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Clients shrug as FDA slams Canadian firm shipping cheap drugs to U.S. https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/clients-shrug-as-fda-slams-canadian-firm-shipping-cheap-drugs-to-u-s The FDA has again lashed out at a Canadian company that it has been feuding with for more than a decade for helping U.S. consumers get drugs on the cheap. Its clients, however, are shrugging off the warning that the products they […]
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https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article227218234.html A federal jury in Tacoma found Wednesday that Walmart wrongly fired a Western Washington pharmacist whose medical conditions kept her from giving injections. The company should pay 63-year-old Lori Jacobs roughly $1 million for its violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the jurors in U.S. District Court decided. The verdict came amid a […]
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Want to Know If Someone Is Manipulating Data? Milton Packer describes how to distinguish science from magic https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/revolutionandrevelation/78239 Every magician is master of deception, and we adore being deceived. How do magicians accomplish their illusions? The key to every magic trick is misdirection. If you tell the members of the audience to look at A, […]
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American deaths by alcohol, drugs, suicide broke record in 2017, study finds https://www.foxnews.com/health/american-deaths-by-alcohol-drugs-and-suicide-tops-at-151845-in-2017-study-finds Deaths due to alcohol, drugs and suicide in America reached a record 151,845 in 2017, new research has shown. That number is more than double the figure from 1999 and was published Tuesday in an analysis by the Trust for America’s […]
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HOW TO BUY A ROLEX AT RETAIL by Ripley Sellers ShareShare on Facebook Pin itPin on Pinterest Buying a Rolex watch at retail has always been somewhat of an event. Back in the good old days, it usually meant that you were celebrating something (even if you were just celebrating yourself). However, buying a Rolex at […]
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Can Your Pet Help You Be Healthier? Besides the obvious value of a good snuggle, what’s the connection between pets and our health? Studies have shown pet ownership may help increase fitness levels, relieve stress, lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and boost overall happiness and well-being. Pets also provide social support, which is an […]
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Whoever created this form letter, I don’t know what MME opiate conversion program that was used but I have never seen any one of those prgms that there is a 6:1 ratio between Morphine and Oxycodone… but they state quite PLAINLY in this letter that 20 mg of Oxycodone = 120mg of Morphine. It […]
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FDA approves esketamine, the first major depression treatment to reach U.S. market in decades The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved esketamine, the first major depression treatment to hit the U.S. market in decades and a new option for patients who haven’t responded to existing therapies. Esketamine — developed by Johnson & Johnson and […]
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/05/fda-commissioner-scott-gottlieb-is-resigning.html Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is leaving his post as the nation’s top health regulator after two years in the role. Gottlieb, who’s waged a pitched battle against teen smoking in recent months, is resigning to spend more time with his family, people close to Gottlieb said Tuesday. The physician has been […]
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