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...curlers; her date was there in his dress pants and suspenders. The First Lady was in her robe. "It was just like home. I don't know what the staff must have thought." Betty's bout with breast cancer (and, after leaving the White House, her battle with drug dependency, which led to the foundation of the Betty Ford Center) further endeared her to the public. The fact that she adored her husband - and that he returned the love - made them touchstones of the commonplace by a populace tired of larger-than-life superpoliticos...
...scored a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his soulful performance as a deaf-mute silversmith in the drama The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Almost forty years and dozens of film roles later, there is renewed Oscar speculation surrounding Arkin, this time for his role as a foul-mouthed, drug-snorting grandpa in the indie Little Miss Sunshine, out this week on DVD. The acerbic actor chatted with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda about why he doesn't give a hoot about the Oscars, his passion for New Mexico and how we humans are wrecking the planet...
...cold season, so you probably don't think anything of downing a dose or two of a cold medicine on top of the Tylenol you might be taking for that headache you got after muscling your way through the crowded shopping mall. Well, the Food and Drug Administration wants you to think twice about all that self-medicating you're doing with over-the-counter remedies. Every year, the agency says, about half of the deaths associated with taking painkillers containing acetaminophen are due to unintended overdoses. Acetaminophen, the primary ingredient in Tylenol, is also a common component of cold...
...most part, Tylenol and acetaminophen products are safe - that's why there are offered over-the-counter and without a doctor's prescription. But the FDA wants to alert people that like any drug, taking too much - more than your liver can handle - can be dangerous. And with more people taking more medications at a younger age, being aware of potential interactions among drugs, as well as potential overdoses, is critical. These over-the-counter drugs just have to be used with an eye toward the total dose per day, and amount being used over a period of days, says...
...increase,” said Paul Barreira, director of behavioral health and academic counseling at University Health Services (UHS). “This study does not suggest these medications should be avoided. It shows there needs to be increased awareness of the risk involved in taking any type of drug.” A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel Wednesday called for the use of warning labels that explain the increased suicide risk on medication intended for patients under the age of 24. Previously, the FDA had only warned about this risk for those under age 18. Richard...