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    May 17, 2013 |Story| KSPR-TV

  1. Springfield, Kirbyville men charged with K2 conspiracy

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man and a Kirbyville, Mo., man were charged in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2.
    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man and a Kirbyville, Mo., man were charged in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute...

    Tags: Law Enforcement, Landforms, Prosecution, Government Postal Delivery, Banking

    2. May 6, 2013 |Story| KSPR-TV

  2. FDA wants more restrictions on tanning beds; Ozarks woman shares story of surviving melanoma

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Tanning beds are no more dangerous than band-aids and tongue depressors-- at least that's what the FDA's classification says.  But the Food and Drug Administration wants to change that.
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    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Tanning beds are no more dangerous than band-aids and tongue depressors-- at least that's what the FDA's classification says.  But the Food and Drug Administration wants to change that.   The government wants detailed warning labels...

    Tags: Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, Skin Cancer, Dermatologists, Dermatology, Medical Specialization

    3. May 7, 2013 |Story| KSPR-TV

  3. More people buying prescription drugs overseas online

      The 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. 
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      The 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: Viagra (drug), Prescription Drugs, Pfizer Inc., Drugs and Medicines, Plavix (drug)

    4. May 1, 2013 |Story| KSPR-TV

  4. Plan B now available to teens 15 and up

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -
    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - UPDATE: The Justice Department filed an appeal Wednesday over the federal judge's ruling allowing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to lower the age requirement from 17 to 15 years old for emergency contraception to be available...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Birth Control, Judges, Plan B (drug), Family Planning

    5. Nov 9, 2012 |Story| KSPR-TV

  5. Feds join fight against synthetic drugs with indictments of 3 in Springfield

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A federal grand jury indicted three members of a family from Springfield for their roles in what investigators call a conspiracy to distribute synthetic drugs, commonly referred to as K2, including a product called Kryp2nite.  Investigators believe the Franklin family has hauled in around $6.7 million from the sales of those products in the past three years. 
    ghartley@schurz.com
    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A federal grand jury indicted three members of a family from Springfield for their roles in what investigators call a conspiracy to distribute synthetic drugs, commonly referred to as K2, including a product called Kryp2nite. ...

    Tags: Law Enforcement, Drug Trafficking, Realty, Economy, Business and Finance, FedEx Corporation

    6. May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. A birth control double standard

    In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box stores — and buy condoms. If you want to remain anonymous, you can pay cash; no ID is required. If you're too embarrassed to face the checkout clerk, use the self-check aisle or, for $17.97, get a box of 100 — flavored or with "added sensations," even — delivered to your door in a plain brown box.
    In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...

    Tags: Feminism, Birth Control, Judges, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Plan B (drug)

    7. May 20, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. Tainted rice scandal hits Guangzhou eateries

    China Daily, Beijing / Asia News Network
    GUANGZHOU (China Daily/ANN) -- The authorities in Guangdong's provincial capital in China promised to expand inspections of rice and related products after detecting eight batches of tainted rice and rice noodles. The move aims to ensure only quality...

    Tags: Dongguan (China), New Products, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Germany, Media Industry

    8. May 19, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  8. Consumer watchdog: most sunscreens meet FDA standards, but questionable SPF ratings persist

    AP Health Writer
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to...

    Tags: Consumers, Sunburn, Washington, DC, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, Skin Cancer

    9. May 19, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. A cut above the rest

    The Bangkok Post
    With surgery increasingly able to treat smaller wounds without using complicated devices, Surgical Innovation Healthcare Co (SIH) was set up by the Pacific Healthcare Group of Companies (PHC) just for this very task. SIH recently developed a device used...

    Tags: Thailand, Invention and Innovation, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Healthcare Industry

    10. May 19, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  10. As grocers, restaurants bicker, many menus still lack calorie counts

    Three years after Congress voted to require it, you still won't find calories listed on the menus of most restaurant chains.
    Three years after Congress voted to require it, you still won't find calories listed on the menus of most restaurant chains. The problem? The federal government has yet to write the specific rules to carry out the law, in part because supermarkets are...

    Tags: Restaurants, Sandwiches, Publix Super Markets Inc., Starbucks Corp., Restaurant and Catering Industry

    11. May 19, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  11. Plan B pill age change a big risk, official says

    Alamogordo Daily News, N.M.
    The Director of the local Pregnancy Help Center spoke about the health and social risks she felt could be issues now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B One-Step over the counter to...

    Tags: Birth Control, Family, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Plan B (drug), Walmart

    12. May 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Pointing to threat, pulling in profit

    Tribune Washington Bureau
    WASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...

    Tags: Human Genome Sciences Inc., National Security, Politics, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Science and Technology

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