Word: milligram
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...beginning of the study, participants took either daily 50 milligram beta carotene supplements—the equivalent of eating nine raw carrots—or placebos. The subjects were then tested for general cognition, verbal memory, and category fluency. “This study, based on a well conducted, long term randomized trial, provides proof of principle that we can influence the likelihood of cognitive decline through long-term life style changes,” said HSPH Professor Meir Stampfer...
...Adderall and Ritalin run between 60 to 80 cents per milligram on the black market. (“Harvard on Speed,” May 4, 2006—prices not adjusted for inflation...
...habit is any different from standard staples of late-night college cramming, like coffee, energy drinks, or bottles of Diet Coke. On the “black market” (more often a dorm room than a dark alley), Adderall and Ritalin run between 60 to 80 cents per milligram: a euphoric, amphetamine-fueled all-nighter can be purchased for as little as ten dollars...
...crucial because the disease is believed to be spread in cattle feed carrying infected brain, bone or spinal tissue from other cows. Any cow that ate from the same troughs could be sick, too. According to research by New York biologist Michael Hansen, it takes less than a milligram of infected material to contract the disease. "This is a critical example of our failure to have an animal ID system," warns Jean Halloran, director of food safety at the Consumer' s Union. "We were moving toward this sytem but the USDA backed off." In 2004 the USDA proposed a mandatory...
...retailers recklessly disregard the products' health risks. Fenfluramine is banned in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and China, but products containing it can still be found on store shelves in many of those countries. Last week in Shenzhen, shoppers could easily find a supplement called Fenfluramini?each 20-milligram tablet contains pure fenfluramine hydrochloride. "It's pretty strong stuff," says the sole attendant at a closet-size drug shop in the city's sprawling Luohu Plaza. "You should buy two boxes to get the fuller effect...