A fairly new medication prescribed for patients with type 2 diabetes, Victoza (liraglutide) was FDA approved for use in the United States in 2010, a year after it was approved by the European Medicines Agency. Mild side effects include nausea, headache, and weight loss. Taken with certain other medications (like oral diabetes meds) add fatigue, loss of appetite, back pain, dizziness,  urinary tract infection,  upper respiratory infection, hypertension and flu like symptoms to the list of side ...Keep Reading
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Climatologists say a dry spell devastating almost all of America is starting to worry the weather community during what is one of the worst droughts in recent years. The federal agency that investigates dry weather, the US Drought Monitor, says “that more than half of the continental United States are experiencing “abnormally dry” conditions, which have so far proven to be the worst the country has experienced since 2007.“ “Conditions are starting to worry us now,” Keith Eggleston, a ...Keep Reading
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firms named below, announced voluntary recalls of the following consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recalled April 5, 2012 Release #12-146 Office Depot® Brand Biella Leather Desk Chairs Units: 307,000 in the U.S. and 12,000 in Canada Imported by Swinton Avenue Trading ...Keep Reading
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According to the Huffington Post, before you make plans for summer travel here and abroad, if you owe federal taxes, you had better be aware of a new Transportation bill that is in Congress right now, which could allow the IRS to revoke the passports of those Americans who owe back taxes from leaving the country.  No kidding! “The provision is part of Senate Bill 1813, also called the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, was introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in November ...Keep Reading
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