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Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses
In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane...
Tags: Insomnia, Alprazolam (drug), Internists, Security, Lorazepam (drug)
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After hospital care, the test begins
In 2011, my husband, Eric, a trial attorney, was felled by a brain stem stroke just before he was to board a flight at O'Hare in Chicago. He was just 53 years old with no prior health conditions or problems. From the outset, we knew his recovery and...
Tags: Nursing, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medical Procedures and Tests, Internists, Medical Research
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Some doctors refusing to adopt electronic records
Under a plan first endorsed by President George W. Bush and signed into law by President Obama, the health care industry in the United States has started to change one of the signature elements in doctor's offices — switching chicken-scratched hand-...
Tags: Government, Politics, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Electronics, Hospitals and Clinics
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Federal inspectors should have warned of Texas fertilizer blast
In my reading and listening about the fertilizer plant fire and explosion in West, Texas, I have noticed a dearth of comments about the dangers faced by first responders ("Obama to honor firefighters killed in Texas fertilizer blast," April 24). One...Tags: Explosions, Fertilizer, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Emergency Incidents
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Police collect unwanted prescription pills
As part of the national prescription drug take-back day, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach police collected more than 300 pounds of unwanted drugs, officials said Monday. On Saturday, 35 people turned over 129 pounds of prescription drugs to the Costa Mesa...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Drugs
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Mayor of West, Texas: The face of a ravaged town
WEST, Texas — The two-tone brown Ford F-150 careens into the downtown parking space and out jumps Tommy Muska, a mayor on the move. Wearing a baseball cap, green long-sleeved shirt and bluejeans, his face ruddy from a life under the central Texas...Tags: Services and Shopping, Fertilizer, Sports, Photography Supplies and Services, Photography and Video
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Link sought between 8-year-old's slaying, Placerville kidnapping
Authorities are looking into whether the attempted kidnapping of a Placerville toddler is connected to the fatal stabbing of an 8-year-old girl in a small town 45 miles away. Placerville police Capt. Mike Scott said there were "some similarities"...Tags: Google+, Shootings, Starbucks Corp., FBI, Biotechnology Industry
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More people buying prescription drugs overseas online
Reporter and PhotographerThe federal government doesn't want you to do it but more and more of you are. The high cost of prescription drugs has many Americans turning to other countries to make their purchases. The Food and Drug Administration says that's dangerous. More...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Viagra (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Plavix (drug), Food and Drug Administration
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Workers fired from Nevada hospital accused of 'patient dumping'
Two employees have been fired and three others disciplined at a Las Vegas hospital accused of "patient dumping" -- sending mentally ill patients to other states, including California. The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday...
Tags: Google+, Brian Sandoval, Starbucks Corp., Pharmaceuticals, Hospitals and Clinics
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Researchers develop 'nanotrain' for targeted cancer drug transport
University of Florida researchers have developed a "DNA nanotrain" that fast-tracks its payload of cancer-fighting drugs and bioimaging agents to tumor cells deep within the body. The nanotrain's ability to cost-effectively deliver high doses of drugs...Tags: Liver Cancer, University of Florida, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Leukemia
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Female DNA found on Boston Marathon pressure-cooker bomb
WASHINGTON -- The FBI has found female DNA on at least one of the two homemade bombs detonated during the Boston Marathon on April 15, according to a law enforcement official. The presence of genetic material does not necessarily mean a woman helped...
Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Religion and Belief, FBI, Biotechnology Industry, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Investigators cast wider net in Boston bombings
WASHINGTON — The FBI has found female DNA on at least one of the two homemade bombs detonated during the Boston Marathon on April 15, complicating the task of identifying how and where the deadly devices were constructed. The presence of genetic...
Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Bombings, Islam, Religion and Belief, Biotechnology Industry
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