Courier News Online - Ferguson's Guantanamo trip sheds light on treatment of detainees
Bridgewater Courier News - Aug 28 10:35 PM
Congressman says Muslim detainees are being treated fairly. Congressman Mike Ferguson said he returned from a tour of the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay last month confident that the terrorist suspects there are being treated humanely.

Community briefs Published by news-press.com on August 29, 2005
The News-Press - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
The Gannett Foundation recently awarded nearly $42,000 to Southwest Florida agencies in August. Lee Mental Health is the only provider of inpatient crisis stabilization psychiatric treatment in Lee County. A $3 million capital campaign will help fund VISTA, a new facility for children and adults.

Child abuse happens right here
McAlester News-Capital & Democrat - Aug 28 1:53 PM
"Things like that didn't happen back in my time!" So spoke an elderly gentleman to me after hearing my talk about the purpose of a Child Advocacy Center and the team of investigators, prosecutor and treatment providers that are the heart of it.

New Type of Hypertension Treatment Effective and Well Tolerated, Emerging Evidence Shows
Medical News Today - Aug 28 6:03 PM
Data emerging from early studies of aliskiren, a new type of treatment for hypertension, indicate that the new drug is effective as a single treatment for patients with mild-to-moderate uncomplicated essential high blood pressure.

Artesunate should become the treatment of choice for severe malaria
Medical News Today - Aug 26 4:04 PM
Artesunate is better than quinine for the treatment of severe malaria in adults, concludes an article in this week's issue of THE LANCET.

Briefs for 08/29/2005
Jacksonville Daily News - Aug 28 10:01 PM
The truck stolen during an alleged armed robbery Friday at the Dixon water treatment plant was found Sunday in Sampson County, Onslow Sheriff Ed Brown said.

CANDO, N.D.: Rehab center to expand
Grand Forks Herald - 56 minutes ago
The Center for Solutions, a drug and alcohol treatment facility near Cando, N.D., is set to expand with the intent to serve twice as many clients by next year, officials said.

HERE IS THE FLUS
Daily Record - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
BBC newsreaders and Cabinet ministers will get priority treatment if bird flu hits Britain, it was claimed yesterday. Britain only has enough drugs to protect less than two per cent of the population from the deadly disease for a week.