A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended halting the use of Avastin (bevacizumab from Genentech) for treating breast cancer, pointing to studies showing the medication was not effective for that purpose, the Bellingham Herald reported. The recommendation followed two days of sometimes emotional testimony from doctors, patients and advocacy…
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Just published Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle data show that the number and severity of all types of accidents involving cars, trucks, SUVs, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicycles decreased between 2005 and 2009. Even as fewer drivers, passengers and other people who share VA roads and highways declined, though, individuals who did become involved in wrecks…
It may seem like an obvious precaution to take, but in a summer dominated by the loss of life on Virginia’s waterways, a fisherman had drowned because he went in a boat without wearing a life vest. The drowning accident occurred on the Diascund Reservoir near Lanexa, the Virginia Gazette reported. Four men were fishing…
Operation Dry Water, a nationwide anti-drunken boating effort aimed at reducing the number of alcohol and drug-related accidents, was reported to be a success in decreasing boating accidents during the 2011 July 4th weekend, according to the Daily Press. The initiative is carried out annually by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. According…