Ohio State researchers found that mouse lungs grow more inflammatory with age and that ibuprofen lowered that inflammation. Immune cells from treated old lungs then fought tuberculosis bacteria as well as cells from young mice; the drug had no such effect in young mice.
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United Fresh Receives Top ASAE Honors for Leadership in School Salad Bars Program
ASAE gave United Fresh Produce Association's United Fresh Start Foundation a 2014 Power of A Summit Award for its program placing salad bars in schools, which the association says reaches more than two million students in 3,500 schools.
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The World Beer Festival—Durham reveals festival commemorative tasting glass
The World Beer Festival in Durham unveiled its 2014 commemorative snifter, which holds a 4-ounce pour instead of the 2-ounce plastic cups used before. The October 11 event at Durham Bulls Athletic Park has two sessions and is nearly sold out.
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Portland Screening of New Documentary Resistance Set for October 9
The documentary Resistance, which examines antibiotic resistance through interviews, archival material and footage shot in the U.S. and abroad, has its Portland premiere on October 9. Filmmaker Michael Graziano calls antibiotics a public resource that must be managed.
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FEAR: MOTIVATOR OR DEPRESSANT?
Ralph Campbell, MD argues in the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service that the word fear once meant awe or respect, and that television news and pharmaceutical advertising now trade on fear, worry and anxiety to hold an audience and sell drugs.
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Texas crop, weather for Sept. 30, 2014
Texas hay supplies range from surplus to nearly nonexistent, a Texas A&M AgriLife forage specialist says. Rains east of I-35 have filled many barns, while parts of the Rolling Plains near Vernon remain in exceptional drought, and hay is moving west from surplus areas.
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The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Excise Tax On Medical Devices Packaging
A Delia Associates release argues medical device makers must adapt to the Affordable Care Act's 2.3 percent excise tax, projected to raise about $20 billion over 10 years, and flags its inconsistent treatment of packaging for commercially assembled convenience kits.
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3D Mammography Leads to Cancer Diagnosis in Hospital President
Debra Flores, president of Sentara CarePlex Hospital, had found the money to buy her system's first 3D mammography machine; months later the device found cancer in both her breasts, including a Stage 0 tumor. She had lumpectomies and radiation and is now cancer free.
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Meaghan's story: from breast cancer survivor to advocate
A Breast Cancer Fund fundraising letter that tells the story of Meaghan Campbell, diagnosed at 32 and now cancer free, and asks readers to donate toward preventing breast cancer.
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2014 Tip Murphy Legacy Golf Tournament to Support Increasing Children’s Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
The United Fresh Start Foundation holds its 2014 Tip Murphy Legacy Golf Tournament on September 29 at Oasis Golf Club in Loveland, Ohio, with proceeds supporting its work to get fresh fruits and vegetables to more children.
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Moby has a message for you - news from Center for Food Safety
A Center for Food Safety appeal featuring musician Moby, urging readers to watch its video and press the EPA to act on neonicotinoid pesticides. CFS and a coalition of beekeepers and environmental groups sued the agency last spring over its handling of the chemicals.
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Lubrizol's Acquisition of Vesta Broadens Offering for Global Medical Device Industry
Lubrizol says its acquisition of Vesta, a Franklin, Wis., contract manufacturer with three U.S. plants, adds silicone and other thermoplastics to its medical device materials. Both units showed their combined capabilities at MEDTEC China 2014 in Shanghai.
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Lubrizol Showcases Innovative Medical Polymer Solutions at MEDTEC China 2014 in Shanghai
Lubrizol LifeSciences showed its medical polymer range at MEDTEC China 2014 in Shanghai, including Tecothane flame-retardant medical-grade thermoplastic polyurethanes for equipment that touches electronics, and Pellethane aromatic TPUs for flexible IV tubing.
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Bistro Chairs, Recreational Off-Road Vehicle, Country Clipper Riding Lawn Mowers Recalled
The CPSC posted three recalls: about 840 Ross metal bistro chairs whose seats can fail to attach, after three reports of minor injuries; Bad Boy Buggies off-road vehicles over a crash hazard; and Shivvers Country Clipper riding mowers over a fire hazard.
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News from CPSC: Public Calendar - 09-25-2014
The CPSC's weekly public calendar for September 29 through October 5, 2014, listing staff meetings with outside parties and noting that no Commission briefings or decisional meetings are scheduled for that week.
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Medtronic Announces $6 Million Philanthropic Effort to Prevent and Control Rheumatic Heart Disease
Medtronic Philanthropy committed $6 million over five years to cut deaths from rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in three countries yet to be chosen. The World Heart Federation counts 350,000 RHD deaths a year, more than two-thirds in children and adolescents.
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2014 APEC Economic Leaders' Week media registration now open
Media registration opened for the 2014 APEC Economic Leaders' Week in Beijing, running from the Concluding Senior Officials' Meeting on November 5-6 to the Leaders' Meeting at Yanqi Lake on November 10-11. Journalists must register online by October 15.
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NIH EXCEPTIONAL RESPONDERS TO CANCER THERAPY STUDY LAUNCHED
The National Cancer Institute launched the Exceptional Responders Initiative, which will examine tumor specimens from patients who responded unusually well to drug therapy, looking for molecular features that predict who will benefit from a given drug.
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