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A popular acne drug may raise cholesterol levels.
People who take the acne drug Accutane (isoretinoin), may be at risk for high cholesterol. Researchers from the University of California, San Franscisco, looked at the blood tests of almost 13,772 patients who took the drug between 1995 and 2002. Looking closely at those who had normal blood tests before taking the drug, the researchers noted that 44 percent developed high triglycerides, 31 percent developed high cholesterol and 11 percent developed high liver enzymes while taking Accutane. While Roche, the maker of Accutane, does warn patients that the drug may cause increased triglycerides, cholesterol and liver enzymes, this is the first study to show how significantly blood levels of these elements change. The study found that blood tests tend to go back to normal once patients stop taking the drug.
The life and Times of Marie Benoit
He is forever helpful and kind and long-suffering and drops everything to come to my aid. And yes, sometimes he performs minor miracles as well.
My windscreen had to be changed this time round. It had a small crack which, ironically enough, was not inflicted by me but by another mechanics shop years ago. I did not realise that they had dropped a spanner or whatever on it and cracked it until days later. I am hardly the sort to spit and polish my car and look at it with love every morning. As long as it functions I am happy. So, I went to one of those car people down from the office and he said that it would cost me Lm35 for the windscreen to be fixed. I would have to purchase a windscreen as well. Now my old Fiat has an old-type windscreen and not the new and apparently more complicated variety.
Wild Card -- Tuesday PM
Spectators at the annual Dayton Days parade in tiny Dayton, Wash., got more than they bargained for last weekend when a team of horses bolted, according to the Walla Walla Union Bulletin, here. 5. Dave Wiegand, a 30-year-old Portland mortgage underwriter was "King of the Hill" after beating 17 or 20 players in the "Scrabble in Seattle" tournament here. 6. IMHO-NW: Jamie Tobias Neely/SR (Passing judgment on Mayor Jim West), Robert L. Jamieson Jr./PI (Remembering dead Iraqis, too), Jim Moore/PI (Scrabble extravaganza), D.F. Oliveria/SR (Monday Huckleberries column), and Coeur d'Alene Press (North Idaho wrestles with loss). *Olympian reader poll: "Have the Republicans proven their case in the gubernatorial election trial: Yes -- 52.1%, No -- 47.9%. *Spokane Mayor Jim West predicts on national TV he'll survive scandal here.
I'm a party girl - Lindsay Lohan
LINDSAY Lohan's wild ways have sent her to rehab and jail, but she says she still finds it hard to resist the urge to party. But the actor said she has had time to reflect on her mistakes. "I have it in me to go, go, go," the 21-year-old actor told Harper's Bazaar magazine. "When I look back on this last year, it's like, what was I thinking? I've learned so much, though, like learning to live my life a different way . . . and I wasn't taking the time to feel my feelings." The Mean Girls star said she had had time to reflect on her mistakes. But Lohan, who was shown on a video taking a swig from a champagne bottle while ringing in the new year in Italy, said it was hard to resist a party. "I'm still young," she said.
Elliott Wave Guide
Learn the basics of Elliott Wave analysis. Elliott Wave is one of the least correctly understood theories of technical analysis. For those who correctly understand the rules, Elliott Wave Theory has proven to be a reliable basis for interpreting and forecasting price action. For those who don't, incorrect forecasting will lead many to conclude that Elliott Wave Theory is obsolete. .
Farai Chideya, NPR Biography
Farai Chideya is a multimedia journalist who has worked in print, television, online, and radio. Prior to joining NPR's News & Notes, Chideya hosted Your Call, a daily news and cultural call-in show on San Francisco's KALW 91.7 FM. Chideya has also been a correspondent for ABC News, anchored the prime time program Pure Oxygen on the Oxygen women's channel, and contributed commentaries to CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and BET. She got her start as a researcher and reporter at Newsweek magazine. In 1997 Newsweek named her to its "Century Club" of 100 people to watch. Chideya, who was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated with a B.A. from Harvard University magna cum laude in 1990, is also the founder of PopandPolitics.com, an online journal for younger Americans based at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communications.
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