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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Drug
FDA warns consumers not to use Eu Yan Sang (Hong Kong) Ltd.’s “Bo Ying compound"
The FDA warns parents and caregivers not to use Bo Ying compound from Eu Yan Sang (Hong Kong) Ltd., a powder marketed for infants and children, after New York City health officials found high lead levels. One case of poisoning in an 18-month-old has been reported.
Miscellaneous
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.
Miscellaneous
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.
Miscellaneous
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.
Miscellaneous
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.
Miscellaneous
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.
Drug
Double mastectomy no better than conservative breast surgery plus radiation
Among 189,734 California women with stage 0-III unilateral breast cancer followed a mean of 89 months, bilateral mastectomy brought no survival gain over breast-conserving surgery with radiation, while unilateral mastectomy carried 35 percent higher death risk.
Drug
HIV/AIDS Update - Approval of Tybost (cobicistat) 150 mg tablets
The FDA approved Tybost (cobicistat) 150 mg tablets, a CYP3A inhibitor taken once daily with food to raise blood levels of atazanavir or darunavir in HIV-1 treatment. The most common reactions with atazanavir were jaundice, ocular icterus and nausea.
Drug
HIV/AIDS Update - Approval of Vitekta
FDA approved Vitekta (elvitegravir) 85 mg and 150 mg tablets, an HIV-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitor taken once daily with food alongside a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor and another antiretroviral, for treatment-experienced adults.
Miscellaneous
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.
Drug
FDA Updates for Health Professionals - 09.24.2014
An FDA Office of Health and Constituent Affairs roundup for September 24, 2014, listing recalls of Baxter potassium chloride injection over carton mislabeling, a Playtex electric breast pump over shock risk and Hospira heparin sodium over particulate matter, plus 32 labeling changes.
Miscellaneous
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.
Miscellaneous
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.
Drug
Antidiabetic drug may harm male fertility
A case report from the State University of Rio de Janeiro says liraglutide, prescribed for type 2 diabetes and obesity, had a harmful effect on male reproductive function, on top of known adverse effects such as acute pancreatitis and polyarthritis.
Miscellaneous
Texas crop, weather for Sept. 23, 2014
Texas corn harvest finished in the south and east with Gulf Coast yields of 130 to 150 bushels an acre and Blacklands yields of 150 to over 200, a Texas A&M AgriLife agronomist said. High Plains corn is mature but not yet dry enough to cut.
Miscellaneous
Hearth & Home Technologies Recalls Gas Fireplaces, Stoves, Inserts and Log Sets
Hearth & Home Technologies is recalling about 20,000 gas fireplaces, stoves, inserts and log sets, sold under brands including Heat-N-Glo and Quadra Fire, because the gas valve can leak. No incidents are reported; owners should shut off the gas and arrange a free inspection.
Drug
Are Your Sleeping Pills Causing "Night Eating"
The FDA has warned about Ambien hangovers, sedation and dangerous driving and recommended lower doses. Users report driving, eating, sexting and online shopping during Ambien blackouts, extending America's long attachment to sleeping pills back to the barbiturates of the 1960s.
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