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Open this photo in gallery: Office towers in downtown Calgary.iStockPhoto / Getty Images The lot Re “Health Canada to review U.S. panel’s conclusion that common decongestant doesn’t work” (Online, Sept. 15): There has long been an enormous variety of head-cold remedies available, both at pharmacies and health-food outlets. None of them are consistently effective, including high-priced items such as Cold-FX and other ginseng derivatives. This is not a new discovery. If phenylephrine is removed from the shelves, the rest of the lot should be as well. Full evidence of efficacy has never been present for any of them. Colds are...
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August 30, 2023
15:00
Classroom staffing shortages, plus other letters, Aug. 30. ‘Increasing teacher mobility across provincial boundaries is not a solution.’
Source: theglobeandmail.com
August 12, 2023
15:00
Rethinking divorce plus other letters, Aug. 12: ‘The Trudeau family’s situation calls for compassion, not lame jokes or political trash talk’
Source: theglobeandmail.com
June 30, 2023
15:00
Public policy plus other letters, June 30: ‘Conservative politicians are usually good at lowering taxes and not so good at owning the decline, decay and disorder’
Source: theglobeandmail.com
June 26, 2023
15:00
As Bill C-18 becomes law, social media sites vow to block access to news, plus other letters for June 26: ‘Bye bye, Facebook. No extra revenue from me.’
Source: theglobeandmail.com
June 21, 2023
02:13
Readers speak out about climate change, plus other letters for June 17: ‘Much of China’s and India’s emissions are actually ours to account for’
Source: theglobeandmail.com
