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A little health warning to begin this latest installment of refereeing analysis: West Ham fans, you may wish to read on, but do so with caution. Reading this week's Ref365 involves reliving a painful weekend moment, when the referee in the game at St. James' Park cost you points. This may lead to indigestion, but whatever you do, do not resort to usual methods of curing indigestion, heartburn and trapped wind. Rennie will not help. I visited the Rennie website to check what symptoms one would expect to have if suffering an ailment which said medication can relieve and I found one such symptom is 'acid taste in the mouth'. I would suggest that Newcastle v West Ham on Saturday would certainly have left a bitter taste in the mouth of all Hammers this weekend. Funnily enough, 'pain in the side' is also listed as a symptom, which I suppose is what supporters of the Toon may have developed, shortly before those sides indeed split through the general mirth and enjoyment Mr Rennie's performance may have invoked from a Geordie perspective.
Feds at It Again, Seize Canadian Drugs in Miami
Instead of searching for Osama Bin Laden the Bush administration seems determined to keep Canada Drugs out of the hands of Seniors who cannot afford to pay American prices. 37 packages of medicine from Canada shipped to Florida were seized last week. This comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said they would stop the practice of seizing drugs that would be used for personal use. Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was not pleased when he heard the news. He lashed out at the Bush administration and says senior citizens deserve to buy cheaper medications to save money and preserve their health. FDA-approved drugs such as Lipitor for cholesterol, and Nexium for acid reflux were part of the seizure by the federal agents. It really is disturbing that the powers that be in this country are letting this happen.
When good burps go bad
It's totally freaky, but if you always thought heartburn was just heartburn, you may be in for a surprise. Most of the time it is, but for some folks it's really gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a really annoying condition that can potentially lead to other scary illnesses like asthma, lung infection, inflammation of the esophagus and even cancer. GERD is caused by the reflux of stomach contents back into the esophagus, and when those are high in acid it becomes a more serious problem. Once you get GERD, many say, it usually becomes a lifelong problem, meaning you will need treatment for the rest of your life. Is that so? .
Marathon gives new outlook on Japan
Six months ago, my knowledge of Tokyo geography was restricted to the rainbow lines of the subway map. Save for a few clusters of streets that I had food-related reasons to frequent, I felt annoyingly like a tourist whenever I ventured outside my local area. Now, thanks to months of directionless running in a bid to toughen up ahead of the 22nd Naha Marathon, I can find my way back to my apartment from almost anywhere within a 42.195-kilometer radius. With more than 20,000 people descending on Okinawa over the marathon weekend, it couldn’t have been easy to stage the race. In true Japanese style, of course, the precision of the organization was obsessive — although the insistence that 20,000 runners take off their sneakers before entering the registration hall made life a little complicated.
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