States seek foreign supply to fuel lethal injection drugs
A expanding shortage of sodium thiopental drives prison systems to import the sedative from Dream Pharma in Britain and other suppliers in India England and Pakistan. Georgia Kentucky Nebraska California and others face DEA scrutiny as they race to stockpile for executions amid regulatory and ethical questions.
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Atlanta
Britain
India
Associated Press
California
Scott Kernan
Arizona
Hospira Inc
U.S
Food and Drug Administration
Arkansas
Georgia
Nebraska
Tennessee
Dream Pharma
Don
Drug Enforcement Administration
Chuvalo Truesdell
DEA
John Bentivoglio
Georgia Corrections Department
Joan Heath
Kathryn Hamoudah
Justice Department
Kentucky
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Phil Parker
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Hospira
Kayem Pharmaceutics
Archimedes Pharma
England
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Wendy Kelley
Ohio
Texas
Study finds obese mothers and children underestimate weight
A study of 111 mothers and 111 children shows many overweight or obese participants underestimate their weight. Among obese women 82 percent and overweight 43 percent misjudge their weight, while 86 percent of overweight or obese children underestimate theirs. The findings suggest obesity is widespread and underrecognition persists in urban families.
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Los Angeles
America
Nicole Dumas
Dumas
Columbia University Medical Center
New York City
American Heart Association
Atlanta
FDA approves Yervoy melanoma drug boosting survival
The FDA approved Yervoy ipilimumab the first melanoma therapy to extend survival in late stage disease. Bristol Myers Squibb priced at 120000 full course with patient assistance available and potential for serious side effects including colitis and hepatitis.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Yervoy
Bristol Myers Squibb
Princeton
N.J
National Cancer Institute
Ber
Richard Pardur
FDA
Cancer Drug Office
Lynn Schuchter
University of Pennsylvania
Abramson Cancer Center
Schuchter
Donald Morton
Gram
John Wayne Cancer Institute
Santa Monica
Calif
Morton
Ken Dominski
Dominski
Dog dung dispute sparks Mississippi shootout at levee
In Washington County Mississippi a dog feces quarrel between neighbors escalated to gunfire injuring Terry Tenhet and leading to Jerry Blasingame’s arrest. Tenhet, 52, says pellets struck him in hands and chest. Blasingame, 60, fired first after a prior dog altercation. Both sides give conflicting accounts.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Terry Tenher
Associated Press
Jerry Blasingame
Washington County Sheriff's
Billy Barber
Tenher
Blasingame
Tenhet
Jerry
Bystaridets
Nati Ws Beans Dai Tenhibt
Tehnet
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