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Oral therapy with pilocarpine promising for dry eye
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Treatment with oral sustained-release pilocarpine (Salagen, MGI Pharma) may be effective for severe dry eye, particularly in older patients in whom this medication offers the most favorable risk:benefit ratio, said William D. Mathers, MD, at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
"In dry eye patients, tear production capacity is often not fully utilized, perhaps due to reduced stimulation of the lacrimal gland," said Dr. Mathers, professor of ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland. ...
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Shaping superstition in late medieval England.(Report)
Magazine article from: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
; Superstition occupied an ambiguous...increasingly reviled superstitions in everyday practices...parishioners' superstitions contains echoes...failing to stop superstition, but for actively...Both judged as superstitions such common devotional...
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COMMENTARY: Superstition finds its way into popular music, film
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; ...Wonder warns of believing in superstitions when he sings, "When you believe...t understand, you suffer. Superstition ain't the way." Coldplay...another example of a song about superstitions that are open to interpretation...
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Where superstitions continue to thrive: The Lost Dutchman Mine has never been found, but Arizona's Superstition Wilderness yields other riches. (Travel.recreation).(Superstition Mountains)
Magazine article from: Sunset
; ...are great memories. Superstitions travel planner For...information about the Superstition Mountains and Wilderness...Arizona holds its Annual Superstition Mountain Trek...demonstrations delving into Superstitions legends and lore...Arizona Trail. The Superstition Mountains and Wilderness...
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The superstitions in public libraries: alive and well?
Magazine article from: The Australian Library Journal
; ...abandoning myths and superstitions accelerated. The...waged war against superstition, and the war was...pseudo-science or superstition, and `generally...people who take superstitions seriously are not...ignorant. The article on superstition describes the matter...
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Swing and myth: Baseball, superstitions mesh like hand and glove.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...always have its special superstitions, predicts former...player believed in a superstition, it must be true...But his "real" superstition involves what he...Position: Relief pitcher Superstition: Unknown. "I...tell you about my superstitions," Mahay says...
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Taking superstitions seriously [1].(Research Article)
Magazine article from: Folklore
; ...which read: "Taking Superstitions Seriously'--which...conflict between "superstitions" and "seriously...communicated surprise that superstition could constitute the...the narrative about superstitions and folk belief...and the word "superstition" has a long history...
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Superstition.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...by applying the epithet 'superstition'. Clearly superstition is an irrational belief...Steve Roud, an expert on superstitions (how does one become one...beliefs are dismissed as superstition. 'One of the key characteristics...
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Flout superstition, tempt fate/ Knocking on wood is necessary only if you believe in it
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; ...call beliefs superstitions, emphasizing...person's superstition is another...said. "Superstition is usually...Watts said superstitions, which may...about various superstitions around the...My day of superstition-breaking...
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Workshop on U. Minnesota campus explores Hmong superstitions, beliefs
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...is hosting a "superstition workshop" educating...Moua said the superstitions help explain how...believe in the superstitions because they seem...She said one superstition she remembers...said the word superstition isn't a completely...He said Hmong "superstitions" are more of...
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Inventing Superstition from the Hippocratics to the Christians.(Book review)
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