Pain Medicine Doctors in Iowa City, IA Accepting Medicare

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Leonard Benton, MD Pain Medicine - Interventional Pain Medicine Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 200 Hawkins Dr, Dept Of Anesthesia, Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: 319-356-2633    Fax: 319-356-2940

Dr. Fred J Dery Jr., MD Pain Medicine - Pain Medicine Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 2751 Northgate Dr, Iowa City, IA 52245 Phone: 319-338-3606    Fax: 319-338-0522

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Memory Ride to raise money and awareness to fight Alzheimer's disease

Hundreds of cyclists, from experienced to novice, are signing up for Memory Ride to raise money and awareness to fight Alzheimer's disease. Set for Saturday, July 24, Memory Ride offers a challenging 100-mile "century" ride, as well as a "metric century" of 62 miles and a 20-mile option.

Also in Global Health news: Food shortages in Eritrea; Kenya HIV testing; aid in Malawi, Nepal; U.S. agriculture appointment

BBC examines Eritrea's decision to pass on international food aid in an effort to produce enough food for its population. According to Girma Asmerom, Eritrea's ambassador to the EU, "foreign food aid demonises the local people and makes them lazy." The government's strategy for addressing food shortages, includes distributing food from some areas in the country that had a bumper harvest, he said.

Drug-related emergency department visits increase among younger adults

A new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shows that some drug-related emergency department visits increased by 300 percent - from 5,605 visits in 2005 to 22,949 visits in 2011. These visits, made by adults aged 18 to 34, were related to the nonmedical use of central nervous system stimulants. On average, about 30 percent of these visits also involved alcohol.

WHO regulation on human toxicity helps in reducing acute pesticide poisoning

Current WHO pesticide classifications are based on toxicity in rats but basing regulation on human toxicity will make pesticide poisoning less hazardous and prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths globally without compromising agricultural needs. These are the key findings from a study by Andrew Dawson (South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka) and colleagues published in this week's PLoS Medicine.

Contaminated pet food from China caused the deaths of more than 300 cats and dogs

A new survey has revealed that contaminated pet food imported from China may have killed more than 300 dogs and cats early this year.

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