Ragweed Allergy Shots Show Limited Help for Asthma
Researchers test allergen immunotherapy on 77 patients with ragweed triggered asthma. Half received ragweed pollen shots, the rest dummy injections. Lung function improved slightly in year one but less in the second ragweed season. Dr. Peter Creticos of Johns Hopkins led the study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Peter Creticos
Johns Hopkins University
New England Journal of Medicine
Menendez brothers trial nears end in Beverly Hills case
Prosecutor says Erik and Lyle Menendez were shaped by a demanding father who urged ruthlessness as jurors hear the second trial for allegedly killing Jose and Kitty Menendez at their Beverly Hills mansion on August 28, 1989. The younger brothers, 25 and 28, face charges after a prior mistrial.
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Bureaucrat-speak funds Jargon Jar at Education Dept
Harrisburg PA AP bureau reports the Pennsylvania Education Department bans acronyms and garbled memos by forcing a dollar into a Jargon Jar. So far the pot stands at twelve dollars, with plans to donate a CD ROM dictionary to a school. MAWA means mutually acceptable written agreement and EI stands for early intervention.
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AP Puoto Kelli Miller
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Drunken Welch man kills daughter and others then dies
A 40-year-old drunk truckerRoger Williams hunted down his daughter Angela, her aunt Donna Williams, and her nephew Richard near Welch West Virginia, wounding Angela and killing Donna and Richard before fatally shooting himself. Angela died from a head wound after a failed tourniquet.
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