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...Project Lazarus, which is slated to launch this summer, will target that very group of at-risk patients, who are not often included in other initiatives. Project Lazarus will hand out naloxone kits and offer training, including instruction on rescue breathing, to patients who are starting methadone treatment for pain - methadone is stronger and lasts longer than other painkillers, which puts users at a higher risk of overdose - and those beginning treatment for addiction with the anti-addiction drug buprenorphine, who are by definition at high risk for drug relapse and overdose...
...sins of management and the scythe of a bad economy conspire to bankrupt once great companies, who pays? The sort of person, in the words of Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, "who ran a profitable business, civic leader, always responsible," who "very unfortunately" is "going to take a lot of pain" for the mistakes of others. A guy like Steve Weinberg. "It breaks your heart," says the Senator. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...commercial? Experts scratched their heads. "We're all kind of struggling with it," says automotive consultant Laurie Harbour-Felax. To Corker, the deal was an exercise in pain management. "I get the sense that they decided to kick the can down the road, maybe delay the end for another four or five years," he says. "And then if it fails, at least a foreign company owns...
...party talks. South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Seoul flatly told President Obama earlier this week not to go back to simply trying to bribe the North out of its nuclear program. Japan is more or less in the same place. China, which could inflict considerable economic pain on Pyongyang by cutting off trade and fuel shipments, now must decide whether or not, in truth, a nuclear North is against its "core interests." And it must do so with the world very much watching. Expect a senior envoy from Beijing to fly to Pyongyang at some point...
...teachers in charge of 25 children," says Martina Soennichsen, a spokeswoman for Verdi. "It's incredibly noisy. In some kindergartens, it's like being next to a runway when a plane takes off. Teachers sit on small chairs all day long and they end up with back pain and headaches." The unions have a long list of demands, ranging from regular free health checkups for kindergarten workers and better sound insulation in classrooms to ergonomic chairs and counseling. (Read "At the Blue Man Group's School, Kids Rule...