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Feds Approve First-Ever Medicinal Marijuana Study
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 3:43pm | 721Read More...Signaling a major shift in domestic drug policy, the U.S. federal government has signed off on a study of marijuana use for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study, to be conducted by Dr. Suzanne Sisley at the University of Arizona, will test the effects of five different...
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Athenahealth's Park to Help Fix Healthcare.gov
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 8:58am | 545Read More...With the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Sylvia Burwell, refusing to guarantee that the Obamacare website would be completely working by December 15, the pressure is on. So far the Obama administration’s best response has been to announce a “tech surge” involving the “best and...
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Child Abuse Declines
Saturday, April 3, 2010 - 1:23pm | 114Read More...The Department of Health and Human Services issued a report showing a decline in child abuse rates for 2008, the lowest since 1990. However, there was an increase in facilities for abused children. Specifically, 903,000 children were abused in 2006 with only a record of 772,000 in 2008. On the...
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Retractable Tech (RVP) shares rise on announcing selection in government H1N1 program
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 2:40pm | 116Read More...Share price of syringe maker Retractable Technologies, Inc. (RVP) more than doubled during intraday trade, a day after the company revealed in an SEC filing that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has selected the company as one of the suppliers of safety engineered syringes. RVP said...
