pediatric nurse, who admitted giving her then 22-month-old son laxatives so that he would have diarrhea and doctors would continue

Eating Disorder: A True Story  -  Apr 10, 2007
iBerkshires.com,For 10 years, "Tina" took increasing quantities of laxatives and became dangerously thin. She was diagnosed as having anorexia and was hospitalized four

Food, water, exercise help keep bowels healthy  -  Apr 14, 2007
Glens Falls Post-Star,Common causes of constipation include insufficient intake of fiber and liquids, lack of exercise, medications, older age and abuse of laxatives.

Constipation Common Among Infants and Toddlers  -  Apr 16, 2007
PakTribune.com,In addition, she documented the effects of dietary changes, corn syrup, or laxatives. The results are published in the Journal of Pediatrics.

New thoughts on constipation  -  Apr 3, 2007
DetNews.com,Some new thoughts on constipation and laxatives fly in the face of what we've been taught. One is that an increased amount of fluid is necessary for

NHS call centre kills Sheffield mum  -  Apr 2, 2007
British National Party,A young mother has died after an out-of-hours medical call centre told her to take laxatives for intense stomach pains. Alison Christian, of Sheffield,

OTC MiraLAX poised to boost laxative sales.(WHAT'S HOT)(Brief article)  -  Apr 7, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),Laxatives sales are on the rise despite recent misconceptions that some over-the-counter laxatives can be addictive, and sales of laxatives may increase

Flu remedies could be restricted amid crystal meth fears  -  Apr 25, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Laxatives are abused by anorexics. There's not as much awareness that pseudoephedrine could be easily converted, but restricting the amount that can be sold

FDA Issues Order on Granular Psyllium Laxative Products  -  Apr 11, 2007
Facts and Comparisons,This latest ruling is based on reports of esophageal obstruction related to the use of psyllium laxatives in granular doseform. Reports of these occurrences

Biofeedback treatment can successfully re-train bowel muscles  -  Apr 4, 2007
News-Medical.net,The biofeedback approach was better than standard treatment of laxatives, diet and exercise or another treatment (sham) that included muscle relaxation and

Protesters display animal magnetism  -  Apr 25, 2007
The Argus.co.uk,..."They are also fed laxatives, beaten or given tranquilisers to slow them down before they are slaughtered during bullfights.

Woman dies of hospital misdiagnosis  -  Apr 13, 2007
Earthtimes.orgThe nurse said "her case was not serious enough to call out the emergency doctor, and advised her to take laxatives for the constipation," the newspaper

Woman dies of hospital misdiagnosis  -  Apr 13, 2007
ImediNews,The nurse said her case was not serious enough to call out the emergency doctor, and advised her to take laxatives for the constipation, the newspaper said.

Social porn: the grubbier the better  -  Apr 25, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Moral laxity is translated into moral laxatives with the conspicuous consumption/defecation of such programmes as MTV's Cribs and our own Channel 5's

Biofeedback treats chronic constipation  -  Apr 3, 2007
Earthtimes.orgThe findings in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology compared biofeedback to the standard treatment of laxatives, diet and exercise;

Just give Florida the dang trophy already  -  Apr 1, 2007
SportingNews.comUnless someone blows a knee Monday night (unless the Gators take laxatives and the key poops out; sorry for the visual) Florida is defeating the Buckeyes.

Health Tip: Constipation in Children  -  Apr 11, 2007
Bru Direct,Talk to your doctor about whether laxatives or similar medications may be appropriate in your child's case. Reward your child for sitting on the toilet and

MiraLAX® Laxative Now Available Over The Counter  -  Mar 30, 2007
EndoNurse,..."Laxatives that work gently with the body are preferred because people can live their lives normally. Some other laxatives may cause uncomfortable cramps.

Teens Accused of Dispersing Laxative Doughnuts  -  Mar 30, 2007
LongIslandPress.com,Police say the juveniles, two 13-year-olds and three 14-year-olds, bought the doughnuts and added the unwanted ingredient of laxatives as a joke before

Juvenile delinquent report: North America  -  Mar 30, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,LONG ISLAND, NY- Sequoya Middle School had a mass poisoning of laxatives, reports a spokeswoman for the Sachem School District. Doughnuts were laced with

18 Students Fed Laxative in Doughnuts  -  Mar 30, 2007
WTOP,...got an early start on April Fool's Day pranks on Friday, when they handed out doughnuts laced with laxatives to classmates, school officials said.

Mum's agony death  -  Mar 29, 2007
Sheffield Today,Alsion had been unable to go to the toilet and Mr Bowers said the only advice he was given was to get her some laxatives. The next day he called his doctor

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