Day: March 3, 2017

Dave Chappelle’s Netflix comedy specials previewed in new teaser

The black and white clip , released Thursday, features the comic sitting at a table outside smoking a cigarette as remarks from the specials can be heard in the background. “I know I’ve been gone for a very long time,” Chappelle can be heard saying, a reference to how he has largely remained away from the public eye after he left Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show in 2005.

Premier Ready To Talk With Ottawa About Health Care Funding

In it, Pallister says he is “reluctantly” ready to begin negotiations, but disappointed efforts to work out a national deal with all the provinces has failed. All of provinces balked at the initial offer from the federal government last year which suggested a modest increase to health transfer payments.

Pain pill alternative is being abused

Pain pill alternative is being abused A non-narcotic pain pill that led the state in prescriptions in December is becoming more widely abused. Check out this story on portclintonnewsherald.com: http://ohne.ws/2lmsV55 This week, the Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network issued an alert that abuse of gabapentin, more commonly known by the brand name Neurontin, has been on the rise over the past six months, especially by those with a history of abuse to heroin and prescription pain pills.

The CXXC motif: a rheostat in the active site.

The active-site CXXC motif of thiol:disulfide oxidoreductases is essential for their catalysis of redox reactions. Changing the XX residues can perturb the reduction potential of the active-site disulfide bond of the Escherichia coli enzymes thioredoxin and DsbA .

Poor Diet And Breast Cancer

… of California at Los Angeles, and colleagues analysed data from 45,204 women in the U.S. who were part of the Nurses’ Health Study II. “In 1997, participants were asked if they would be willing to complete a supplemental food frequency questionnaire …

Alton, Penitas cancelling city council elections

After the only challenger withdrew his application to be on the ballot, the Penitas city council voted to cancel its May 6 city council elections Wednesday. Noe Garza Jr., a security officer for the Mission Consolidated Independent School District, had filed to run in Place 3 against incumbent Felipe Quintanilla.

Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings

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GOP Hopes to Enlist Trump in Entitlement Reforms

Republicans in Congress are hopeful that despite his campaign promises to the contrary, President Trump will at some point embrace reforms to major entitlement programs long sought by GOP lawmakers to rein in federal spending and debt. Trump campaigned on preserving Medicare and Social Security, putting him at odds with most of his GOP primary opponents and the majority of the party.

Celgene to Present New Data from Clinical Trials on Oral OTEZLA…

Celgene Corporation today announced that findings from ongoing clinical trials of OTEZLA , the Company’s oral, selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 , conducted in patients with moderate or moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, and in adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis, will be presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in Orlando, Florida. Ten abstracts will be presented at the meeting.

TG Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Data Presentation at the Upcoming…

TG Therapeutics, Inc. , today announced that updated data for TG-1101 , the Company’s novel glycoengineered anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, has been selected for presentation at the upcoming 69th American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, to be held April 22-28, 2017, in Boston, MA. Michael S. Weiss, the Company’s Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are very pleased to be able to present this early data from our Phase 2a study of TG-1101 in relapsing multiple sclerosis at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

AGTC to Present at the 29th Annual ROTH Conference on March 14, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla., and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 03, 2017 — Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation , a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus -based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, today announced that Sue Washer, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 29th Annual ROTH Conference on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 8:30am PT in Dana Point, Calif. AGTC’s lead product candidates are designed to treat inherited orphan diseases of the eye, caused by mutations in single genes that significantly affect visual function and currently lack effective medical treatments.

Lives of women and babies hinge on healthcare package

The Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, ensured access to healthcare for millions of women and their children, including those in need of high-risk pregnancy specialists and services. The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine recently issued a plea to Congress to make sure that any health care replacement package for the ACA includes essential health care services for pregnant women and their babies.

An opioid minus major side effects

When given to rats, a new opioid relieves their pain but doesn’t cause the negative side effects typically associated with this class of analgesic, such as addiction, respiratory depression, and constipation . “These things are big problems when we treat patients for long periods of time with opioids,” says Christoph Stein, a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Free University of Berlin, who led the research.

Can weather changes make you sick?

From 80 degree, humid weather, to windy, dry temperatures in the 40s, we are seeing quite the shift in seasons this week in Southwest Louisiana. But can the weather truly be to blame when you “feel under the weather?” Flu cases are up, along with stomach bugs and upper respiratory infections, so we stopped by the Memorial/LSUHSC clini c to ask family medicine resident, Dr. Michael Robinson, if the weather has anything to do with all of these sicknesses.

Entitlement Reform – Medicare

Medicare, like Medicaid, has long been a reform target of congressional Republicans who seek to bend the cost curve for the program that provides coverage for more than 50 million seniors at a cost of more than $500 billion per year. Last year, Speaker Paul Ryan unveiled his proposal to convert Medicare to what is known as a “premium support” program in which the federal government would provide a payment on behalf of each Medicare recipient toward the purchase of a health insurance plan either a private plan, a similar Medicare Advantage plan or traditional Medicare.

Clearwater, FL Periodontist, Dr. Todd Britten Now Provides Dental…

Todd Britten, D.M.D, M.S. places bone grafts using the latest technology, for patients suffering from bone loss in their jaw, which occurs when teeth are removed and not replaced. Dental implants are often used to replace teeth, but when there is not enough jaw bone to hold the implants, a dental bone grafting procedure may have to be done first.