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Oops! Target, Walmart and CVS may sell aloe vera gel that doesn’t contain aloe vera http://wgno.com/2016/11/22/oops-target-walmart-and-cvs-may-sell-aloe-vera-gel-that-doesnt-contain-aloe-vera/ WGNO) – Even though it’s winter, that’s no excuse for not wearing sunblock. But for those of us who forget during these colder months, over the counter Aloe Vera gels can soothe those unwanted sunburns because, after all, they contain aloe […]

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https://www.facebook.com/Afightagainstneuroblastoma/posts/1752100481710384:0 As a photographer it is important to capture the truth and the reality of a situation, too easy it becomes to capture the joy of life whilst discarding the torture that we see. This is the hardest photograph I have ever made, it is in fact my own four year old daughter. A few […]

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Connecting to the Speaker You can give the House Speaker your opinion on the Affordable Care Act — if you’re patient. http://www.snopes.com/paul-ryan-conducting-obamacare-phone-survey/ Read this on Facebook from a friend – have not seen it elsewhere: Paul Ryan is conducting a phone poll on the ACA (Obamacare), hoping to hear overwhelming popular opposition to it. If […]

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5 dangerous mistakes you make with your over-the-counter painkillers http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/11/21/5-dangerous-mistakes-make-with-your-over-counter-painkillers.html More than 9 out of every 10 Americans use over-the-counter meds to manage pain, a new survey from the U.S. Pain Foundation found.  If you take them correctly, OTC painkillers are generally safe and effective, says Charles Vega, M.D., a clinical professor of health sciences at the University of […]

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Kratom Could Still Get Banned. Here’s What You Need To Know http://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhedgecock/2016/11/21/what-you-need-to-know-about-kratom-before-december-1/#62883823385e You may never have heard of kratom before August 31 of this year. (I certainly hadn’t.) That was the day the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced that it planned to put the plant on Schedule 1 a month hence, to what turned […]

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We Still Have a Chance to Stop Kratom Prohibition – And the DEA Actually Wants to Hear Your Thoughts In October, the DEA took the unprecedented step of delaying the ban – and is now soliciting public comments. http://has.alternet.org/drugs/we-still-have-chance-stop-kratom-prohibition-and-dea-actually-wants-hear-your-thoughts This summer, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced its intent to ban kratom, a medicinal plant used for […]

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Study indicates high rate of ‘intentional’ drug-related deaths among nurses http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-21/study-indicates-high-rate-of-drug-related-deaths-among-nurses/8038866? More nurses die from deliberate drug overdose than any other health care professionals, according to a landmark new study. Key points: Researchers examined more than 400 drug-related deaths On average, 37 health care workers died each year from drug overdoses Most drugs were obtained […]

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New course on addiction http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/new-course-on-addiction-1.2120057 While it is TRUE that abt 78 people die every day from a DRUG OVERDOSE… only abt 50% are from opiates.. they never filter out the drugs that the other 50% die from … 50% – 100% when you are trying to make a point… is that just splitting hairs […]

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Lawmakers seeking change to help stop pain killer abuse in Iowa http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Lawmakers-seeking-change-to-help-stop-pain-killer-abuse-in-Iowa–401574726.html DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG TV-9) — A group of Iowa lawmakers say something needs to change to stop the heroin epidemic in Iowa. They say change might need to start with better regulation of prescription pain killers. On Wednesday, Senator Rob Hogg from Cedar […]

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