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January 4, 2009 – January 10, 2009
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The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) should be opening its new China office later this year, the Associated Press reports. The agency hopes a greater presence in China will prevent unsafe imports – such as
and melamine-laced foods – from gaining entry to the US. Eventually, the FDA will open similar offices in other countries, but even officials at the agency concede that there still won’t be enough inspectors to oversee every foreign Read the rest of this entry »
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ADDICTION RECOVERY MEDITATION GROUP: Introduction to transcendental meditation, led by addiction counselor Milton Burrill and meditation teacher Tom Ball. Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Call 254-8416 for meeting times.
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12:00 AM CST on Monday, February 9, 2009
Dallas County’s cost for transporting sick inmates to Parkland Memorial Hospital more than doubled in two years, as inadequate health facilities in the jail continue to drive inmate hospitalizations, county records show.
Parkland doctors in the jail have been authorizing more hospital trips since taking over jail-health duties from a contractor in March 2006. An infirmary is planned for the main jail that Read the rest of this entry »
The North Hawaii Community Hospital on the Big Island has selected a new board of directors in one of several sweeping changes it is making to reconcile with Big Island residents.
The Waimea hospital endured a months-long upheaval earlier this year when it laid off approximately 60 workers because of financial woes and its chief executive resigned abruptly after three months on the job in the face of community pressure.
After rehiring some of Read the rest of this entry »
Rozental and Weiss: Only the U.S. can win war on drugs
02:07 PM CST on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Despite a surge of military and police forces across the country, the killings continue – more than 5,000 last year. Some regions are terrorized by a wave of kidnappings, assassinations and beheadings.
Iraq? Afghanistan? Pakistan? Somalia? In fact, the country – which a recent U.S military study warned could be Read the rest of this entry »
BLOOMINGTON — Even though there are no known cases of salmonella poisoning from peanut butter products in McLean County, the health department is advising residents to avoid eating food with peanut butter or peanut paste until federal officials determine whether the products are safe.
“At this point, they (federal health officials) are not connecting it (the salmonella outbreak) to any brand name peanut butter in jars,” Bree Davis, spokeswoman Read the rest of this entry »
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ROCKVILLE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 10, 2008 – Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: RNN), a leader in innovative therapeutics for life-threatening and life-debilitating diseases, announced today that the Company has received FDA approval to begin Phase II trials for Serdaxin(TM), for the treatment of major depressive disorders (MDD).
This trial represents the third Phase II study currently in progress at Rexahn Pharmaceuticals. The Company’s leading Read the rest of this entry »
December 29, 2008 12:24 pm
Alex Macheras, the Andover High School student representative to the School Committee, has launched a web blog. Visit www.ahsstudentrep.blogspot.com to get a student’s perspective on School Committee goings-on.
Macheras is an AHS senior.
Music brings $28,000 in gifts
Holiday gifts for five organizations helping low-income women facing breast cancer have been delivered.
A symphony concert presented by Andover Read the rest of this entry »