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Food stuck in your throat? Sipping cola won't help, study indicates

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Publish DateDecember 15, 2023

Dr. Kelli DeLay, an assistant professor of gastroenterology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colo., told UPI via email that patients who experience food impaction tend to report a history of food becoming stuck or trouble swallowing. Without proper intervention, prolonged impactions can increase the risk of complications, DeLay said.

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Ketamine marketed online using false, misleading claims, study indicates

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Publish DateNovember 10, 2023

"One advertiser falsely stated that ketamine was approved to treat depression, and then three falsely stated that ketamine was nonaddictive," Michael DiStefano, co-author of the study and an assistant professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences on the Anschutz Medical Campus, told UPI in a telephone interview.

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Removing Homeless Camps Linked to Spikes in Deaths

"Our research shows that these widespread practices that forcibly displace people are clearly impacting the health of this population, particularly when it comes to increasing their overdose risk, so much so that it actually decreases the life expectancy of the entire population," said co-author Dr. Josh Barocas, associate professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

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