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1 hr ago | SFGate

San Diego mayor has plan to end bird guano stink

Visitors will no longer have to hold their noses while taking in the scenic vistas of La Jolla's beaches if the plan announced by San Diego officials is successful.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, La-Jolla, CA, La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

Fri May 24, 2013

KXTV

Bill would treat e-cigarettes like other tobacco

Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of Hayward says some of the vapors emitted by the e-cigarettes may pose health risks.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health, California

KSTP

NYC Lawsuit Alleging Favre Sent Racy Texts Settled

A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over claims he sent racy text messages says the case has been settled.

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Related Topix: Massage Therapy, Health

The Winnipeg Free Press

ISTA Pharmaceuticals pleads guilty in NY to promoting drug for unapproved use, will pay $33.5M

Drug-maker ISTA Pharmaceuticals has pleaded guilty in New York in a federal case involving its eye drug Xibrom and has agreed to pay more than $30 million.

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Related Topix: Biotech, ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Bausch and Lomb, Medical Equipment, Food and Drug Administration

KSTP

FDA Warns of Infections Tied to Tennessee Pharmacy

Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Newbern, TN, Medrol, Methylprednisolone (generic), Health, Pain

KION 46

5 germ hot spots you aren't cleaning

Home is where the heart is -- not to mention the dirt, dust, bacteria and mold. "Most people clean what they can see, but there's a lot more to cleaning a home than just wiping down your bureau," says Richard Symes of Clenz Philly , an eco-friendly home and commercial cleaning service in New Jersey and Philadelphia.

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Related Topix: Allergy, Health, E. Coli

Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News

Owen to star in Soderbergh show

The Traffic director has just announced he is retiring from filmmaking with his final film, Behind The Candelabra starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival and about to air on HBO in the US this week.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, Nursing

The Day

Johnson & Johnson plans 10-plus new drug applications by 2017

Johnson & Johnson is developing what could eventually be game-changing treatments for depression and pain, and it's aiming to apply for approval of more than 10 new medicines by 2017, executives said Thursday during a review of the health care giant's medicine business.

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Related Topix: Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Advanced Transit Dynamics, VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Startups, Johnson Controls

Thu May 23, 2013

KFVS12

Diet soda habit as bad for teeth as meth addiction

"You look at it side-to-side with 'meth mouth' or 'coke mouth,' it is startling to see the intensity and extent of damage more or less the same," said Dr.

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Related Topix: Wisdom Teeth, Health, Drugs, Dentistry, Temple University, Dentures

Seattle Times

Alabama mystery illness solved: it's common flu

Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Bird Flu, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

News Summary: J&J predicts surge of new medicines

BIG PLANS: Johnson & Johnson says it's poised by 2017 to seek regulatory approval for a dozen new medicines and two dozen variations of existing ones.

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Related Topix: Food, J and J Snack Foods, Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry

KTVN Reno

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

NEW YORK - For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Genetics

The Arizona Republic

McDonald's can't shake criticism about nutrition

McDonald's once again faced criticism that it's a purveyor of junk food that markets to children at its annual shareholder meeting Thursday.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Life, Food, Nutrition, Hamburger, Family, Kids, Marketing

The Review

WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus

World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample.

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Related Topix: Bird Flu, Health, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

KTVN Reno

Nearly All U.S. States See Hefty Drop in Teen Births

A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is showing a big drop in teen birth rates that some experts say is startling.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

WGNS Radio

You Can Tell It's Memorial Day: Gas Prices JUMPED

Just like clockwork, the Memorial Day weekend and the official start of summer with local gas prices.

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Related Topix: Health, Diabetes

Philly.com

J&J forecasts 10 new drug applications by 2017

Johnson & Johnson says it plans to submit more than 10 new treatments to regulators for approval and 25 applications for additional uses of approved drugs by 2017.

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Related Topix: Food, J and J Snack Foods, Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, DePuy Orthopaedics, Medical Equipment, Hospital Administration, St Peters Health Care Services

WKYC-TV

Would you rather lose $1,000 or gain 20 pounds?

More than half of Americans say they'd rather lose $1,000 than gain 20 pounds, a new survey shows.

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Related Topix: Life, Nutrition, Food

Oxford Mail

Hospitals chief apologises for rising A&E waiting times

Dr James Price, left, clinical director of emergency medicine, and Dr Stephen Richards, chief operating officer of the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, at the John Radcliffe Hospital's A&E department THE man in charge of the John Radcliffe Hospital 's accident and emergency department has apologised for long waiting times and promised they ... (more)

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Related Topix: Emergency Medicine

Rock FM

Bad Hairball Day! Tiger Needs Stomach Surgery

Veterinary surgeons in Tampa Bay were called in after Ty the tiger failed to hack up the monster obstruction all by himself.

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Related Topix: Surgery