Stile Products recalled 650 Tern folding bicycles in the US, plus about 20 in Canada, because the frame can crack at the top tube hinge and cause a fall. Six Link models are affected, and owners can have the bikes repaired.
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Tern Folding Bicycles Recalled
Stile Products and the CPSC announced a repair recall of about 650 folding bikes in the US and 20 in Canada, covering the Link Uno, D7i, D8, P9, P7i and P24h models, whose frames can crack at the top-tube hinge and cause a fall. Serial numbers and contact details are listed.
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51st Stiles Farm Field Day highlights include weed control, forage management
At the 51st Stiles Farm Field Day in Thrall, Texas A&M AgriLife specialists urged Central Texas growers to soil test before fertilizing hay meadows and to tackle weeds such as waterhemp early with pre-emergent and post-treatment herbicides.
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Free Live Online Panel: Power of the People, Hawaiians take on GMOs with Jeffrey Smith
The Pachamama Alliance is hosting a free online panel on June 25 at 5 p.m. Pacific with GMO critic Jeffrey Smith and six Hawaii leaders, on Kauai's pesticide-disclosure law, the chemical companies suing over it, and a proposed GMO moratorium on Maui. A live Q&A follows.
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Current Animal Food GRAS Notices Inventory
The FDA posted an interim table of animal food GRAS notices current through June 24, 2014, listing each notifier, substance, intended use and species along with the agency's response letter. Filing a notice does not reflect FDA's judgment on the data it contains.
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Chlormet Technologies (CSE:PUF) Lists on the Canadian Securities Exchange - Video News Alert on Investmentpitch.com
Chlormet Technologies began trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange as PUF after leaving the TSX Venture Exchange. It holds 16.5 percent of AAA Heidelberg, which has a pending Health Canada licence to produce up to 1,320 pounds of medical marijuana in its first year.
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FDA and Marijuana: Questions and Answers
In a question-and-answer sheet, FDA says it has not approved any marketing application for a drug containing or derived from botanical marijuana and has not found such a product safe and effective for any indication, though it knows of use for AIDS wasting, epilepsy and neuropathic pain.
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Million Hearts and Eating-Well magazine launch heart-healthy nutrition resource
Million Hearts, the CDC and EatingWell magazine have opened a Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Resource Center with lower-sodium recipes and family meal plans, supporting the initiative's goal of preventing a million heart attacks and strokes.
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ConvaTec, Inc., Flexi-Seal CONTROL Fecal Management System Kit: Class I Recall - Not Cleared for Marketing
The FDA issued a Class I recall for all ConvaTec Flexi-Seal CONTROL Fecal Management System Kits, which were never cleared for marketing. ConvaTec reported 13 adverse events, including 12 serious injuries and one death, tied to the device's Auto-Valve and retention balloon.
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Drug Information Update- FDA and Marijuana
The FDA says it has not approved marijuana as safe and effective for any indication, though it has approved two drugs containing synthetic substances related to the plant. Researchers must file an investigational new drug application before testing it in people.
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FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA warns that cancer drug docetaxel may cause symptoms of alcohol intoxication after treatment
The FDA warns that the chemotherapy drug docetaxel contains ethanol and can leave patients feeling intoxicated during and after treatment. It is revising all docetaxel labels and tells patients not to drive or operate machinery for one to two hours after the infusion.
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Future of Assisted Living Comes Alive in San Jose through BCA's Design Plans
BCA Architects won unanimous San Jose City Council and Planning Commission approval for a $25 million assisted living facility across from Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Construction is set to start this fall and finish in fall 2015.
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Throat Collars, Personal Emergency Reporting System Transmitters Recalled
Reebok-CCM is recalling about 3,300 goalie throat collars in the U.S. and 8,100 in Canada after Canada's BNQ decertified them over the risk a skate blade could penetrate the collar. The same notice covers Linear's expanded recall of personal emergency transmitters.
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Fence building, cattle working demonstrations to be featured at Beef Cattle Short Course
Fence building will be one of five demonstrations on Aug. 6 at the 60th Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course, alongside cattle working sessions covering handling, vaccination, castration, dehorning and parasite control. The course runs Aug. 4-6 in College Station.
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United Fresh and National Association of Convenience Stores Announce Partnership
United Fresh Produce Association and the National Association of Convenience Stores formed a partnership and task force to help convenience stores build produce supply chains and in-store programs. Produce sales at convenience stores rose 16.7 percent in 2013, the groups say.
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Freedom Health Streamlines Insurance Field Sales with Flowfinity Enterprise Mobility Solution
Flowfinity released a case study on Freedom Health, whose 200 sales agents now complete insurance applications on tablets rather than laptops and paper. The insurer handles over 20,000 applications a year and deployed the app in under two months.
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Insurers Push Back Against Growing Cost Of Cancer Treatments
Chemotherapy bills are climbing as drug prices rise and hospitals buy oncology practices that can then bill as outpatient centers. Highmark stopped paying the higher hospital rates in April, and other insurers are watching; a 2013 Milliman study found costs up to 53% higher.
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Medtronic Announces Preliminary Outcomes for World's Smallest Cardiac Pacemaker
Medtronic reported the first four human implants of its Micra transcatheter pacing system, roughly one-tenth the size of a conventional pacemaker. At one and three months all implants had succeeded with no major complications. The device remains investigational worldwide.
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