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  • Need For Diabetics Socks : When And Why?
    By: Alexia Sichere | - Diagnosed with diabetics? Time to take extra care of your feet. Usually, people who are diagnosed with Diabetics for first time get amazed when they are introduced with Diabetic Socks. The answer is that Diabetics are prone to foot ulcers. A Diabetic patient may suffer from peripheral neuritis, where the peripheral nerves in legs are damaged and a person stops recognizing the reflex or stops responding to the hot or sharp objects below the feet. Only the wounds that are visible narrate the story ...
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  • Recall Of Tylenol Cold Liquid Products
    By: Nathan Randall | - These days, product recalls happen virtually every month and unless you are regularly checking the Food and Drug Administration web site for updates on recent recalls, you are not always aware of the important information you need to know about recalls of drugs you may be taking or which are in your medicine cabinet for occassional use when warranted as prescribed. In fact, some drug recalls are severe enough that class action lawsuits are organized by lawyers on behalf of consumers in an attemp ...
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  • How To Avoid An Accidental Overdose Of Acetaminophen
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Acetaminophen is the generic term for a wide variety of over the counter (OTC) pain relievers. When it is correctly administered acetaminophen is an effective and a safe pain reliever. However, if someone inadvertently takes too much it could lead to serious liver damage and possibly death.

    In addition to being found in pill, liquid, and tablet form, acetaminophen is also one of the ingredients in a lot of cold and cough products. That's one of the reasons that it is so important to ...

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  • What Is Acetaminophen Used For?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Acetaminophen is a pain reliever. When ingested it blocks the production of prostaglandins. These are naturally occurring chemicals that the body produces. Prostaglandins usually cause fever and inflammation.

    Acetaminophen is available in many forms. This includes tablets, caplets, gel tabs, liquids, and chewable tablets. It is available both over the counter as a non-prescription fever reducer and pain reliever and is used in various prescription medications as well.

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  • Should You Give Over-the-counter Medicine To Children?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - There are hundreds, if not thousands of different over the counter medicines available throughout the world. Some are designed to alleviate cold symptoms while others may be able to take away fever and pain.

    These medications generally fall into one of five different categories. They are usually classified as expectorants, analgesics, antihistamines, cough suppressants, and/or decongestants.

    If your child becomes ill the absolute best thing that you could do would be to ...

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  • What Is Acetaminophen?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Acetaminophen is a pain reliever. It's a non-opiate, centrally acting synthetic analgesic. Its full chemical name is N-acetyl-p-aminophenol and it is derived from p-aminophenol. It is a stable drug which is stable to moisture, light, and temperature at 25°C between a pH4 and pH7.

    This medication usually does not cause any adverse side effects. However, although acetaminophen is considered to be a relatively safe medication, some people do have allergic reactions to it. If you ha ...

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  • How To Help Your Children When They Need Medical Tests Or Procedures
    By: Wendy Moyer | - One of the worst things that a parent has to deal with is when their child is in pain. It doesn't matter if the child is young or old. As a parent you do not want your child to suffer and will do whatever you can do to make them feel better. This is especially true if your child is scheduled for necessary medical tests or procedures.

    If your child is young, the most important thing that you can do is to be near them during their medical tests or procedures.

    First, be su ...

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  • What Is The Difference Between Fibromyalgia And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are both diseases that are poorly understood. And they are often confused with each other.

    Although most medical practitioners believe that they are separate conditions a lot of experts feel that they're part of the identical underlying disorder. Read this article and you will find out more about the differences between the two diseases along with possible treatments.

    But first, what do these diseases have in common?
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  • How To Help Your Child Deal With Their Pain
    By: Wendy Moyer | - If your child is ill he or she might experience pain. If you're like most parents, no matter if your child is young or old, when they are in pain you feel it too. That's why it's important for you to be able to identify your child's pain and learn what you and your child's care providers can do to help them to alleviate their pain.

    Read this short article and you will get a better understanding of how you can make your child feel more comfortable and reduce their pain.

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  • Can Reflexology Improve Your Health?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Reflexology is an ancient healing therapy. There are dozens of specific points on your hands, feet, and ears that correspond with different parts of your body. Practitioners of reflexology believe that when you apply pressure to these points with your fingers or thumbs you will positively affect your internal organs.

    Many practitioners as well as patients of reflexology believe that the key to good health is in your feet. They believe that reflexology could remedy many conditions, i ...

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  • Corporate Funding For College Including Tylenol Scholarships
    By: Dianne Cohen | - In this time that education is necessary, many of America's oldest, largest and well-founded corporations are usually provide different charitable works to the society such as becoming a sponsor for most of the college scholarships in an effort to give back to the community at large and to facilitate higher learning capability for the youth of today.

    Some of the corporate sponsored scholarships are entirely more on achievement based such as academic distinctions, awards and honors ...

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  • What Causes A Migraine Attack?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Migraine headaches are characterized by a throbbing pain in one side of a person's head. Migraine sufferers often experience nausea as well as sensitivity to light and sound when they get a migraine attack. This debilitating experience affects nearly 13% of the US population.

    What Triggers a Migraine?

    Approximately three times as many women suffer from migraines as do men. A lot of things can trigger a migraine and the triggers are different from one person to the ne ...

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  • How To Get Relief From Tmj Headaches
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Almost eighty percent of all adults have suffered from at least one tension-type headache at some point in their life. If you have felt as if a vise was being clamped down around your head or the back of your neck then you probably had a tension headache.

    One type of tension headache is a TMJ headache. TMJ stands for a disorder of the temporo-mandibular joint. Another name for the temporo-mandibular joint is the jaw.

    TMJ headache pain is caused by spasms and tension ...

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  • What Causes Cluster Headaches?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Sometimes called red migraines, histamine headaches, Horton's headaches, spenopalatine neuralgia, or cehpalalgia, cluster headaches are one of the least common types of headaches. The terms refer to a grouping or cluster of headache attacks.

    Cluster headaches are similar to migraines in that the headache pain is related to an inflammatory process that results from the interaction of the blood vessels that cover the brain with the trigeminal nerve.

    However, with clust ...

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  • Past Johnson & Johnson Recalls And Lessons Learned For The Depuy Hip Replacement Recall
    By: William Davis | - The DePuy recall is far from Johnson & Johnsons first defective product recall. In only the past two years, J&J and its subsidiaries have recalled products that include everything from medications (Tylenol and Motrin) to the current hip replacement system recalls of the ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System. In April 2010 alone, there were recalls on 40 J&J products due to manufacturing defects and other potential risk factors. It is important to highlight how J&J respon ...
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  • What Causes Rebound Headaches?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Do you suffer from chronic daily headaches? If you do then there's a pretty good chance that you are taking headache medications on a regular basis. Unfortunately, the regular and repeated use of such medications for headaches can cause what are known as "rebound headaches."

    In other words, your remedy is causing your pain.

    Pain relievers aren't like vitamins. They're chemicals. They can be a terrific benefit for people who need them and use them in the short term, ...

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  • Chronic Daily Headaches - Headaches That Never Seem To Go Away
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Chronic daily headaches can literally be a pain in the neck. People are usually thought to have chronic daily headaches if they suffer from five, if not more, headaches a week, or fifteen or more headaches monthly.

    Chronic daily headaches are usually categorized as being either primary or secondary types of headaches. They are often have a short duration and rarely last for more than four hours.

    Neck pain and headaches generally come together but either might come or ...

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  • If You Feel Like Your Head Is In A Vise You Might Have A Tension Headache
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Although tension headaches are the most common type of headache they still are not very well understood and doctors aren't quite sure what actually cause tension headaches. In the past experts had believed that spasms in a person's face, neck, and/or head played a role in causing tension headaches. However, many now think that they are caused by changes in a person's brain chemicals.

    What Are the Symptoms of a Tension Headache?

    A tension headache can be either mild o ...

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  • Oh, My Throbbing Head - How Can You Get Rid Of Migraine Headaches?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Anyone who has experienced a migraine headache knows what pain really is. Sometimes it makes them feel so bad that the only thing they feel they can do is lay down in a dark room and wait until the pain subsides.

    Most people who experience a migraine feel a pounding or throbbing pain on only one side of their head. These headaches, which are more common in women than they are in men, typically will last anywhere from four hours up to three days.

    They're often accomp ...

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  • Should You Take Acetaminophen For A Hangover?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Have you ever gone out for a night on the town and ended up drinking a lot more alcoholic beverages than you anticipated? Maybe you and a bunch of friends went from one club to another and danced the night away. And, in between dances, you refreshed yourself with one of your favorite beverages.

    Or perhaps you went to a dinner party where a different wine was served with every course of the meal. And although the wine perfectly complemented the food, before you knew it you had a l ...

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  • Acetaminophen - Take Only As Recommended
    By: Wendy Moyer | - One of the most popular pain medications in the United States is acetaminophen. It can be bought over-the-counter under the brand name Tylenol®. In some countries it is called Paracetamol® or Panadol®.

    The typical recommended dosage for an adult is to take up to 1,000 milligrams of acetaminophen at a time a maximum of four times a day. It is also recommended that children should not be given more than ten to fifteen milligrams of the drug up to four times daily.
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  • Can You Overdo Acetaminophen?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - For a long time, when people wanted to take the safest pain reliever many of them went to their medicine cabinet and took out a bottle of Tylenol®. They took no more than the recommended dose and usually felt better. Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol®.

    Many people tend to avoid aspirin because it can be tough on the stomach, as can other NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) such as naproxen and ibuprofen.

    A number of years ago researc ...

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  • Acetaminophen And Your Liver
    By: Wendy Moyer | - The most common type of acute liver failure in the United States is a result of people having unintentionally taken an overdose of acetaminophen. Consequently, approximately 500 people per year die from overdoses of this readily available medication.

    Generally considered effective and safe, acetaminophen does exhibit a dose-related toxicity. Approximately 50,000 people visit the emergency room every year because they have unwittingly taken too much of this "safe" drug.


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  • Botox For Wrinkles- Fda-approved Botox As A Migraine Treatment
    By: William J. Binder | - For many of those suffering from migraines, the usual over-the-counter remedy such as Tylenol, Excedrin, or an aspirin, just doesnt cut it anymore. The common symptoms of a migraine such as sensitivity to light and sound becomes overwhelming but now the hopes of a Migraine Treatment Los Angeles patients have been searching for, has arrived. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Botox as a migraine treatment in patients who suffer from chronic migraines. Migraine headaches ...
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  • Why Is Acetaminophen Liver Damage So Hard To Recognize?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - The generic name for over-the-counter drugs such as Tylenol® and prescription medications such as Vicodin® and Percoset® is acetaminophen (APAP). Under normal use the drug is usually considered to be safe.

    However, medical practitioners believe that if you take more than the recommended amount or if you take acetaminophen and also drink 3 or more alcoholic beverages a day then you subject yourself to the possibility of liver damage or liver failure.

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  • What Is The Most Common Form Of Acute Liver Failure In The Us?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - As a result of taking a very popular medication that is available over the counter or by prescription, approximately 50,000 people in the United States have to go to the emergency room every year. And, because some people take overdoses of this medication, unintentionally, approximately 500 people per year die.

    What is this drug? The drug is acetaminophen (the main ingredient in Tylenol®, and it's the most common cause of acute liver failure in the US today.

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  • Fda Considering Changes To Lower Risk Of An Acetaminophen Overdose
    By: Wendy Moyer | - Acetaminophen is generally considered to be one of the most effective and safest drugs in the market. This pain reliever is often recommended in lieu of aspirin because it is much easier on the stomach than alternative over-the-counter medications and, if taken properly, is considered to be quite safe.

    However if the dosage is too high then acetaminophen can cause liver damage and it may also cause liver failure.

    Most often associated with the brand name drug called Ty ...

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  • Acetaminophen - Is It As Safe As You Think?
    By: Wendy Moyer | - One of the safest drugs available, if taken at its recommended dosage, is acetaminophen. Millions of people a year have used it for many years without any problems. It's very good at relieving pain and reducing fever without running the risk of having any serious side effects.

    However, if too much is taken the results can be devastating.

    You may have read about the recent FDA warnings about acetaminophen. If you haven't they are now saying that if you take acetaminop ...

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  • How To Make Sure Natural Sleep Aids Work For You
    By: Jukka Tolonen | - If you are not getting a sufficient amount of high quality sleep every night, you are not alone. According to the National Institute of Health, at the very least 70 million men and women in America experience sleep difficulties. The National Commission for Sleep Disorders has claimed even much larger numbers. In their report to the U.S. Congress, the commission stated that one hundred million people have occasional insomnia issues, with in excess of thirty million people having some type of pers ...
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  • San Diego Chiropractor Michael Pritsker, Dc Gets To The Cause Of Headaches.
    By: Dr. Michael Pritsker, DC | - As a chiropractor in San Diego who treats many headache sufferers, you'd think that most would think there's a shortage of aspirin in their body leading to the cause of the headache. Headaches of course aren't the result of an aspirin shortage in the body. But the way most people treat their headache by popping pill after pill you'd think it was due to a shortage. There are, however, many safe and effective treatment options for headaches. Some of them have been around for many years, and they h ...
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  • Codeine Addiction
    By: David Congreave | - Codeine addiction is a very real problem that affects people all over the world. Codeine is a painkiller and is found in prescription drugs like Tylenol and Nurofen. It is a highly addictive substance that can lead to physical and mental dependency.

    This isn't surprising when you look into where Codeine actually comes from. Codeine comes frome the poppy flower, the same source as morphine and heroin; it acts as a powerful painkiller. This drug is used to treat health problems such a ...

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  • Otc Medications
    By: Kim Levesque | - Look around, pretty much everyone you know will at some point have to deal with sort of back pain, whether it is from a sprain or strain in the muscles or ligaments of the back or due to age related issues; it happens to almost all of us , it is just a matter of time. When your back pain first happens most people will attempt to reduce their pain with simple over the counter oral medications. There are few types you can use, but they can either reduce pain and inflammation or just reduce the pai ...
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  • Consider Home Wart Removal Remedies: The Aftermath Of Surgical Wart Removal
    By: Dale Rogers | - I recently ran in to a friend who had a wart removed from her leg using surgery instead of natural home removal. She had the wart removed on the day i saw her and she was on some pretty strong prescription medications for pain. What she was prescribed is much stronger than Tylenol. She was also out of work for the rest of her work day. This tell me a few thing about what she had done to have wart removed.

    The first thing she said was that she was on a lot of pain medication, which ...

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  • Chiropractor Federal Way Wa | Origins And Treatments For Headaches
    By: Chris Tomshack | - When it comes to headaches, there probably isn't one adult individual who has not suffered from them at one time or another. Sometimes they can be little annoyances that distract you from your work and are easily relieved with a Tylenol or two. Other times, the headaches are so severe that even the smallest sound or ray of light feels like a dart piercing through your brain.

    If you experience either of these, or are somewhere in between these two extremes, a chiropractor can d ...

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  • H1n1 And Fever Reducers- A Deadly Combination
    By: Michelle L. Rodriguez | - Every time I hear something about H1N1 on the TV or the radio it is always revolved around support for the vaccination. This is the same type of vaccination that caused Guillan-Barre syndrome in some of the people who took it back in the 70"s. This new version of the vaccine was hardly tested before it was handed out to mass quantities of scared citizens. Somehow they didn"t tell us that you should not take Tylenol when you have the flu because a little boy has now died from doing ...
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  • How Long Do Painkillers Stay In Your System? - Nurse's Guide
    By: Helen Hecker | - If you're wondering how long do painkillers stay in your system, first it'll depend on which one it is and there are many factors to consider. There could be many reasons why someone would want to know including facing a drug test or concerned about painkiller addiction. However, it's always good to know how long any drug will still be in the body or system.

    How long a painkiller or any drug, whether prescription or over-the-counter, stays in your body will depend somewhat on y ...

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  • Dollhouse Bathroom Furniture, And Other Ideas To Make Your Dollhouse Authentic
    By: dolly c | - Dollhouse Bathrooms

    The most essential items for your dollhouse bathroom include a sink, a tub, and a toilet. However, the materials used and colors and patterns available make dollhouse bathrooms as unique as any other room. You can further this by adding accessories to your hearts contenteverything from bathroom scales to perfume containers to bottles of Tylenol

    Laundry and Sewing Dollhouse Furniture

    Laundry and sewing rooms ...

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  • Headache Migraine Remedies
    By: Tanya Wiseman | - Headache Migraine Medicine

    A very singular head pain, headache migraines are ultimate and quite singular in comparison to a common headache. Most common headaches are easily treatable and understandable. Unlike the common headache however, migraines are the result of stress in the muscles on the back of the neck and head which are the aftereffect of contracting blood vessels. Medical researchers have not been able to distinctly conclude the reason migraines happen; research conve ...

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  • Introduction To Muscle Aches?
    By: Tanya Wiseman | - Muscle Aches?

    It is likely that at one time or another you have experienced muscle aches. You can identify that pesky sensation that truly makes you appreciate how important, and how often you use that aching muscle is in everyday life. Its parallel to injuring one of your fingers, in that you never appreciate how central that one digit was until you were forced to function without it. A number of factors can cause aching muscles. They can be divided into the following 3 categori ...

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  • The Shocking Truth About Aspirin It Doesn't Work!
    By: Sam Robbins | - Aspirin has been around for over half a century. It's primary and "original" use was for pain relief. But when Tylenol and NSAIDs (such as Advil) took over the pain relief field, the aspirin industry "bigwigs" pulled out the "big guns" and went after: heart disease.

    What the heck, they figured. After all, a billion-dollar medicine has to go somewhere. And like most businesses, you have to keep growing and finding new "revenue streams" to increase revenue and profits. The "big kill ...

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  • Kawasaki Disease - Causes, Symptoms And Treatment Methods
    By: Juliet | - Kawasaki Disease is an illness that involves the skin, mouth, and lymph nodes. The disease usually begins with a fever unresponsive to tylenol or aspirin which continues for at least 7 - 10 days. Many but not all children develop a swollen area on the neck which looks like an infection. Some researchers believe it is an infection, others an autoimmune disorder stimulated by an infection or exposure to an environmental toxin. The disease is seen more often in the winter and spring seasons. Kawasa ...
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  • Tylenol Overdose Study
    By: EmpoweredD | - When you think about dangerous, life-threatening and abused drugs, there's one which is high on the list which you've probably used on many occasions.

    Believe it or not, Tylenol and the generic versions of it can kill. And the latest research shows now, it's the leading cause of liver failure.

    For those in the medical field, it's no surprise that tylenol is actually potentially a very dangerous medication. Part of what makes it so dangerous is th ...

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  • You Do Not Have To Go To Night School To Learn Web Site Search Engine Optimization
    By: Daryl Campbell | - Say the words web site search engine optimization and many of us will reach for the extra strength Tylenol. The mountain of information you seemingly have to digest in order to improve search engine ranking can be daunting.

    So why do people study web site search engine optimization like it's the finals of a college exam? Because the overwhelming majority of their (and your) site traffic will come from search engines. Optimizing your web pages the correct way can increase the rank ...

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  • This Years Flu- Avoid It Like The Plague
    By: Bonnie Rempel | - Influenza or The Flu is not something to be taken lightly. The devastating Spanish flu pandemic swept the globe and killed more people than the First World War. Especially if you are in a group that is more susceptible to the flu you should be concerned and take preventive steps.

    Flu is such a problem as it changes every year. The flu that made you sick last year is not the same flu that you might encounter this winter. Just because you had a flu shot last year most likely means ...

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  • Avoiding This Years Flu
    By: Mag Mathews | - Influenza or The Flu is not something to be taken lightly. The devastating Spanish flu pandemic swept the globe and killed more people than the First World War. Especially if you are in a group that is more susceptible to the flu you should be concerned and take preventive steps.

    Flu is such a problem as it changes every year. The flu that made you sick last year is not the same flu that you might encounter this winter. Just because you had a flu shot last year most like ...

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