Media registration opened for the APEC Energy Ministers' Meeting in Beijing on 2 September, where ministers will take up energy security, efficiency and clean energy among economies that account for roughly 60 percent of world energy consumption.
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Welding Torch Handles, Avigo Youth Bicycles Recalled
Harris Products Group is recalling about 13,000 welding torch handles in the U.S. and 350 in Canada because they can leak oxygen or fuel, posing a fire hazard. The same CPSC notice covers Dynacraft's recall of Avigo youth bicycles over a fall hazard.
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FDA approves Striverdi Respimat to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
FDA approved Striverdi Respimat (olodaterol) inhalation spray as a once-daily long-term maintenance treatment for COPD patients with airflow obstruction. It improved lung function over placebo in 3,104 people. A boxed warning notes LABAs raise the risk of asthma-related death.
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FDA approves Striverdi Respimat to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
The FDA approved Striverdi Respimat (olodaterol), a once-daily inhaled long-acting beta agonist, for airflow obstruction in COPD. It improved lung function against placebo in 3,104 patients, and carries a boxed warning that LABAs raise the risk of asthma-related death.
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AgriLife Extension engineer receives award for work in Iraq, Afghanistan
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers named Texas A&M AgriLife irrigation engineer Guy Fipps Professional Engineer of the Year, citing his water and irrigation work as an advisor in Kabul in 2005 and with a U.S. Defense Department task force in Iraq from 2008 to 2011.
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Duty of care Protecting workers & students overseas (PR)
Quaynote Communications will hold its third annual two-day conference on duty of care for workers and students overseas in London on 17-18 February 2015, covering risk management, legal liabilities and whether travel policies still fit unfamiliar destinations.
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Searcy elected to Texas Plant Protection Association board
Dr. Stephen Searcy, head of biological and agricultural engineering at Texas A&M, has been elected to the Texas Plant Protection Association board. Chairman Ray Smith cited his expertise in precision agriculture, bioenergy logistics and cotton engineering.
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Statement on FDA's proposed oversight of laboratory-develped tests
NIH Director Francis Collins welcomed FDA's pre-draft guidance proposing risk-based, phased-in oversight of laboratory-developed tests, saying the framework focuses on tests with the greatest clinical impact and would protect patients without stifling innovation.
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Personalized Medicine and Companion Diagnostics Go Hand-in-Hand
FDA officials explain companion diagnostics, tests that indicate which patients a drug will help and which it may harm. Because each test is paired with a specific drug, FDA's device and drug centers must review the two products in close collaboration.
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Tech Startup Provides Medical Services to Patients at Reduced Cost
Galen.me has begun trials in Cheyenne of a web and iPhone service that lets patients search nearby doctors and clinics by price or distance and see the full cost of a visit before choosing. Co-founder Dr. Eric Hoyer says it shifts the focus back to patients and doctors.
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Media Advisory: 60th Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 4-6
The 60th Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course runs Aug. 4-6 in College Station, with general session talks on beef industry sustainability, a long-term weather outlook and how the cattle business has changed in 25 years, plus Cattleman's College workshops.
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African medical education is being transformed by US program
More than 225 authors describe progress from the $130 million Medical Education Partnership Initiative in a supplement to Academic Medicine. The PEPFAR- and NIH-funded program has raised enrollment, broadened curricula and upgraded Internet access and skills labs in sub-Saharan Africa.
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WellCare Offers New Over-The-Counter Benefit To Its South Carolina Medicaid Members
WellCare is giving its South Carolina Medicaid members a $120 credit per family each year toward more than 150 over-the-counter items, including vitamins, pain relievers, cold and allergy medicines, baby wipes and diapers, mailed to members free of charge.
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NIH launches new progran to find potential drug targets
NIH awarded $5.8 million to eight institutions for Illuminating the Druggable Genome, a three-year pilot studying poorly understood genes in four families: nuclear receptors, ion channels, protein kinases and GPCRs. Only about 10 percent of druggable genes have approved drugs.
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Company Provides Updates to Development Programs Focused to Muscle Biology
Cytokinetics reported $7.8 million in second-quarter research revenue, up from $1.0 million a year earlier, and an $8.4 million net loss. CEO Robert Blum said next steps for its ALS drug tirasemtiv depend on further analysis of BENEFIT-ALS and talks with regulators.
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Lidocaine HCI Injection, USP, 2 percent, by Hospira: Recall - Visible Particulates
Hospira is recalling one lot of 2% lidocaine hydrochloride injection in 5 mL single-dose vials after a customer reported discolored solution with visible iron oxide particles, some embedded in the glass. Particles could delay therapy or cause inflammation or tissue disruption.
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Philips Lighting Recalls Lightolier Glass Lenses Due to Laceration Hazard
Philips is recalling about 7,500 Lightolier AF4SY decorative glass lenses because the glass can shatter and fall, posing a laceration risk. The company has one report of a lens breaking and no reports of injuries; owners should remove the lens and get a replacement.
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Texas crop, weather for July 29, 2014
AgriLife Extension entomologist Allen Knutson says heavy rain in late June and early July let fall armyworms build up early this year in Texas. In large numbers they can strip a pasture of grass seemingly overnight.
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