Energy ministers from the 21 APEC economies endorsed the Beijing Declaration, a set of measures on energy security and sustainable development. The release notes APEC accounts for 55% of global energy production and 60% of consumption, with fossil fuels still 80% of the regional mix by 2030.
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Miscellaneous
Martin Avenue Pharmacy, Inc. Compounded Sterile Preparations: Recall - Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Martin Avenue Pharmacy is recalling all in-date compounded sterile preparations after an FDA inspection found quality control problems that put sterility assurance at risk. The pharmacy supplied medical offices and patients in several states, including Illinois and Texas.
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In Pro Baseball Pitchers, Weak Core Linked to More Missed Days
Among 347 pitchers assessed at spring training, those whose pelvis tilted more while stepping up were up to three times likelier to miss 30 or more days to injury. The researchers stress the study shows association, not causation.
Drug
Med Watch: Dermatend Original and Dermatend Ultra: Recall - Safety Concerns
Solace International is recalling all lots and sizes of Dermatend Original and Dermatend Ultra, sold to remove moles, warts and skin tags, to the distributor and wholesaler level. FDA has not approved them, and using them instead of seeing a doctor could delay a cancer diagnosis.
Government
FDA's Consumer Updates: My Dog Has Cancer: What Do I Need to Know?
FDA veterinarian Lisa Troutman explains that the agency reviews animal drugs for safety and effectiveness as it does human drugs, and that companies have only recently brought cancer treatments made for pets to market. Cancer accounts for almost half of deaths in pets over 10.
Miscellaneous
Maglio & company announces new regional sales manager
Maglio & Company added Robert Wilkinson as regional sales manager. He has more than 15 years in the produce industry across food service, wholesale and retail, and will help build customer bases and train the sales team.
Miscellaneous
Grandpop and Prostate Cancer in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania physicians are using Grandparents Day to urge older men to talk with their doctors about the pros and cons of prostate cancer screening. The Pennsylvania Prostate Cancer Coalition estimates 28 men in the state are diagnosed and four die each day.
Drug
Are the two FDA-approved weight loss drugs safe?
A JAMA Internal Medicine report urges caution with lorcaserin and phentermine/topiramate, which gave 3 and 7 percent more weight loss than placebo over a year but carry serious harms. European regulators rejected one; the other's maker withdrew its application.
Government
Make Swimming Healthier & Safer: Model Aquatic Health Code 1st Edition Released Today _ CDC
CDC released the first edition of the Model Aquatic Health Code, voluntary science-based guidelines states and localities can use to write or update pool codes against outbreaks, drowning and pool-chemical injuries. It took seven years, 12 technical committees, 140 people and 4,400 public comments.
Miscellaneous
Single animal to human transmission event responsible for 2014 ebola outbreak
NIH-funded scientists led by Pardis Sabeti used genomic sequencing to trace the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak to a single animal-to-human infection and to track how the virus changed as it spread between people. The WHO then counted 2,473 infections and 1,350 deaths.
Miscellaneous
APEC Ministers outline new partnership framework on oceans
APEC ministers issued the Xiamen Declaration, a regional framework covering coastal and marine conservation, the role of oceans in food security, marine science and the Blue Economy. Members committed to protect at least 10 percent of coastal and marine areas by 2020.
Miscellaneous
GMO News - Jeffrey Smith at GMO Education Conference, Portland, OR September 13, 2014
A notice for the Justice Begins with Seeds conference in Portland, Oregon on September 12 and 13, 2014, where Jeffrey Smith speaks on documented health risks of GMOs and Roundup. Organizers expect over 700 attendees for sessions on labeling and banning GMOs.
Government
Million Hearts e-Update: July/August 2014 - CDC News
A CDC Million Hearts newsletter rounding up blood pressure control resources for clinicians, a Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Resource Center of lower-sodium recipes built with EatingWell, free half-day preventive cardiology sessions, and an ASTHO request for proposals for participating states.
Drug
Psoriasis Treatments Are Getting More Personalized
FDA dermatologist Melinda McCord says psoriasis care has moved on from the old step-by-step approach: doctors now try to match phototherapy or systemic therapy to each patient from the first visit. About 7.5 million Americans have the condition, and there is no cure.
Government
Transcript: Traveling with Prescription Medications - from FDA
In this FDA Drug Info Rounds transcript, pharmacists tell travelers not to assume a prescription approved in one country is legal in another, to check that approved uses may differ, and to carry the brand and generic name, dosage form, strength and frequency of each medicine.
Miscellaneous
United Fresh to Honor Rep. Doc Hastings at The Washington Conference
United Fresh will present its Congressional Leadership Award to Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington on September 9 at The Washington Conference, citing his House Specialty Crop Caucus co-chairmanship and work on immigration reform and Farm Bills. He will also speak on legislative priorities.
Miscellaneous
NIH to launch human safety study of ebola vaccine candidate
NIAID will start the first human safety trial of an Ebola vaccine it developed with GlaxoSmithKline, testing safety and immune response in healthy adults at the NIH Clinical Center. Related trials are planned in the United Kingdom, Gambia and Mali.
Miscellaneous
All notices appear on the Public Calendar on CPSC's website
A weekly CPSC notice listing the agency's public calendar for the week of September 1, 2014, including staff meetings with outside parties and how to attend; no Commission briefings or decision meetings were scheduled.
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