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...moment, the drug, which calms digestive activity by slowing the contraction of intestinal muscles, is approved by the FDA only for the treatment of heartburn and other intestinal disorders. The drug's mechanism is believed to combat nausea by relieving the spasms that prompt queasiness. "What happens when people vomit or feel nauseous is that everything is stopped up," says Koren. "Metoclopramide helps move things forward and does not cause sedation like antihistamines...
...What scares you? My wife can scare me. And so can child vomit. I'm not keen on spiders either. Since I was small, I didn't like looking down from great heights. Otherwise, I'm lucky not to be worried by too many things...
...know the story. With the flurry of acceptance letters comes inspirational, vomit-inducing stories in local papers. You know, the ones extolling the admitted students' virtues (brainy, friendly, well-liked, and modest!), detailing the horrible, horrible dilemma of being accepted to multiple schools with various scholarship options (Harvard?! or Princeton?? or Stanford??? or a FULL RIDE TO [insert state school]?!?! OMG MY LIFE IS SO DIFFICULT!! FML!!), and of course, FlyBy's favorite—recounting highly storied anecdotes from their time as a precocious child budding with Ivy League potential ("Alfonso was always the first to finish coloring...
...Britain's present - twentysomethings with end-stage liver disease, "binge black spots," city centers carpeted with vomit - also Thailand's future? It doesn't have to be. Thailand's per capita alcohol consumption is still half that of Britain's, according to the most recent figures from the World Health Organization. But Thailand could learn at least two lessons from Britain's battle with the bottle...
...hanging precariously by a single strip of duct tape in a way that faintly turns my stomach. Without the sense that I’m investigating to any purpose, I pad from room to room in my bare feet, watching out for broken glass. There’s some vomit in the sink in the main bathroom next to the living room, and a bowl of potpourri spilled into the toilet, floating like rose petals in a duck pond. The shower is running and there are three pairs of sopping pants tangled on the tiled floor. I turn...