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cathartics

noun

plural of cathartic

as in drugs

a substance used to induce or speed up the process of defecation Epsom salts, when ingested, act as a cathartic.

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Researchers have documented similar practices across the industry, even for injectable weight-loss drugs that typically require a physical exam and other precautions before beginning treatment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Landmark legislation designed to alert consumers to where their drugs were made is headed for a full Senate vote, but safety experts say the transparency bill has been stripped of two of its most critical provisions.

— Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026

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Caffeine can also interact with certain medications, including L-thyroxine, some anti-anxiety medications, and heart medications, making individual medical advice important.

— Marie Bladt, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
In clinical studies of people taking the medications for obesity, fat mass generally accounts for more of the lost weight than lean mass, Campbell pointed out.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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Mounting debt Iran now manufactures more than 97% of its medicines by volume, Mehdi Pirsalehi, head of the country’s Food and Drug Organization, said in February.

— Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
These medicines work by delivering radioactive isotopes directly to cancer cells.

— Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 20 Sep. 2026

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Duties on machinery, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals—currently as high as 44 percent—will largely disappear.

— JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
Aviation, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and advanced manufacturing all depend on disciplined systems behind the scenes.

— Kristofer Mussar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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The Justice Department and FCC have approved the transaction without asking for any concessions or remedies — an unusually hands-off approach for such a large horizontal merger.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Such remedies would face long odds in Congress and statehouses, but scholars believe there are few other avenues to turn down the temperature in the partisan redistricting fights.

— Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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