Floods Drench South Kentucky Tennessee Destroys Homes
Heavy rains from a two day storm caused floods and mudslides across Kentucky and Tennessee destroying dozens of homes and forcing mass evacuations. At Cumberland riverfront a trailer plunged down a 50 foot embankment as a mother recounted digging her daughter from the mud amid rising waters. National Guard and Red Cross aid arrived as evacuations continued and damage to schools roads and a golf course was reported. Mississippi?
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Harlan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Cumberland
Jacqueline Bellofatto
Bellofatto
Red Cross
Great Smoky Mountains
Blount
Sevier
Chris Davis
Sevier County
Knox
Virginia
Saltville
Clinch
Holston
Steve Lurber
Wise County
Sheriff's
Teresa Meade
Chilhowie
Middle Fork
Holston River
Sea floor protection urged as trawling harms habitats
The National Academy of Sciences urges closing sensitive areas to bottom trawling to safeguard seabed habitats and exotic species. It backs gear limits and council involvement, noting deep water gear disturbs ecosystems and urging roller trawls be banned in federal waters.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
National Marine Fisheries Service
U.S
Congress
United States
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Northwest
Alaska
Elliott Norse
The
Marine Conservation Biology
Joel Hefley
R-Colp
States and firms wage war on obesity in Ohio
Kelly Thomas, a LuK Inc. coordinator, started a work based weight loss program that cut 294 pounds for 20 workers in 13 weeks. Officials nationwide fund campaigns and require healthier school meals as states push broader obesity prevention. Obesity linked health costs rise with lost productivity, while departments distribute tips, coupons, and healthy shopping guides.
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Toledo, Ohio
Kelly Thomas
Luk Inc
Thomas
Wooster
Ohio
California
Texas
Dick Schafrath
Cleveland Browns
Geralyn Lasher
Michigan
Department of Community Health
Kathleen Nolan
Association of State Territorial Health Officials
Schafrath
Speak Up campaign urges patients to question medical care
Patients urged to speak up before doctors mess up as Joint Commission launches public awareness drive. Tips include marking the correct limb, verifying medications, and washing hands. Campaign aims to reduce preventable medical errors cited in a 1999 Institute of Medicine study.
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Chicago
Dennis O’leary
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Commission
O’leary
Institute of Medicine
O'Leary
Arthritis guidelines endorse Tylenol and OxyContin for pain
The American Pain Society released first arthritis guidelines recommending acetaminophen for mild pain, cox-2 inhibitors like Vioxx and Celebrex for inflammation or moderate pain, and opiates including oxycodone for severe pain unrelieved by other treatments. The guidelines emphasize non-drug options and injections or surgery as alternatives, noting limited addiction risk in prescribed doses.
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Chicago
American Pain Society
Ada Jacox
Society
Jacox
U.S
Drug Enforcement Administration
Baltimore
Cough Types, Treatments, and Pleconaril Hope in Cold Fight
A doctor explains productive and non productive coughs and their treatments. Expectorants and narcotic suppressants are discussed. A new FDA reviewed cold drug pleconaril targets rhinoviruses and could become Picovir if approved.
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Ferguson
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
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Cumberland River Basin
Kimberly Evans
Dayholl
National Guard
Pineville
Redmond
Wash
America
David Satcher
Satcher
Dick Shafrath
Ohio Department of Health
Shafrath
Federal
Centers For Medicare
Medicaid Services
Sidney Wolfe
Consumer Advocacy
Public Citizen Health Research Group
Deborah Gentile
Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
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