— When unusually rainy weather near Washington, D.C., produced a bumper crop of mushrooms last fall, it also sparked a scary surge in mushroom poisonings.
Tempting but toxic mushrooms? Drug promises new cure
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Sun May 20, 2012 10:47 AM
A investigational drug derived from milk thistle seeds helped save the lives -- and livers -- of four people in the Washington, D.C., area who accidentally ate toxic mushrooms last fall. If approved, it could become standard treatment, experts say.
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