Word: alertness
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Getting blacklisted isn't hard. At Wal-Mart, which once had a lax return policy, just three round trips in 45 days without receipts triggers an alert. If you get flagged, you'll need a manager's approval to complete your purchase; then it will be six months before you can return an item as usual. Barnes & Noble and Home Depot have their own proprietary tagging systems...
...REUTERS SCHIAVO: In this famous photograph she looked deceptively alert...
...this year the Food and Drug Administration issued a couple of big ones. One was for Strattera, a commonly prescribed treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. It earned a boxed warning after reports linking the drug to suicidal thoughts in children and teenagers. The other drug to earn an alert was the popular painkiller Celebrex, part of the class of so-called COX-2 inhibitors that came under scrutiny last year for their heart-related side effects. Its label now warns doctors and patients of the risk of heart attack and stroke. Expect to see more of those warnings...
...Download the site's photo-indexing software, and you can create a slide show that appears as a small strip on your desktop. Get friends and family to sign up with Slide, and each time you drag and drop in a new pic, they will get an e-mail alert. Caveat: you will need a Windows PC and a broadband connection...
Wagner emphasized that the drug prescription system needs a new strategy to help improve the communication of risks to prescribers and patients. She suggested an automated electronic notification system that would alert physicians to specific drug warnings through their computers at the point of prescribing...