AgriLife Extension economist Stan Bevers says heavy bred replacement heifers are selling for $1,650 to $2,300 a head, while developing them in Texas costs roughly $1,400 to $1,800, leaving ranchers to decide whether to raise, buy or sell.
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Miscellaneous
Get Tickets Now: 2nd Annual Women Leading Green, Oct. 1
The Epicenter's second annual Women Leading Green evening in Boulder on October 1 features Maria Rodale, Marci Zaroff and Zhena Muzyka on launching a business, building a brand, fair trade and sustainability. Tickets run $5 to $45, with a free nationwide live stream.
Healthcare
Back-to-School Vaccines: Know the Risks and Failures
Barbara Loe Fisher argues American children, unlike those in Canada and the EU, must take dozens of vaccine doses to attend public school, and that medical contraindications narrowed after Congress shielded doctors and manufacturers from injury suits. Kindergartners now need 29 doses of 9 vaccines.
Miscellaneous
Medtronic Acquires Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation
Medtronic bought Dutch deep-brain-stimulation developer Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation for about $200 million in cash. Sapiens is developing a DBS lead with 40 stimulation points, designed for more precise targeting and possibly fewer stimulation-induced side effects.
Miscellaneous
Customed, Inc. Issues Recall of Sterile Convenience Surgical Packs
Customed of Puerto Rico recalled sterile convenience surgical packs made between January 2009 and May 2014 after finding an adhesion defect that could compromise sterility and lead to infection. No serious injuries or deaths were reported as of Aug. 21, 2014.
Environment
Dirty deeds, dirty dozen - Nrews email from EWG
An Environmental Working Group fundraising email spotlights atrazine, a herbicide whose residues turn up on most American corn crops and in drinking water, and which can turn male frogs into egg-producing females. Donors of $15 or more before August 27 get its Dirty Dozen booklet.
Miscellaneous
AdaptivCRT® Algorithm Customizes Therapy for Heart Failure Patients and Improves Their Response Rates
Medtronic said the FDA approved its Viva CRT-P pacemaker for patients with heart failure or AV block. The company says its AdaptivCRT algorithm adjusts pacing to each patient, citing data showing 47% fewer 30-day heart failure readmissions and 55% fewer AF-related visits.
Miscellaneous
Natural and organic products provider MetaBrand granted prestigiousB Corporation certification; joins other ethical companies in committing to business practices that lead to sustainability, social change
MetaBrand, which formulates and markets natural and organic food and drink products, has been certified as a B Corporation, joining more than 1,000 such firms. Founder Eric Schnell describes its aim as a quadruple bottom line: people, planet, profit and purpose.
Disease
Type 2 diabetes mellitus linked to bladder dysfunction
An Indian study compared women with and without type 2 diabetes who had lower urinary tract symptoms. Among the diabetic women, 67% had symptoms attributable to bladder dysfunction and 53% had overactive bladder; those with neuropathy, nephropathy or metabolic syndrome had more severe symptoms.
Disease
Diabetes mellitus affects sperm quality
Comparing 65 men with diabetes to 77 without, a study found worse sperm morphology among diabetic men with no sexual problems and lower semen volume and motility among the 50 with erection problems. The author calls the harm to ejaculate quality clear but highly variable between individuals.
Miscellaneous
Two Deaths Reported with Ace Bayou Bean Bag Chairs
Ace Bayou and the CPSC are recalling about 2.2 million bean bag chairs after two children died. A 13-year-old boy in Texas and a 3-year-old girl in Kentucky suffocated after unzipping the chairs, crawling inside and inhaling foam beads.
Miscellaneous
FDA MedWatch - Children’s Medical Ventures Gel-E Donut and Squishon 2: Class 1 Recall - Possibility of Mold
FDA and Children's Medical Ventures issued a Class 1 recall of the gel-filled infant positioners after complaints of visible mold, identified as Cladosporium and Penicillium, on the outer surface. The molds can cause invasive infections or breathing trouble in vulnerable patients.
Miscellaneous
Obesity Epidemic Answered with Healthy Revolutionary Ideas
A press release promoting Harold Kalve's book Basic Food, which argues the obesity epidemic can be answered by treating food instinctively rather than intellectually and by returning to what he calls the Basic Food of human prehistory.
Miscellaneous
SolarWorld Recalls Solar Systems with Copper Grounding Lugs
SolarWorld is recalling about 1.3 million US solar systems installed with bare-copper grounding lugs, which can corrode into a faulty ground circuit posing shock, electrocution or fire risks. The firm revised its instructions to require tin-coated lugs.
Miscellaneous
Children’s Medical Ventures, Gel-E Donut and Squishon 2 - Possibility of Mold
Children's Medical Ventures is recalling Gel-E Donut and Squishon 2 gel-filled infant positioners after complaints of visible mold, identified as Cladosporium and Penicillium. The FDA's Class I notice warns use could cause serious infections or death.
Environment
Just published! The 2014 Back-to-School Guide - Newsletter from CHEJ
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice released its seventh annual Back to School Guide to PVC-free school supplies, covering more than 40 product categories plus a wallet-sized version, and citing elevated phthalate levels its research found in common supplies.
Miscellaneous
Monthly blood transfusion reduce sickle cell anemia - related brain injury in children
An NIH-funded study in the New England Journal of Medicine found regular monthly blood transfusions prevent recurrent blockage of brain blood vessels in children with sickle cell anemia, a complication that affects about one third of them.
Drug
Antidepressants, psychological therapies help irritable bowel syndrome
A review in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found antidepressants and psychological therapies were 33 percent more likely than placebo or usual care to improve irritable bowel syndrome symptoms, drawing on ten psychotherapy trials and four antidepressant trials.
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