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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: Allergies, Industrial Production, Methamphetamine (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Earl Ray Tomblin
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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: Prescription Drugs, Consumers, Drugs and Medicines, Statins (drugs), Prices
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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, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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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: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Consumers, Justice System, Medicaid, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Prescription Drugs, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Chemical Industry, Franklin County (Virginia), Walmart
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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, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland Medical Center, PTA, Multiple Sclerosis
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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, FBI, Chemical Industry, Barack Obama, Dismemberment
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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: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Rosebank, Chemical Industry, Wii
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Walnut Street Community Health Center receives $6,000 grant from Community Foundation
Walnut Street Community Health Center has received a $6,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Washington County in support of its Emergency Medication Fund. The money will be used to cover the cost of prescription medications for the center’...Tags: Walnuts, Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Health
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Medication collection event is March 23
Washington County is hosting a medications collection event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 23, at the Washington County Health Department in Hagerstown, Residents of Washington County may drop off their unused or unwanted medications. Accepted...Tags: Chemical Industry, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Monday breakdown: Discarding empty medication bottles
A reader recently called Mail Call to ask where residents can turn in empty medication bottles. In Hagerstown, plastic containers with numbers one through seven — medicine bottles, milk bottles, water bottles, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles,...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Drugs and Medicines, Rubber Products Industry, Chemical Industry, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Flu shot doing a poor job of protecting elderly
It turns out this year’s flu shot is doing a startlingly dismal job of protecting senior citizens, the most vulnerable age group. The vaccine is proving only 9 percent effective in people 65 and older against the harsh strain of the flu that is...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccines, Disease Prevention
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