Archive for September, 2009
A Job Experience
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More info…A JOB EXPERIENCE Some years ago I reached one of those stages in life when something has to give. I was in a dead end job and living in a small town where quite literally, time stood still. I realised that if I wished to hang on to my few remaining shreds of sanity [...]
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FDA bans flavored cigarettes to fight smoking by youths
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More info…The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned flavored cigarettes last week in an attempt to stop teenagers and young adults from becoming dependent on tobacco. One of the FDAs first acts under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, a new law expanding the administrations right to regulate the tobacco industry, was to [...]
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Take Precautions When Using Klonopin
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More info…Take Precautions When Using Klonopin by Jack K. MalcolmThose that have anxiety or sleeping disorders are prescribed the drug Klonopin. Commonly the drug is also known as Clonazepam. The drug belongs to the group of drugs that are known as Benzodiazepine. These drugs should be taken with precaution and as prescribed by the doctors. [...]
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King Launches Embeda Analyst Blog
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More info…Earlier this week, King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( KG ) announced the launch of Embeda, which recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the management of moderate to severe pain when a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic is needed for an extended period of time. Embeda, which is the first FDA-approved long-acting opioid [...]
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The secret lives of female alcoholics (USA Today)
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More info…The secret lives of female alcoholics (USA Today) : psychotherapy : The numbers are troubling: An estimated 17.6 million adults in the USA are either alcoholics or have alcohol problems, according to the National Institutes of Health. By some estimates, one-third of alcoholics are women. Yet if you were to ask a womans friends [...]
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FESTIVAL DIARY Days 7 & 8
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More info…Day 7 I had 2 screenings on this day. The first one was Mother and Child , written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia . The film tells the story of three woman whose lives intersect with each other. One of the women is Karen ( Annette Bening ), a socially awkward and bitter woman [...]