Imperial Valley News Center
Baja California to Global Soil Health Challenge
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- Written by Green Liver
San Francisco, California - Announced by California and France at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, the Global Soil Health Challenge calls on national and sub-national governments (like Baja California) to include ambitious programs of action on soil health in their Nationally Determined Contributions submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2020, and in sub-national climate initiatives as part of broader climate action plans.
FDA’s steps to modernize drug development, improve efficiency and promote innovation
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- Written by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
Washington, DC - The FDA continues to advance new policies, modernize our programs and advance opportunities for developing more targeted therapies. Using new technology platforms such as cell and gene therapies and small molecule drugs that target the genomic basis of disease, there are more opportunities to intervene in the underlying mechanisms that cause a disease, and potentially arrest and even reverse its progress.
ADA, JDRF and Helmsley Charitable Trust Announce Funding of Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Purchased from Pharmacies
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- Written by Michelle Kirkwood
Chicago, Illinois - The American Diabetes Association (ADA), JDRF International (JDRF) and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Helmsley) together announce the awarding of funding to the University of Florida for a one-year investigation by Dr. Timothy Garrett of the consistency and potency of insulin that is purchased at retail pharmacies across the United States.
Worse outcomes for Hispanic infants with critical congenital heart disease
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- Written by Darcy Spitz
Dallas, Texas - Hispanic infants with critical types of congenital heart disease have worse outcomes in their first year than do their non-Hispanic white counterparts, a difference largely driven by their mother’s level of education and type of insurance coverage, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure
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- Written by Bridgette McNeill
Dallas, Texas - A church-based program to encourage a healthy lifestyle lowered systolic blood pressure more than an educational program alone delivered in other churches, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.
List of Sears 142 unprofitable stores to be closed
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- Written by IVN
Hoffman, Estates, Illinois - As part of Sears Holdings' processes to accelerate strategic transformation and facilitate financial restructuring, the company will close 142 unprofitable stores near the end of the year. Liquidation sales at these stores are expected to begin shortly. This is in addition to the previously announced closure of 46 unprofitable stores that is expected to be completed by November 2018.
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