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Show WedThursFri, March 31- April 2, 2004 The Park Record C-11 Dizzying syndrome stymies docs ; By CAROL SIBUNG-SUTLAUGH Record jester A study released today indicates , that Americans are suffering from J dizziness at mind-dizzying rates. ; "My patients are showing increasing dizziness." reported Dr. More Studies of Johns Hopper University Research Center in Eatsamore. Md. "Every time they turn around, there's a new study. They read one study about what to Jcat, they turn around, and a new Jstudy says something else, then they turn around and another study contradicts con-tradicts the first two. Their minds are whirling, their bodies are twirling." he complained. 'l"he study also concluded that doctors don't know what pill to prc-, prc-, scribe for their patients for the dizziness, dizzi-ness, because in the fine print, it says the pill may cause dizziness. The study was conducted among ,21.731.83 people who read newspapers newspa-pers and watched television news daily. A smaller control group 21.731.41 people did not have .access to medical news. They also .were not allowed to visit their doc 'Scooby-Doo 2' scares up No. LOS ANGELES (AP) 'Hie Mystery Inc. ghostbustcrs might have to cut their budget for Scooby snacks. "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters .Unleashed" took in $30.7 million in , its opening weekend, good enough for an easy No. 1 finish but 43 percent per-cent below the $54.2 million debut the first "Scoobv-Doo" managed in .June 2(X)2. ; The Coen brothers' "The Ladykillers." starring Tom Hanks in ,a remake of the 1955 heist black .comedy, premiered in second place . with $13 million, according to studio .estimates Sunday. Kevin Smith's "Jersey Girl," with ,Ben Affleck as a widower raising a daughter and a cameo by Jennifer Lopez as his wife, debuted at No. 5 with $8.3 million. "Never Die Alone," starring rapper rap-per DMX as a dead drug dealer whose life unfolds through audio tapes he left behind, opened weakly at No. 11 with $3.1 million. Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" held solidly at No. 3 with $12.5 million, pushing its total to $315 million. . Now playing in 3.214 theaters,. "'Hie Passion" will widen by 400 to 500 cinemas lliis Friday, with Gibson and distributor Newmarket counting on a surge in business through Easter. The previous weekend's top 4 YEN-JING V ' ' f7 tt -y-4 r-TT MANDARIN " f ' II 1 I i ?f I1 1 I f w.- uur rriciKiiy. rasi, aiw warm Come and experience our Mandarin palace atmospltere, - and our tasty contemporary Hon Kong cuisine. Enjoy your dinmr with our patio ft a great momtain view. Most enjoyable Free Parking 2 for II 4H 7.T1 Iiiy one dinner entree f get the other one , of equal or lesser value for free! i Valid Throi igh April II, 20(M I XT 1 Must present coupon ' Limit Z r.oiixms er talp. OPEN ff PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT CENTER 649"7800 NO WONDER GESUNDHEIT" 66 tors during the study because of the chance of exposure to Reader's Digest in the waiting room, the acknowledged source of most Americans' medical information. The margin of error in the study was not released because of Homeland Security regulations Dr. Ima Dokter, a secondary care physician in Provo, Utah, speculated speculat-ed that a major cause of the dizziness dizzi-ness in patients might be the merry-go-round of weight-loss plans. "Patients in Arizona are on the Southern Beach diet, but their snowbird friends from the north are on the Batkins diet. They get dizzy in their kitchens, preparing low-fat foods on one side of the kitchen, then whirling to take low-carb foods from the refrigerator, then turning again to the sink to fix vegetables for the vegetarians." Other reports indicate that constant con-stant revisions in the food guidelines may be at the heart of the dizziness, "'lliese endless changes lead to dizziness in the general population, 'lliey are in a dizzy tizzy." said Dr. Dokter. "Yes. this does bring in more patients." he admitted, "and movie, "Dawn of the Dead." tumbled tum-bled to fourth place with $10.3 million, mil-lion, lifting its 10-day total to $43.9 million. The overall box office was up for the fifth straight weekend, with the top 12 movies grossing $109.4 million, mil-lion, a 26 percent increase from the same weekend last year. "Scooby-Doo 2" reunites the computer-animated Great Dane with stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar. Linda Cardellini and Matthew Lillard. Like its predecessor, prede-cessor, "Scooby-Doo 2" received harsh reviews but managed to lure in the family crowd. Rather than waiting for summer blockbuster season, Warner Bros, put the film out in March, a slower time at theaters, to avoid competing with its own family adventure "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in June and "Shrek 2" in late May. With less competition than "Scooby-Doo had in summer, the studio counts on the sequel having a longer shelf life as scluxils let out for Easter and spring break over the next couple of weeks, said Dan Fellman. Warner head of .distribution. .distribu-tion. "The Ladykillers" and "Jersey Girl" each played in fewer than half the number of theaters as "Sewby-Doo "Sewby-Doo 2," which had a healthy $9,283 siarr win laxe care or you. 1 3 take - out too! XT frXT DAILY 'jF ljellI'S NOT ENOUGH more patients bring in more money. The drug companies' bottom line is getting better but my patients' bottoms bot-toms are getting bigger." he noted. Another cause of dizziness may be vitamin A. Until recently it was considered a "good" HDV (high density value), but too much vitamin vita-min A is now thought to leach calcium cal-cium from the bones, thus making it a "bad" HD'IV (high density toppled top-pled value). Dr. More Studies, the lead author of the new report, said "It may be another cause of the dizziness the calcium goes into the bone, the vitamin A pulls it out. In and out. in and out. more whirling and twirling." Noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. Hip O'Crates has been involved in this study at Just R Bones Center in Hebroff. Utah. "We are working on a pill to be taken with the calcium to counteract the vitamin A. We have noted two problems: some patients get dizzy just trying to cram all their pills into those little seven-day seven-day boxes, and 823 percent of patients (plus or minus three percent, per-cent, more or less) in the study are turning orange from the beta average in 3.312 cinemas. Playing in 1.583 theaters. "'Hie Ladykillers" averaged $8,214. while "Jersey Girl" did $5,462 in 1.520 cinemas. Buoyed by Hanks' star power. "The Ladykillers" had the best opening ever for a Coen brothers Hick, topping the $12.5 million debut of their "Intolerable Cruelty" last fall. It was a solid opening for "Jersey Girl." which appears to have dodged the taint of last summer's Affleck-Lopez Affleck-Lopez bomb "Gigli." In just one weekend, "Jersey Girl" surpassed . r ' y"-, f::t::'T, '"7,.'stT J .III .v4 my as: n 1 (i1i3aEGJ3EIi2 m- rp iy:yin 1:1 vWMWi.i:h.hiih w'Sj jm u:inJJ;n: AIDS HAS CREATED 14 MILLION ORPHANS OR GO TO APATHYISLETHAL.ORG. AIDS ART IN OD PEOPLE SAY WHEN YOU SAY carotene. We may have to find a pill for that." "One woman was lifting weights to strengthen her bones." reported Dr. Simp L. Minded of I'rovera, Utah. Because of her dizziness, she fell off her exercise bench and was heard calling, "Help me, I can't get up." Dr. Minded, who is a No-Tel Prize winner for his work, "How to confuse the pubic while making a killing in the sttx-k market." said "My personal motto regarding health information is 'Wait a day or two. it will change just like the weather in Portland.'" In the same vein, a prominent cardiologist. Dr. U. Pei Mi. disagreed dis-agreed with that motto. "I feel we should eschew obfuscation. It may be hard on patients, but this dizziness dizzi-ness is leaching us new things, After all. that's why we call it Practicing Medicine." You can reach this reporter through Iter brother, Duid Sutluii'ji of Park City, a frequent contributor to the April 1 edition ninl the author of many letters t the editor. 1 debut the $6 million total domestic gross of "Gigli." which hit theaters amid the tabloid frenzy over former sweethearts sweet-hearts Affleck and Lopez's wedding plans. In limited release. Nicole Kidman's "Dogvillc" opened well with $90.(XX)atnine theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. 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