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The company involved in a voluntary recall of a contact lens solution said Tuesday it stands by its product and blamed improper handling of contact lenses for the eye infections that forced the product to be pulled from the shelves. “What we’re trying to handle right now … is what the CDC hit us with,” said James Mazzo, president and CEO of Advanced Medical Optics. Government officials Friday warned people to throw away AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution, used for cleaning and storing soft contact lenses, after an investigation linked it to a rare eye infection.
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Original post by Daniel Yee and software by Elliott Back
Filed under Health, wikipedia
Last couple of weeks I’ve had some pain in my shoulder. I think it started after I got my medicine balls–perhaps I overdid it for a couple of workouts.
Today I start doing some research on shoulder pain and came across this wikipedia page which was really comprehensive. I thought, dang… who the heck is writing this page. This feels too good to be in Wikipedia frankly.
So, I clicked on the discussion pages and the history and found out that the page had a very small number of edits for the first three years (2003-2005), and less than 100 edits overall. This article cold not have a been created with that small a number of edits.
Then I looked at the first edit and it seems the person cut and pasted this NIH article to make the Wikipedia article…http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/shoulderprobs/shoulderqa.htm
Someone questioned if this was really public domain on the talk page, but doesn’t [...]
Original post by Jason Calacanis and software by Elliott Back
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The first birth control pill meant to put a stop to women’s monthly periods indefinitely won federal approval Tuesday. Called “Lybrel,” it’s the first such pill to receive Food and Drug Administration approval for continuous use. When taken daily, the pill can halt women’s menstrual periods indefinitely and prevent pregnancies. Lybrel is the latest approved oral contraceptive to depart from the 21-days-on, seven-days-off regimen that had been standard since birth control pill sales began in the 1960s.
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Original post by Andrew Bridges and software by Elliott Back
