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Pope's Illness Highlights Dual Role; Tradition Requires Pontiff to Persevere
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In 1178, Pope Alexander III paraded through Rome during Lent and
was greeted, according to a biographer at the time, by a crowd that
"looked at his face as the face of Christ, of which he is the deputy
on earth."
It was a period in the Middle Ages when the pontiff was identified
not only as head of the Roman Catholic Church, successor of St.
Peter, the church's founder, but also as the Vicar, or deputy, of
Christ himself. From the Middle Ages on, the pope's person and his
body were considered unlike any others. He was both mortal man and
eternal metaphor.
This past week in Rome, Pope John Paul ...
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Mellowed Out in France; Tranquilizer Use Said to Be World's Highest
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...people in France used tranquilizers, a rate matched on...Since then, French tranquilizer consumption has risen...off. So much are tranquilizers all the rage that...France's record tranquilizer consumption contrasts...that the high use of tranquilizers here could reflect...
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Haight Ashbury study shows increase in cocaine-prescription tranquilizer abuse.
PR Newswire
; ...PRESCRIPTION TRANQUILIZER ABUSE SAN FRANCISCO...Prescription tranquilizers are being used...the study, the tranquilizer Xanax is showing...benzodiazepine tranquilizer in America. "The tranquilizers are taken to...
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Tranquilizer Use Varies By Gender, Race, Location
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...prescriptions for the tranquilizers were written in 1989...supposed to treat. Tranquilizer use was highest in...average for all minor tranquilizers was 232 prescriptions...prescriptions for minor tranquilizers fell from more than...frequently prescribed minor tranquilizer. It made up 27 ...
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Have Tranquilizer Gun, Will Travel; When Buffaloes and Other Animals Stray, Md. Man Helps Out
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...wandering animals with the help of a tranquilizer gun. "It's kind of exciting, and...Marlboro resident. Since buying the tranquilizer gun six years ago, Bondurant has been...unpredictable, so I decided I'd better get a tranquilizer gun," Bondurant said. "Well, not...
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Tranquilizers increase risk of hip fractures.
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Health Review
; Tranquilizers Increase Risk of Hip Fractures The...eliminating or changing the type of tranquilizers commonly prescribed for older people...report reveals that users of the minor tranquilizers which stayed in the body for 24 hours...
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Risk of Hip Fractures Related to Tranquilizers
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Those using shorter-acting tranquilizers had no significantly increased...Association. Long-lasting tranquilizers in the study included Valium...dose of a long-acting tranquilizer on a person over 65, the...urged that long-lasting tranquilizers be prescribed "sparingly...
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Tranquilizers mimic Parkinson's symptoms.(elderly patients, who are taking medications for dementia and nervous disorders, may incur Parkinson's disease symptoms from the drugs)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...Haloperidol and some other tranquilizers block receptor molecules...Medicine that patients on tranquilizers were twice as likely as those not on tranquilizers to be taking strong...on the dosage of the tranquilizer, says Monane. The...
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Vitamin B-3 Does Not Cure Tranquilizer Psychoses.
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
; ...This is that tranquilizers create a tranquilizer psychosis. It...dyskinesia was caused by tranquilizers was almost totally...not believe that tranquilizers cause a psychosis...still working. The tranquilizer psychosis is a...
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Bear ramble ends with doughnuts, tranquilizer near homeless shelter
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...bear ended yesterday with shotguns and tranquilizer darts in Fitchburg. Cornered behind...tree, where he was shot again with a tranquilizer dart. The bear soon left the tree...House, the homeless shelter. The tranquilizer equipment did not arrive until about...
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Tranquilizers: what to know before you take. (includes related information)
Magazine article from: Cosmopolitan
; ...Xanax, the most widely prescribed tranquilizer in the United States. Marcia remained...was gradually weaned. What we call tranquilizers physicians refer to as antianxiety...feelings of tension and anxiety. Some tranquilizers - Valium, Tranxene - take effect within...
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