Three Steps to Better New Year's Resolutions
Like just about everyone, I've spent some time this week coming up with my New Year's resolutions. I have goals I'm happy to share in casual cocktail party conversation, and others that I generally reserve for my private journal. I will now make those public. Truthfully? In 2017, I want to write three books: a mystery novel, a non-fiction trade book, and an academic book; lose 6 pounds, and sleep more. Guess what? I just looked at my goals for 2015 (yes, two years ago) and they were...to write..>> view originalPhilippine FDA Orders Sanofi to Take Down Dengue Vaccine Ads
MANILA, Philippines รข€” The Philippine Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it has ordered pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur Inc. to stop airing television and radio advertisements for its dengue vaccine in violation of a ban on promoting prescription or ethical drugs in mass media.The FDA said in a statement that it issued a summons on Dec. 13 directing the drugmaker to take down the ads for Dengvaxia. It also wrote to television and radio stations, asking them not to air the ads...>> view originalGyms prepare for the influx of newbies
At 10 a.m. Monday, the personal training, front desk, spa, group fitness and housekeeping managers from all four Vida Fitness gyms huddled in the fourth-floor office of the sprawling U Street location to talk strategy. A new year always brings newbies resolved to get in shape, and the return of some not-so-new faces whose fitness plans last January fizzled by March. The influx of people this time of year can be daunting, especially for regulars who get crowded out of classes or have to wait a ..>> view originalTen-month-old revived twice after being exposed to fentanyl
METHUEN — A 10-month-old girl who narrowly survived after ingesting fentanyl is the latest victim of an opioid epidemic that has been blamed for hundreds of deaths in Massachusetts.Police were called to the baby’s home shortly before 12:30 p.m. Saturday when the girl was having trouble breathing. She was rushed to Lawrence General Hospital, where she stopped breathing twice and had to be resuscitated. She was later flown by helicopter to Tufts Medical Center in Boston and was listed Monday in s..>> view originalLife-extending capacity of new cancer drugs varies widely
By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - Drugs recently approved around the world to fight cancer increased patients' overall survival, but benefits vary depending on the drug, a new study shows. Researchers looked at the 62 cancer drugs approved in the U.S. and Europe between 2003 and 2013 and found they extended survival by an average of about 3.5 months. But nearly a third of the drugs lacked evidence to suggest they increased survival when compared to alternative treatme..>> view originalPakistani city launches new polio campaign after rare strain found
A boy receives polio vaccine drops by anti-polio vaccination workers along a street in Quetta Thomson Reuters By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan began a special five-day polio immunization campaign in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday for children under five after a rare strain of the virus was found in sewage samples, officials said. Local officials said they had recruited Muslim clerics to promote the immunizations for 400,000 children af..>> view originalIreland facing flu epidemic as rates of illness DOUBLE in one week
The HSE have warned that the country is facing a flu epidemic in the coming weeks, and are urging those in risk groups to get the flu vaccination as soon as possible. Over the past two weeks, levels of influenza and respiratory illnesses have rocketed throughout the country. According to the latest report, cases of the virus have risen from 25.8 per 100,000 people, to 46.7 per 100,000 in just one week. And the HSE warn: "The influenza like illness rate is expected to increase further in the comi..>> view originalTwo sets of twins born in different years in U.S.
(Reuters) - Two sets of twins were born in different years over the weekend, with parents in Arizona and California getting double doses of joy in 2016 and 2017, local media reported. Twin girls were born at San Diego's Sharp Mary Birch Hospital when Scarlett Annie arrived at 11:56 p.m. on New Year's Eve and sister Virginia Rose was born right at midnight, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported, citing a hospital spokeswoman. The spokeswoman withheld the children's last name..>> view originalNew Mexico Store Bans 'Obama & Other Muslims'
A New Mexico convenience store owner appears to promote his business by making threats of political violence. The Mayhill Convenience Store has had signs up for more than a year that include phrases like “Bullets Not Ballots” and “Kill Obama” with the word “care” written in smaller letters under it. Wow, is the owner of Mayhill convenience store even being investigated by the @SecretService ? Note sign" Kill #Obama-care- #NewMexico @FBI pic.twitter.com/ESgHyqpQDu— Vivian (@VivNed23) December ..>> view original
Friday, January 27, 2017
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