Audio and video boom in health how to guides
Health and diet books shift to audio and video formats with best sellers like Fit for Life and Jane Fonda's Workout. The trend highlights consumer demand for multimedia fitness and health guidance beyond print, including cassettes and videocassettes.
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Associated Press
New York Times
Harvey Diamond
Marilyn Diamond
Jane Brody
Covert Bailey
Charles Garfield
Stuart) Berger
Gary Null
Susan Rasmussen Englander
Jane Fonda
Billboard Magazine
Vitamin excess seen as health risk prompts medical records push
A panel of scientists and FDA officials warn thousands may be injuring themselves with high doses of vitamin supplements. They urge doctors to record patient vitamin use and report side effects, noting food should be the main nutrient source and that large single-nutrient doses can disrupt absorption.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
David Heber
Ucla School of Medicine
National Dairy Board
Ireland votes on divorce in bitter referendum
Ireland faces a tight referendum on legalizing divorce as 2.4 million voters prepared to cast ballots. Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald urged support for a constitutional amendment amid polls suggesting a 55 to 45 percent defeat. The government promises a highly restrictive law requiring five years irretrievable breakdown with no reconciliation and child protections. The nation remains deeply divided in a Catholic majority society with bishops warning divorced individuals could be barred from church marriages.
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Dublin
Ireland
Garret FitzGerald
Irish Times
Dick Spring
Labor Party
Cocaine death risks highlighted after Bias case
Boston experts warn cocaine can kill suddenly and is linked to heart rhythm disruption and high blood pressure. Research notes Cocaine raises adrenaline, may trigger heart damage even at typical doses, risking individuals with pre existing disease, as Len Bias’s death underscored.
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Boston
Len Bias
Lester Grinspoon
Harvard Medical School
University of Maryland
Jeffrey Isner
Tufts Medical School
Caine
Isner
Capsules ban in Washington over cyanide threat
King County authorities may seize nonfused capsule medications as Washington state implements a 90 day ban on sale of most nonfused capsules to counter cyanide tampering after two deaths. The ban covers over the counter capsules with other forms available. prescriptions remain unaffected.
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National Centers For Disease Control
Nancy Arden
CDC
U.S.S.R
Ann Arbor
Chile
Seattle
King County
Washington Pharmacy Board
Chuck Kleeberg
Environmental Sciences
Seattle-Ki ¢ County
Health Department
Washington, D.C
Food and Drug Administration
Frank Young
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