Schools measure students for obesity in Chula Vista program
In Chula Vista California the school district annually weighs and measures height to calculate body mass index for students from kindergarten through sixth grade. The data remain anonymous and are used to identify community health needs and spur action.
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Chula Vista
Calif
Marina Beltran
Antonio Beltran
Beltran
California
Vicki Greenleaf
Los Angeles Unified
Mary Lou Retton
Greenleaf
National Eating Disorders Association
Massachusetts
James Steyer
Common Sense Media
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Matt Longjohn
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Longjohn
Arkansas
San Diego County
Health and Human Services Agency
CDC
New cholesterol drug class shows strong LDL reductions
Washington reports a new class of experimental medicines dramatically lowers LDL cholesterol. Amgen's evolocumab reduced LDL by 55 to 66 percent versus placebo and near that against Zetia in three studies with about 2,000 patients. Trials assess long term heart outcomes. regulatory decisions may follow cholesterol results.
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Washington
American College of Cardiology
Amgen Inc
Evolocumab
Merck
Zetia
Amgen
Hadley Wilson
Carolinas HealthCare System
Lipitor
Zocor
Crestor
Michael Koren
Jacksonville Center For Clinical Research
Florida
Scott Wasserman
University of Minnesota students grow Mighty Axe Hops in Ham Lake
Alumni and two students convert a Sannerud family farm parcel into Mighty Axe Hops to supply local organic hops for Minnesota craft brewers. The project aims to produce 6000 pounds annually by 2016 on four acres, with plans for partnerships from Fair State to Fulton and emphasis on pesticide free cultivation.
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Ham Lake
Minn
Sannerud
University of Minnesota
Eric Sannerud
Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild
Twin Cities
Fair State Brewing Cooperative
Day Block Brewing Co
Minneapolis
Ben Boo
Mighty Axe
West Coast
Oregon
Washington
Boo
The
Minnesota Daily
Minnesota
Niko Tonks
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tonks
Fairstate Brewing Cooperative
Institute On the Environment
Brian Bell
Bell
Brian Krohn
Fulton
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Medina Rd
Medina
TATA
Rex Engle
Favagallery.org
Herrick Jewelry
Oberlin
Gary Twining
Spain
Mike Manderen
Fava Gallery
New Union Center For the Arts
South Main Street
Firelands Association For the Visual Arts
Hart Asphalt
Meaden & Moore
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