Ephedra Health Risks Prompt FDA Warnings and Market Shakeup
FDA cites heart attacks strokes and 155 deaths linked to ephedra while retailers including GNC and Walgreen pull ephedra products. Vendors tout last chance sales online and some products like Stacker 2 claim strong fat burning. Institute of Medicine notes 16 billion annual dietary supplement sales with 29 000 products on the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Cindy Davis
Health Hut
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Davis
GNC
Walgreen
Ventilean
Institute of Medicine
Musser to Face Fourth Trial After Sentencing Hearing
The defendant Musser in a long HIV transmission case will begin a fourth trial Monday in Iowa County after a Benton County venue change. Attorney Kelly Steele argued against new trial and suspended sentence, citing hearsay and pretrial publicity. The state praised the verdict and noted the convicted man met a 29 year old in 2002.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Steele
Musser
Steele
Benton County
Johnson County
Losalla
North Liberty
Anne Lahey
Gazette News Tip Line Numbers for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
The notice provides contact numbers for The Gazette tip line in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City plus a toll free option. Call 398-8254 in Cedar Rapids 339-3155 in Iowa City or 1-800-397-8212 for news tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Ventura Marine wounded in Fallujah attack
Cpl. Brandon Berhow-Goll, 21, from Ventura, was wounded by a bomb near Fallujah while serving with the 1st Battalion 5th Marines. He received surgery in Baghdad then advanced to Landstuhl in Germany. His unit suffered four dead that night. another Iowa Marine, Lance Cpl. Benjamin Carman, 20, died in Al Anbar Province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura (Ap
Iowa
Iraq
Brandon Berhow-Goll
Ventura
Fallujah
Jennifer Berhow-Hanson
5Th Marines
1St Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Berhow-Goll
Baghdad
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
Germany
Lance Cpl
Benjamin R. Carman
Jefferson
al Anbar
4Th Marines
Marine Expeditionary Force
Fallujah battle slows as U S lifts assault and Iraq leaders seek talks
U S commanders halt the Fallujah assault after five days of heavy fighting as Iraqi leaders press for an end to bloodshed. One Marine killed and another wounded in exchanges. total U S deaths this week reach 46. Coalition forces push into Kut while al Sadr's Mahdi Army activity eases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fallujah
U.S
Iraq
Pentagon
Baghdad
Najaf
Kuwait
Germany
Muqtada al-Sadr
Kut
Ings
al- Sadr
al-Mahdi
Nasiriyah
United States
Abdul-Karim Mahoud al- Mohammedawi
al-Sadr
Ghazi al-Yawer
Bin Laden Memo Describes Al Qaeda Plot to Strike U S
Panel seeks release of presidential memo cited al Qaeda interest in hijacking planes and a possible U S soil support network. It notes May 2001 intelligence on operatives crossing from Canada and a lack of pre Sept 11 warnings about planes as weapons. Rice testified the August briefing contained historical information and overseas targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
bin Laden
United States
Bush
al-Qaida
U.S
al- Qaida
Canada
Rice
White House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Laura Segall
the Gazette Nutri-Sport
Blairs Ferry Road
Marion
Federal Drug Administration
FDA
Wdy
Hadish
Ions.com
Tim Harris
Nutri-Sport
Frank
Gazettecommunications.com
Okinawa
Cpl
Saddam
Eric Knapp
Solid Waste & Recycling
Cedar ® Rapids
Cedar-Rapids.org
Rder
Tracy Clair
NIE
Ae Tracy
Ecommunications.com
Ae P Dan
Tat
Lotto
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!