Published: December 14, 2008 3:00 a.m.
Police find $350,000 in drugs; 3 arrested
Police arrested three people and seized nearly eight pounds of cocaine and heroin after a search of two businesses and two homes Friday.
The drugs had a street value of about $350,000.
Fort Wayne police arrested Tomas B. Saldana-Valderas, 35, and Eliazar Guerrero-Ramirez, 39, when they raided Saldana-Valderas’ home at 4519 Werling Drive, about 7:30 p.m.
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Not everyone agreed.
researchers looked at death rates among more than 5,000 men and women who took part in an early cholesterol- lowering trial. In this group, being fit offered little protection against the health risks linked to excess weight.
The latest salvo comes from the Women’s Health Study, a 10-year trial of aspirin and vitamin E among nearly 40,000 middle-aged women. As you might expect, the odds of having a heart attack, needing bypass Read the rest of this entry »

Many people are still very unclear about HSAs and what they really
accomplish. Too often, an individual or business’s insurance broker
has not kept them properly up-to-date on all the benefits available
to them. While commissions are often less due to lower premiums, an
agent is obligated, by a legal fiduciary duty to serve his or her
client’s best interest at all times. This duty is often not being
respected nor is it typically enforced by Read the rest of this entry »

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A 42-year-old man has been charged at a special sitting of Wexford District Court in connection with the seizure of €10m worth of drugs at Rosslare Europort.
Ali Orhun from the Netherlands was charged with possession of cannabis resin with intent to supply and with importation of the drug.
He was remanded in custody to Cloverhill District Court on Friday.
The drugs were discovered in a refrigerated lorry that had arrived on a car ferry Read the rest of this entry »

On the second floor of a brick building in Wakefield, sunlight streaking in through slatted shades, the class is cranking.
Side-to-side shimmies. Karate chops. Squats. Lunges. Butterflies with pastel-colored hand weights. All in reps of 10.
But contrary to what you’d expect, there are no tanned, lithe, and muscled bodies here.
Instead, there are wrinkles. Arthritic knees, hips, and elbows. Unyielding joints.
This might not be Richard Simmons’s Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers Find Breast Cancer Gene, Spur Hope for New Drugs
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Researchers discovered a gene
involved in the spread of breast cancer, which may lead to new
treatments for a disease that kills about 1 in 35 women.
The gene, called metadherin, may be crucial to cancer’s
spread because it helps tumor cells stick to blood vessels in
distant organs, researchers at
found. The gene also makes
tumors more resistant to drugs used Read the rest of this entry »

Leavenworth, Kan. -
In the course of two days, local police found suspected drugs at two apartments in the same Leavenworth complex, a police spokesman said.
No arrests have been made. One of the cases may be referred to the U.S. attorney’s office for possible federal charges, according to Leavenworth Police Chief Pat Kitchens.
The incidents occurred at separate residences in the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Drive at the Woodland Village Read the rest of this entry »

“Our area is certainly impacted with current economic conditions,” Smith said.
“We know there are people out there having trouble paying for their drugs. They are splitting pills, skipping doses or not taking their meds at all,” Smith said.
To help those people struggling with drug bills, Genuity is now offering a one-year subscription to the EquivaMeds service free to residents and seasonal visitors in Manatee and Sarasota Read the rest of this entry »

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