Archive for April 2012
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April 30, 2012 – Almost half of apartment residents say they can smell secondhand smoke from their neighbors in their own homes, a new survey suggests. Nearly one-third of people living in apartments say they can smell secondhand smoke in…
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From WebMD by Louise Chang, MD The LA Times recently reported on six recent cases of teens who wound up with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer. The active ingredient in hand sanitizers is ethyl alcohol, and some teens were…
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By Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY First-time abusers of prescription painkillers such as OxyContin most often get the drugs for free from friends or family, while chronic abusers seek doctors or dealers to get their fix, a new federal analysis…
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Associated Press NEW YORK — Sales of the nation’s two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients’ suffering is spawning an…
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Jefferson County, MO (KSDK - Talia Kaplan) – K2, then bath salts. Both products were available over the counter and both were banned. Now there is a new way some people are trying to get high and it’s legal. Investigators with…
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April 2, 2012 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says tobacco companies will have to report levels of 20 dangerous chemicals found in its products. The chemicals have been associated with cancer, lung disease and other health problems, the…
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