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Shop around for deals on prescription drugs
If your insurance has ever stopped covering a prescription drug or you don’t have coverage at all, you know how quickly costs can mount. Americans spent, on average, $758 out of pocket for medication in 2012, according to a recent Consumer Reports...Tags: CVS Corp., Plavix (drug), Services and Shopping, Medicines, Clopidogrel (drug)
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W.Va. authorities seizing meth labs at record pace
West Virginia law enforcement officials are seizing methamphetamine labs at a record pace in 2013. They have seized 200 meth labs to date, nearly approaching the 288 they shuttered in all of last year. The Charleston Gazette said law enforcement is on...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Allergies, Pharmaceuticals, Earl Ray Tomblin
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Sweating for Catie: Zumbathon raises money to help fund cystic fibrosis research
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comCatie Breslin is living proof there have been advances in cystic fibrosis research. When she was born, the average age a person with CF expected to live was age 18. Today, it's 37. That's why the 21-year-old Hagerstown native is hoping that people...Tags: Research, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Cystic Fibrosis
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Know your rights: Nursing Home Quality Reform Act created a Bill of Rights for those in long-term care
marieg@herald-mail.comFor most people, home means familiar faces, rooms filled with years of memories and a measure of control over one's life. But for many older adults, home is confined to four walls in an institutional setting, where you learn to navigate a wheelchair...Tags: Government Health Care, Finance, Health Insurance, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Physical Conditions
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Pa. and W.Va. police agencies participating in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
Several police agencies in Franklin County, Pa., and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia are participating in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this weekend. On Saturday, people can drop off expired, unwanted or unused medications at various...Tags: Walmart, Prescription Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Franklin County (Virginia), Jefferson County (Pennsylvania)
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Boonsboro woman named honorary chairwoman of Walk MS
marieg@herald-mail.comOn the surface, Jennifer Poffenberger's life seems fairly normal. She has been married for 22 years, is the mother of two teenage boys and has a full-time job. Like other parents, she's involved in her children's activities and finds time to volunteer...Tags: Numbness, Antietam National Battlefield, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Good Friday
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Planting in compacted soil could cause lackluster growing season
Jennifer Bratthauar, Penn State Extension educator for agronomy and nutrient management for Franklin County, warns about the impact of planting in compacted soils. It is that time of year again when homeowners and farmers are getting ready to plant their...
Tags: Fertilizer, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Texas town grieves for dead first-responders
Associated PressBuck Uptmor didn't have to go to West Fertilizer Co. when the fire started. He wasn't a firefighter like his brother and cousin, who raced toward the plant. But a ranch of horses next to the flames needed to be moved to safety. "He went to help a friend,...Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Emergency Incidents, Fertilizer, Disasters and Accidents, Television Industry
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Tests show ricin in letters to Obama, senator
Associated PressThe FBI says laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of ricin in letters mailed to a U.S. senator and to President Barack Obama. The FBI said Thursday that further tests are still being done, but that lab results show the toxin was used in the...Tags: Netherlands, Entertainment, Lab Tests, MySpace, Barack Obama
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Rescuers comb ruins of Texas fertilizer plant; as many as 15 dead
Associated PressRescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris or bodies of the dead. The accident killed as...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nursing Homes, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Politics, Barack Obama
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Gardeners protect the bay with Bay-Wise gardening
Did you know that we live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed? Everything we do in our gardens and homes affects the health of the bay and our waterways. It all matters. To improve water quality and conserve natural resources, we teach environmentally...
Tags: Energy Saving, Agriculture, Plant Openings, Fertilizer, Environmental Issues
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Tri-State senior centers calendar - March 25-29
Activities and programs scheduled for Monday, March 25, through Friday, March 29, at senior citizens centers in Washington County, Md., and Franklin County, Pa.: Maryland Francis Murphy 20014 Rosebank Way, Hagerstown 240-313-9300, ext. 154 - Bingo...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Wii, Pharmaceuticals, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Rosebank
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