Calcium supplements and osteoporosis guidance from Dr Donohue
A reader asks if 1000 mg daily calcium causes leg aches. Dr Donohue says 800 mg is typical, excess is usually excreted, and relation to pain is unproven. He suggests testing by stopping and restarting, notes dietary sources, and discusses osteoporosis treatments and other patient letters. He also addresses a case of a hump due to osteoporosis and benign conditions, and a vertigo case recommending Dramamine.
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Complex early life fossils push back origin of life
UCLA scientists report North Pole Australasian microfossils in ancient rocks dating over a billion years older than prior finds. Lead researcher J William Schopf and team say the threadlike cell chains show life 3.5 to 3.2 billion years ago was already complex, implying earlier origins for Earth life.
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Los Angeles
J. William Schopf
Earth
Schopf
UCLA
Australia
North Pole
Schoof
Malcolm Walter
Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources
Pryor in critical condition as skin grafts postponed
Sherman Oaks California AP Doctors delay Richard Pryor skin graft surgery amid his gravest prognosis since admission for third degree burns. Pryor, 39, remains very ill with pneumonia and multiple organ strain. doctors expect grafts to begin in three to five days.
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Sherman Oaks
Calif
Richard Pryor
Pryor
Grossman
Sherman Oaks Community Hospital
Egan
Jim Brown
Stan Shaw
Jack Grossman
Verdict in Garner case labels photographer guilty
A free lance photographer, Aubrey Lee Williams, was found guilty of felony assault in a January attack on actor James Garner, star of the Rockford Files. Williams, 35, faces sentencing August 25. Garner was hospitalized after the roadside fight. Williams’ sister was not held for trial on robbery charges.
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Santa Monica
Calif
James Garner
Nbc-Tv
Aubrey Lee Williams
Tarzana
Superior Court
Charles Woodmansee
Garner
Williams
Deborah Ann
Pasadena
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