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Recent Examples of side effect
They also have been tested extensively in humans showing very few side effects.
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Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 10 Dec. 2024
Many people do live high-stress lifestyles, and elevated stress levels can have side effects, such as promoting weight gain.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Those included poverty, early failure in business, cancer and cardiac health issues, and mental health problems due to side effects of a medicine.
—Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The most common side effects for MariTide were gastrointestinal, including nausea, vomiting and constipation.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 10 Dec. 2024
Many people do live high-stress lifestyles, and elevated stress levels can have side effects, such as promoting weight gain.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Those included poverty, early failure in business, cancer and cardiac health issues, and mental health problems due to side effects of a medicine.
—Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The most common side effects for MariTide were gastrointestinal, including nausea, vomiting and constipation.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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What the Supreme Court Justices decide will have significant ramifications for trans youth in Tennessee and beyond—and the stakes could extend to trans adults as well, says Human Right Campaign (HRC) senior director of litigation Cynthia Weaver.Solcyré Burga, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
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What are the financial ramifications of adding even more young talent to the roster over the next few years?Danny Leroux, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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The Chinese city has struggled in recent years owing to the aftereffects of its tough COVID-zero policy, concerns over Beijing’s encroaching jurisdiction, and a sluggish Chinese economy.Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 27 Nov. 2024
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Teenagers often combine cannabis use with other substance use and can suffer neurologic and psychiatric aftereffects.Dr. Jerrold B. Leikin, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Skilled in breaking down complexity to uncover solutions.Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The multiculturalism of London at that time, there’s an amazing complexity to that landscape, so rich, so textured and visually dynamic.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Instead of excessive fastidiousness and convolution, the mood is one of generosity, ease, and serenity.Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2024
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Especially for certain special education students, many of whom have a neurological condition, having an accurate summary of a topic indeed may be better and more digestible than having to comb through pages upon pages of detailed convolution that may very plausibly overwhelm someone.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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These delays can lead to more serious health complications down the road — complications that could be prevented with more affordable care.Lisa Abrams, Baltimore Sun, 11 Dec. 2024
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Have severe unexpected newborn complication rates 44% lower compared with maternity care hospitals not recognized by U.S. News.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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