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Branson Leaders Hear Pros and Cons of Ordinance Requiring Prescription for Pseudoephedrine, Ephedrine
Reporter, PhotographerBranson leaders will decide if they'll follow in the footsteps of Hollister officials by requiring a prescription for medications that contain meth making ingredients. The Branson mayor and board of alderman heard the pros and cons from those who support...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), St. Louis, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Mike Morton
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Reverend Opens Parking Lot to Homeless Campers, City Leaders Warn the Violation will Require Action
Reporter, PhotographerCity leaders plan to take action against a reverend who they say is violating city zoning ordinances by opening a tent city for the homeless. Reverend Larry Rice opened the parking lot at the Veterans Coming Home Center on north Jefferson. On Thursday...Tags: Health, The Home Depot, Travel, Road Transportation, Homelessness
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What Can you Buy with a Nickel? A Lot in Ava, Mo.
dmagditch@kspr.comWhat will a nickle buy you these days? If you're thinking, 'nothing,' you've never been to the Ava Drug Company. Chana Kutz has only been working at the store for six months, but she's filling the same shoes Ava women have worn for generations. At the...Tags: Health, Ice Cream, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages
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Springfield considers action against 'meow meow'
dmagditch@kspr.comCity council members here are considering taking action to prevent the sale of the drug mephedrone, commonly called "meow meow." Several countries have outlawed mephedrone, most recently in the European Union. The drug has been linked to several...Tags: Health, European Union, Bath Salt Drugs
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Local Voices: Highland Park and Deerfield
Care for mentally ill I am grateful for the attention given to the issue of mental health and lack of appropriate programs and facilities available for those stricken with a mental illness. I am the sister and legal guardian for my brother, who has...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Schizophrenia, Psychology, Philosophy, Medical Specialization
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Vitamin C may not treat gout: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Daily vitamin C supplements don't lower uric acid as much as drugs used to treat high levels of the acid that's responsible for gout, says a new study from New Zealand. "It's not that the vitamin C didn't reduce the uric...Tags: Mineral Supplements, Weight, Medical Research, Mayo Clinic, New Zealand
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Thrifty Merrimack developing new cancer drugs at lower cost
ReutersBy Bill Berkrot NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Little known biotechnology company Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc has quietly built a large pipeline of experimental cancer treatments that it aims to deliver at a fraction of the cost spent by larger rivals....Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Credit Ratings
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Online tool helps control blood pressure long term
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, people with high blood pressure who could communicate with their pharmacists online had better blood pressure control a year after that service ended. Previously researchers had found that patients randomly...Tags: Durham (Durham, North Carolina), High Blood Pressure, Medical Research, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization
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IPOVIEW-Quiet U.S. biotech sector picks up steam in 2013
ReutersBy Olivia Oran May 22 (Reuters) - The tide may have started to turn for initial public offerings from U.S. biotechnology companies, as a rising stock market, low interest rates and a lack of market volatility entice investors to take on the high risk...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Financing and Stock Offerings, Initial Public Offerings, Science and Technology, Biotechnology
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Senate committee advances drug compounding bill
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federal oversight for companies that compound and sell sterile drugs across state lines. The proposed legislation was introduced in response to...Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, U.S. Congress, Tom Harkin, Food and Drug Administration
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Glaxo to develop new antibiotics
The Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA A unit of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has a central role in a $200 million public-private project announced Wednesday to develop new antibiotics against biological terrorism and treat drug-resistant infections found in health care settings...Tags: Bioterrorism, Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pharmaceuticals
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