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News from around Wisconsin at 6:28 a.m. CDT
The city of Green Bay could have a policy in place for Christmas displays even before a federal judge rules on whether the city violated the Constitution. Mayor Jim Schmitt recently met with clergy members to get their ideas on a city policy. They...Tags: Pat Williams, Injuries, Green Bay Packers, Freedom of Religion, Minnesota Vikings
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Meds can be a brain drain
Consider supplements if you're on medications that can sap the brain of nutrients. Common cholesterol-lowering statin drugs such as Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor or Mevacor deplete one of the brain's critical antioxidant protectors called coenzyme Q10 and put...Tags: Western Medicines, Migration, Diseases, Health Treatments, Medicine
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MY DUMBEST INVESTMENT
I once invested in a company that was developing new drugs. The news release the day its stock dropped 75 percent was almost comical. It went something like this: "[The company's] most touted drug was found to be no more effective than a placebo in... -
Man who held Wheaton bank customers hostage was going through difficult emotional time, relatives say
Chicago Tribune reporterA man who committed suicide after holding a dozen people hostage at a Wheaton bank Friday was on antidepressants and going through a rough emotional patch but was not a bad man, his family said. Michael Long, 42, was a loving father of three who asked...Tags: Police, Murder, Six Flags Incorporated, Wheaton, Suicide
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Adopting HIV-positive children
Associated PressSolomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus, a plastic crucifix and HIV. As one of some 14,000 Ethiopian children born with the virus every year,...Tags: Diplomacy, Private Health Care, Wyoming, AIDS, Diseases
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Estrogen therapy benefit is all in the timing
Chicago Tribune Media ServicesQ: I started taking Premarin daily after a hysterectomy at age 46. I had difficulty getting a prescription for the drug, but continued to use it when I could. At age 67, I was put on a daily dose again. At 77, I feel great, but I'm wondering: What is...Tags: Diseases, Medical Research, Health Treatments, Heart Disease, Therapies
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Formerly conjoined twins doing well 2 years later
Mateo and McHale Shaw are less than 3 years old and have had 25 surgeries between them. But the parents of the formerly conjoined twins say they are doing well two years after they were separated in an 18-hour operation at Children's National Medical... -
FDA posts list of potential problem drugs
Associated Press Writer.ndtable { background-color: White; border: 2px solid #205483; padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px; width: 505px; } .n4 { border: 1px solid #205483; margin: 1px 4px 1px 1px; paddingn: 1px 4px 1px 1px; font-size: 11px; font-family:Arial; text-align: left; } .ndtd1c {...Tags: Western Medicines, Government, Health Organizations, Medical Research, Health Treatments
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FDA lists 20 drugs under scrutiny
From Chicago Tribune news servicesEli Lilly & Co.'s antidepressant Cymbalta and AstraZeneca PLC's antipsychotic Seroquel are among 20 drugs cited by U.S. regulators in their first quarterly list of medicines under investigation for potential safety problems. The list, posted Friday on...Tags: Government, AstraZeneca Plc, Health Organizations, Medical Research, Thomas Moore
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Genome lights the way to cancer 'milestone'
Researchers cataloging the genetic codes of deadly human brain and pancreatic cancers say they have found several dozen defective genes that appear to work in concert to set off the tumor growth that eventually kills their victims. The team, at the Johns...Tags: Western Medicines, Cancer, University of Maryland, Diseases, Virginia
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4 arthritis drugs will get stiffer warnings
The Associated PressThe Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections. The drugs -- Enbrel,...Tags: Western Medicines, Health Organizations, Medicine, Medical Conditions
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Hampton opens storm shelter at Bethel High
Daily PressHampton is opening an emergency shelter at Bethel High School at 7 p.m. "Although there has been no evacuation ordered, Hampton citizens in low-lying flood areas and those in trailers are able to come to this shelter" at 1067 Big Bethel Road, the city...Tags: Animals, Emergency Planning
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