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Use of prescribed sleeping pills is up; Concerns raised about whether the drugs are used appropriately
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Sleeping pills rechristened as sleep medications are becoming
increasingly accepted and a prescribed drug for young adults and even
children.
The use of prescription sleeping pills among people ages 20 to 44
doubled from 2000 to 2004, according to an analysis of insurance
claims by Medco Health Solutions, which administers prescription drug
plans.
Further, the number of children who were on sleep medication rose
85%. The use isn't widespread an estimated 181,050 children, or
0.22% of the population 19 and younger, take the drugs. Still, the
increase came even though none of the most popular ...
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Canada Post Salutes Captain George Vancouver with a Stamp.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News
; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA...via COMTEX) -- George Vancouver was already...reproduction of Captain Vancouver's authenticated...will bear the cancel VANCOUVER, BC. More information...photo of the Captain George Vancouver commemorative...
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Canada Post Salutes Captain George Vancouver with a Stamp
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire
; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA...June 14, 2007) - George Vancouver was already...reproduction of Captain Vancouver's authenticated...will bear the cancel VANCOUVER, BC. More information...photo of the Captain George Vancouver commemorative...
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Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
; ...the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver by Stephen R. Bown Douglas & Mclntyre, Vancouver, 2008 272 pp., illus., $34.95...yet least-known British navigators: George Vancouver. An understudy of the renowned...
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From Maps to Metaphors: The Pacific World of George Vancouver.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Review
; ...commemorate the bicentenary of Captain George Vancouver's 1792 arrival on the northwestern...maps of exploration generated by Vancouver and his contemporaries contributed...Northwest America from Cook to Vancouver. David Mackay follows a similar...
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The board of St. George Minerals, Vancouver voted today to consolidate and list on the NASDAQ its subsidiary St. George Metals Inc., Houston. (NASDAQ Market System)
PR Newswire
; THE BOARD OF ST. GEORGE MINERALS, VANCOUVER VOTED TODAY TO CONSOLIDATE...NASDAQ ITS SUBSIDIARY ST. GEORGE METALS INC., HOUSTON...the continuation of the Vancouver listing and the increased...company's stock. St. George Minerals Inc. is listed...
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Ritchie Bros. to conduct complete dispersal for George Schmid Sons in Vancouver, WA unreserved auction.
PR Newswire
; ...more than 50 years in business VANCOUVER, WA, July 20 /PRNewswire...complete dispersal auction for George Schmid Sons, Inc., a family...are part of the dispersal for George Schmid Sons. Equipment being...this complete dispersal for George Schmid Sons. They are a reputable...
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Vancouver, by George.
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
; * Captain Vancouver: North-West Navigator By E.C...sterling] hardcover Born in 1757, George Vancouver was just fourteen years old when he...In his vivid description in Captain Vancouver: North-West Navigator of the confusing...
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Jane Austen's "passion for taking likenesses": Portraits of the Prince Regent in Emma.(AGM 2007: Vancouver)(George Augustus Frederick)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
; ...HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT" (Emma 1), George Augustus Frederick, the Prince of Wales and the future George IV. Austen's niece Caroline provided...Enlightenment was never inattentive as one King George succeeded another. The late eighteenth...
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By hand expands to Vancouver. (Industry News).(George Little Management and Signature Craft Shows Ltd. to broaden partnership )(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Gifts & Decorative Accessories
; ...Beginning this spring, George Little Management will...in conjunction with the Vancouver Gift Show. By Hand, which...exhibiting handmade pieces. The Vancouver Gift Show presents 525...C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.
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"And I am changed also": Mr. Knightley's conversion to amiability.(AGM 2007: Vancouver)(George Knightley)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
; CRITICS OF EMMA are in two minds about Mr. Knightley. Those like Bernard Paris and Ward Hellstrom see him as the immutable standard of Englishness to which Emma must turn for redemption from her faults, and those like Mary Waldron, Margaret Kirkham, and John Hagan understand him as more or less
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