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Scientists go online to discuss drugs with kids

Students ask questions anonymously in chat room on Drug Facts Chat Day Students like Michelle Ngwafla, 16, often have ready access to marijuana, alcohol and tobacco but they don't feel comfortable talking about the...

Montgomery Co. can't afford teacher pay raises

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Montgomery County School Superintendent Jerry Weast has told principals that labor contracts will have to be renegotiated because the school system can't afford scheduled pay raises in the next fiscal...

Task Force Finds Several Methods Equally Effective for Colorectal Cancer Screening

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a change from its previous recommendation, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends that adults age 50 to 75 be screened for colorectal cancer using annual...

Fruit-Flavored Drinks Tainted by Chinese Melamine

ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) -- A fruit-flavored drink called Blue Cat, distributed to Asian grocery stores nationwide, has been recalled because of contamination with melanine, the chemical found in milk in China, the FDA...

Frost & Sullivan Names RedXDefense 2008 U.S. Explosives Detection Product Innovation Leader

ROCKVILLE, Md. --(Business Wire)-- RedXDefense, LLC announced today that the Company has received Frost & Sullivan's 2008 North American Explosives Detection Product Differentiation of the Year Award. This Best Practices Award...

Human Genome Sciences Invites Investors to Listen to Webcast of Presentation at JMP Securities...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Human Genome Sciences, Inc. announced today that its presentation at the JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference will be webcast and may be accessed at http://www.hgsi.com/...

Smells Fishy: Washington State Bans Carp Pedicures

July 17, 2008: Tracy Roberts, 33, of Rockville, Md., has her toes nibbled on by a type of carp called garra rufa or doctor fish at a Virginia-based salon. July 17, 2008: Tracy Roberts, 33, of Rockville, Md., has her toes...

Volunteer firefighter seriously injured in blaze

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Montgomery County fire officials say a volunteer firefighter remains in serious condition after falling through a floor while fighting an early morning blaze. Fire and rescue spokesman Pete Piringer says...

EntreMed Announces Stock Listing Transfer to Nasdaq Capital Market

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EntreMed, Inc. , a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, today announced that it has received...

Chinese Melamine Contamination Prompts 21-State Recall

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 2 -- The FDA has announced that a second distributor of instant coffee products made in China issued a recall because of possible melamine contamination. Sunny Maid Corporation is recalling Mr. Brown 3-in-1...

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