laxatives

Developed by Norman Wagner, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Dela-ware’s Center for Composite Materials, it’s a mix of polyethylene glycol, a polymer found in laxatives and other consumer products, and nanobits of silica, or purified sand.

Liquid Body Armor Coming in 2007 | Impact Lab 2006

Those which operate with mildness are called laxatives, and those which operate with violence and activity are called purgatives, the harshest of which are called drastic purges.

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory. Richard Foreman 1849

The laxatives are her private property, but that is the least interesting reason you should keep your hands off them.

NYT > Home Page By ARIEL KAMINER 2012

In the past, mercurous chloride was widely used in medicinal products such as laxatives, worming medications, and teething powders.

Public Health Statement for Mercury 2008

These are done by means such as laxatives, enemas, pills, herbs and aloes or inserting sharp instruments into the uterus to promote bleeding, often without anaesthetics and sometimes leading to death.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

Liechty's research, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, examined the relationship between body-image distortion and three types of weight-loss behaviors - exercise, dieting, and extreme ways of losing weight such as laxatives, diet pills and purging.

EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

The survey revealed that men have high levels of anxiety about their bodies and that some resort to compulsive exercise, strict diets, laxatives or making themselves sick in an attempt to lose weight or achieve a more toned physique.

Body image concerns more men than women, research finds 2012

Some 4% said they had made themselves sick to control their weight, while 3.4% reported using laxatives for the same purpose.

Body image concerns more men than women, research finds 2012

In the 1920s there were Bile Beans, laxatives with an extra bite that prevented your body absorbing fat – just like today's Alli with its colourful, oily side-effects that stop you straying too far from the lav.

Our preoccupation with dieting has become a national neurosis | Louise Foxcroft 2012

You vomit to avoid gaining weight or use laxatives.

Gabrielle Bernstein: How to Address an Eating Disorder Gabrielle Bernstein 2011