Health trends push women disease focus by pharma makers
Arthritis Foundation cites a Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association survey showing over 250 medicines in human trials or awaiting FDA approval for diseases mainly affecting women and top death causes in women. Drugs target juvenile rheumatoid arthritis osteoarthritis osteoporosis rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus with emphasis on women’s health.
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Arthritis Foundation
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Food and Drug Administration
World nutrition effort targets global dietary guidelines
Fifteen percent of people go hungry with 150 countries to seek solutions at a December Rome conference sponsored by FAO and WHO. The event aims to identify malnutrition problems, set global dietary guidelines, monitor nutritional status, and foster cooperation between rich and poor nations amid diet challenges and varied regional concerns.
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Rome
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The
World Health Organizion
Mediterranean
Asia
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Ellen Haas
Public Voice For Food and Health Policy
Head Turner Michelle Robinson mixes style with teaching
In Fulton English teacher Michelle Robinson known as Shelly dresses sharply for class. The 27 year old wears dresses from The Dress Barn and Limited outfits, pairs with blue pumps, and stays trim with aerobics. She and husband Mitchell buy a new house in Liverpool, balancing fashion with grading and lesson prep. Call 270-2237 to nominate local Head Turners.
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G. Ray Bodley High School
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Robinson
Shelly
Liverpool
Mitchell
Herald-Journal
Miss Manners on wedding rings and widower etiquette
Miss Manners answers a reader who asks how long a widower should wear his wedding ring. She says the rule can apply to widowers and notes the choice may signal to potential suitors that the widower is not ready to remarry. The column also covers a reader avoiding jury duty and a waiter fraud incident framed as a cautionary tale.
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Manners
Miss Manners
GOP Convention Ahead of Democrats in Style and Edge
Walter Goodman counsels Republicans on improving their convention after watching Democrats in New York. Suggests adding provocative figures,avoiding missteps, and using high drama with war imagery while noting Bush era fatigue and Peggy Noonan's absence.
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Quayle
Gore
Edward L Koch
New York
John Sununu
Sununu
White House
Buchanan
CNN
Peggy Noonan
Persian Gulf
Schwarzenegger
Schwarzkopf
Baghdad
NORML picks Texas oilman Richard Cowan as new executive director
Richard Cowan, a 52 year old Texas oil man and former Yale Republican leader, is named NORML executive director. He has associations with Young Americans for Freedom and William F Buckley Jr. He advocates marijuana legalization and cites 1000 daily arrests and medical access issues as urgency.
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National Organization For the Reform of
Grateful Dead
Texas
Republican Club
Yale
Young Americans For Freedom
William F. Buckley Jr
Richard Cowan
Possible Dreams Auction Raises 80000 For Martha's Vineyard Agencies
Celebrities bid for extras with Michael J Fox and a Cronkite sail boat ride to support Martha's Vineyard Community Services. The 14th annual fundraiser netted a record 80000 with bids including 2300 for an extra role, 4000 for a Cronkite ride, and 1400 for golf and lunch with John Havlicek. Art Buchwald also auctioned his bowler hat once gifted by Margaret Thatcher.
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Michael J. Fox
Walter Cronkite
Boston Celtic
John Havlicek
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services
Buchwald
Art Buchwald
Margaret Thatcher
Prince Naruhito's wife hunt rumors stir royal media
The Imperial Household Agency requests no coverage of Crown Prince Naruhito's search for a wife amid speculation he may marry Madonna as Queen Elizabeth II's 92nd birthday prompts celebrations including the national anthem, Hyde Park guns, and crowds outside Clarence House.
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Japan
Madonna
Imperial Household Agency
Queen Elizabeth
England
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London
Hyde Park
Clarence House
Norman _m
Williams
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Calcutta
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United Features Syndicate
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