Experts call for rigorous testing of herbal medicines
The New England Journal of Medicine editors insist that alternative medicines be tested as rigorously as conventional ones. They cite cases of cancer patients seeking herbal cures, contamination by heavy metals, and herbal products with strong hormonal effects.
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Boston
Marcia Angell
Jerome P Kassirer
New England Journal of Medicine
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
Alberta Children's Hospital
Canada
California Department of Health Services
Robert Wood
Arizona
Renewment Research
Cocoa Beach
Fla
American Council On Science and Health
Jeff Stier
Council For Responsible Nutrition
New Walkersville post office eyed on Sandstone Drive
Postal officials confirmed a deal to buy 1.72 acres of lot 133 at the corner of Sandstone Drive and Md. 194 for a potential Walkersville post office. Subdivision and zoning steps could delay construction, with no notification of a full land purchase yet. The current office sits on Frederick Street near Town Hall and the shopping center.
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Walkersville
Sandstone Drive
MD. 194
Walker's Village Limited Partnership
Beth Passerb
Walker’s Village
Frederick Street
Town Hall
Smith named to dean's list for spring term
Jaime Smith earned a place on the University of Virginia spring dean's list in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. A chemical engineering major with biochemical technology interests she interned at MedImmune Inc in Gaithersburg last summer in analytical biochemistry. Daughter of James and Laura Smith of Ijamsville she is a Linganore High School 1996 graduate from Frederick.
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Jaime Smith
University of Virginia
Ms. Smith
MedImmune Inc
Gaithersburg
James and
Laura Smith
Ijamsville
Linganore High School
Frederick
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