Month: January 2011

Prescription drug containers may get simpler labels

/ Kevin B. O'Reilly

My lede:

Nearly half of patients misunderstand dosage instructions on prescription container labels, and more than half do not comprehend the warnings on those labels, according to different studies. For years, medical experts have advocated for simpler labels to help patients take their medications as intended.

Labeling standards proposed in January by the influential U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention could make those recommendations a reality.

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Ballooning over Sedona, Ariz.

/ Kevin B. O'Reilly
The sun rises over the red rocks of Sedona, Ariz.

The sun rises over the red rocks of Sedona, Ariz.

Earlier this month, Elizabeth and I traveled to Sedona, Ariz. — and then floated above it, courtesy of Red Rock Balloon Adventures. The shot above is one of my favorite pictures from our journey into the skies over one of the loveliest spots on Earth. Here are the rest of my photos from the trip.

Click here to see the rest of my pictures from the trip. Here are some photos from an earlier trip to Sedona.

Kidney exchange program makes 1st matches

/ Kevin B. O'Reilly

My lede:

Kathy Niedzwiecki of Pelham, N.H., and Ken Crowder of St. Louis needed new kidneys and had loved ones willing to donate them — but those donors were medically incompatible.

Thanks to a United Network for Organ Sharing pilot program launched in 2010 that matches incompatible donor-recipient pairs through a nationwide pool, Niedzwiecki and Crowder got the kidney transplants they needed.

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