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Topix.new News Alerts

Mon, 10/03/2005 - 13:18
Something for everyone, There is a website that I came across a while back, where you can sign-up to receive News Alerts by e-mail, and received the news alerts pertain to what you would want to be alerted about. They sign-up page is located at http://alerts.topix.net/cgi-bin/newsalert.cgi?action=request&cat=topstories/topstories Anyway, I just received one here today and thought I would bring it to everyone's attention due to what was displayed in the news alert pertaining to epilepsy. I am not going to copy everything that is displayed on each one of the weblinks, but instead to give you the websites themselves said you can visit them if you so desire. -FDA Warns of Risk From Prescription Mix-Up SF Gate - Wednesday September 28, 2005 Doctors and pharmacists have been warned that mix-ups in prescriptions of three drugs with similar names but vastly different effects have led to serious health problems. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/27/national/w141004D65.DTL -Correct medication stabilizes woman's life Janesville Gazette - Monday September 26, 2005 Beth Farlow was always picked on as a child. "I had a lot of learning troubles, was last to be picked for phy ed, called mentally retarded and had seizures like a hyper fit,'' she said. http://www.gazetteextra.com/unitedway_farlow092605.asp Bruce (link guy) Disabled American Veteran

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