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Tucson Meth Carrier Arrested at Immigration Checkpoint
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 18 August 2019 18 August 2019
Tucson, Arizona - On Saturday, U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint near Amado arrested a Tucson woman for smuggling meth.
Border Patrol Rescues Young Guatemalan Woman
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 18 August 2019 18 August 2019
Arivaca, Arizona - U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued a medically distressed woman from Guatemala while tracking a group of illegal aliens near Arivaca on Sunday.
Leaders of NIH’s All of Us Research Program recap progress and next steps
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 17 August 2019 17 August 2019
Washington, DC - The All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health has made strong progress in its efforts to advance precision medicine, according to program leadership in a forthcoming paper in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Intensive blood pressure control may slow age-related brain damage
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- Written by Hillary Viers Hillary Viers
- Published: 17 August 2019 17 August 2019
Washington, DC - In a nationwide study, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of hundreds of participants in the National Institutes of Health’s Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) and found that intensively controlling a person’s blood pressure was more effective at slowing the accumulation of white matter lesions than standard treatment of high blood pressure.
Enterovirus antibodies detected in acute flaccid myelitis patients
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- Written by Anne A. Oplinger Anne A. Oplinger
- Published: 17 August 2019 17 August 2019
Washington, DC - A new study analyzing samples from patients with and without acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) provides additional evidence for an association between the rare but often serious condition that causes muscle weakness and paralysis, and infection with non-polio enteroviruses.
NIH-funded study will test seasonal flu vaccines with two experimental adjuvants
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- Written by Elizabeth Deatrick Elizabeth Deatrick
- Published: 17 August 2019 17 August 2019
Washington, DC - An early-stage clinical trial is evaluating two licensed seasonal influenza vaccines, administered with or without novel adjuvants, for their safety and ability to generate an immune response. Adjuvants are compounds added to vaccines to induce stronger and longer-lasting immune responses. The Phase 1 study is enrolling healthy adult volunteers at eight sites across the United States.
The Last Neighborhood Bar in North Scottsdale Airpark is Celebrating its 5 Year Anniversary as a Scottsdale institution
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 17 August 2019 17 August 2019
Scottsdale, Arizona - August 19th, 2019 marks a milestone for The Hangar as it celebrates five successful years. The official anniversary is August 19th, but the party started Friday.