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Maine Governor LePage apologizes for "Gestapo" comment

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FDA unveils safety measures for opioid painkillers

Drugmakers that market powerful painkiller medications will be required to fund training programs to help U.S. doctors and other health professionals safely prescribe the drugs, which are blamed for thousands of fatal overdoses each year.

The safety plan released by the Food and Drug Administration on Monday is designed to reduce misuse and abuse of long-acting opioid pain relievers, which include forms of morphine, methadone and oxycodone. The agency's plan mainly involves educating doctors and patients about appropriate use of the drugs.

The FDA has issued a number of warnings on prescription pain relievers in recent years but with little effect. Inappropriate use of the drugs caused nearly 425,000 emergency department visits in 2009, according to government figures. The drugs were blamed for 15,600 deaths that year, up from 14,800 in 2008.

The FDA said companies that sell the drugs must offer two to three hours of training to prescribers, either for free or for a small fee. The courses will be designed by companies that provide continuing medical education for health professionals, not by the drugmakers themselves.

The agency wants companies to provide training to least 60 percent of the 320,000 U.S. prescribers of the drugs within three years of launching the programs. The programs, which will be vetted by FDA regulators, must be available by March 2013.

"Responsible physicians will welcome the education benefits provided by this program," said Dr. Lynn Webster of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.

In addition to training, drugmakers will be required to distribute safety brochures to patients explaining the risks of the drugs and instructions to seek emergency care in event of an overdose.

The FDA spent more than three years developing the so-called risk management plans for the drugs, with input from industry and health care professionals.

Some health care experts stressed that training should be required for all prescribers. But FDA officials said the programs will be optional for now because making them mandatory would require a new law by Congress.

The new FDA plan covers about 30 opioid drugs, including Purdue Pharma's OxyContin, Johnson & Johnson's Duragesic patch and Pfizer's Embeda. Opioids are drugs that simulate the effects of natural narcotics, such as the opium poppy. They are typically prescribed for people already taking pain medications, including cancer patients, to treat severe pain flare-ups.

The products targeted by the FDA feature extended-release formulations designed to give long-lasting effects. But that potency carries serious risks when doctors prescribe them inappropriately, and when patients abuse them as stimulants.

The FDA reports that many physicians prescribe the painkillers for patients with migraine headaches, an unapproved use. Patients will also sometimes chew extended-release pills that are designed to be swallowed, causing an overdose.

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Cambodian deaths tied to common child illness

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Seasonal firefighters seek health care coverage

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One in 10 Malawians to need food aid: report

"Workers load food donations of maize, beans and cooking oil in a hangar at the Malawian capital Lilongwe. More than 10 percent of Malawi's inhabitants will need food aid over the next few months following massive crop failure in the south, a report said Monday. (AFP Photo/Mike Huggins)" title

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US health insurer WellPoint buys Amerigroup

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Sitting less may extend American lives: study

"American adults may boost their life expectancy by two years by sitting for fewer than three hours a day, researchers said Tuesday, while admitting this was a tough task. (AFP Photo/Martina Stanek)" title

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Lose 70 Pounds In 90 Days

Getting A Flat Stomach: there is No Secret If your looking for a flat stomach. The key to achieve it isn't to do a whole lot of crunches. It's really simple common sense. There is no single exercise that will burn fat off you're tummy alone. To get ripped is to diet and work with total body exercises.… By: Finest Fusionist in  Health and Fitness  >  Weight Loss   Feb 17, 2011   0   Likes: 3

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Successful Weight Loss – Do You Know The Big Secret?

mile markers’ on your journey to lose weight. These mile markers, or goals, will help you track where you are and how far you have to go to reach the final destination, a slimmer, healthier you.

Ask yourself these two questions:

1. How much weight do you want to lose?

2. What is your target date to have that goal reached?

Write it down on a sheet of paper. Writing down your goals is a very good way to remind yourself of what they are and where you are heading. You might even think of putting them on

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Presentation of Rezidor�s Interim Report Q2-2012

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2012Rezidor Hotel Group AB will release the Interim Report for the Second Quarter on Friday, 13 July at 08:30 CET.

(1888PressRelease) July 05, 2012 - A combined telephone conference and live webcast concerning the report will be presented by the President and CEO, Kurt Ritter, and Deputy President & CFO, Knut Kleiven, on the same day at 15:30 CET.

To follow the webcast, please visit www.investor.rezidor.com.

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-Fitness In The Village- Free Outdoor Zumba Class This Summer on Sunday, July 8th

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2012"Fitness In The Village" Free Outdoor Zumba Class This Summer on Sunday, July 8thHosted by Urban Active to promote a healthy community with benefits of working out outdoors.

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH (1888PressRelease) July 07, 2012 - Urban Active Fitness hosts its very popular Zumba class for "Fitness In The Village" this summer on Sunday, July 8th from 10-11 AM. It will take place on the lawn beside the Urban Active facility at Legacy Village. The class is open to the public for all ages and skill levels to help the community get healthy and gain the benefits of working out outdoors!

According to the Huffington Post, a 2011 study found that outdoor exercise was associated with greater decreases in tension, confusion, anger and depression when compared to indoor activity. And a 2010 study found that even just five minutes of exercise in a green space can improve mood and self-esteem, the BBC reported.

Zumba is the heart pumping class that combines red hot music with addictive dance moves! Zumba features interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms are combined to tone and sculpt the body while burning fat. Learn how to make fitness fun by adding Latin flavor and international zest to the workout while 500-800 calories per hour!

Since its creation in 2001, Zumba has become nothing short of a revolution. Coining the term "fitness party" and making fitness fun, Zumba spread like wildfire, and has become the world's largest - and most successful - dance-fitness program with more than 12 million people taking weekly Zumba classes in over 110,000 locations across more than 125 countries!

"Fitness In The Village" will be held on the lawn beside the Urban Active location at Legacy Village:
25145 Cedar Rd. Lyndhurst, OH 44124 (216) 291-8555

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