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Thursday November 20, 1997
Around Charlotte
Continued from 16A
• Human rights activist Hany
Wu, who was instrumental in
uncovering slave labor in China,
will speak at Johnson C. Smith
University at 7:30 p.m. The free
event will be held in Biddle
Auditorium.
Belmont’s black community.
Sykes is co-author of “Footprints
on the Rough Side of the
Mountain.” The discussion vrill
be held at the Beatties Ford
Road Branch Library, 2412
Beatties Ford Road, 2 p.m. and 7
p.m. Free.
• The Power of Poets will be cel
ebrated at the Power House
Bookstore, 2405 West Blvd.
Local poets Rickey Hood and
LeaVee Jordan and Stan Waring
will share their works. The
evening will end with an “open
mic” segment, during which
audience members will be able to
share their works. For more
information call 377-6937. Free.
• An Evening Book Review of the
Novels of Walter Mosley will be
held at the Independence
Regional Library, 6015
Conference Dr at 7 p.m. Free.
• Aspiring authors will learn
how to create picture books for
children age 9-12. Cindy
Wheeler, author of “The
Emperor’s Birthday Suit” will
lead the workshop. The seminar,
which costs $45, will be held at
the Jewish Community Center
from 12:30-5:30 p.m.
Panthers players and their fami
lies. Tickets are $100. Proceeds
benefit Live Oaks, a pubhc hous
ing development. For more infor
mation, call 358-7474.
Tuesday
• The Carolinas Association of
Black Joumahsts will meet at 7
p.m. at The Charlotte Observer,
600 S. Tiyon St.
• The Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Chapter of Las Amigas will hold
its annual Harvest Ball at Oasis
Shrine Temple, 604 Daniel
Burham Drive. Music will be
provided by Lustre. The event
begins at 9 p.m. Admission is
$15.
Friday
Monday
• Science fair workshop - The
Public Library will present a ses
sion on helping children design
and complete science projects.
The facilitator will be Tim
Champion, associate professor of
chemistiy at Johnson C. Smith
University. The event will be
held at the Main Children’s
Library, 310 N. Tryon St. Tb reg
ister call 336-2409.
• Uptown Democratic Forum
will meet at noon at Slug’s 30th
' Edition, Two First Union Center.
The guest speaker wfil be former
New York Times columnist and
Davidson College professor Tbm
Wicker. Reservations are $10.
For more information call 525-
5843 or 371-8657.
• Poetry Sharing and Reading at
Barnes and Noble, 4720 Sharon
Road, 7 p.m. Poets and poetiy
lovers are invited out to share
their favorite poems. Free.
• Marilyn Gore, youth and fami
ly educator for Mecklenburg
County, will present a lecture on
handling hohday stress at the
Beatties Ford Branch Libreuy,
2412 Beatties Ford Road, 4 p.m.
Saturday
• Local author Julia Neal Sykes
will discuss the history of
• Juba Saturday activities for
children will be held at Beatties
Ford Road Branch Library, 2412
Beatties Ford Road, 2 p.m. Free.
• The Carolina Panthers
Women’s Association will present
its second annual “Gridiron and
Glitter Fashion Show” at 6 p.m.
The show will feature clothing by
local merchants modeled by
Homes giving wrong drugs
Because of the
holiday,
the deadline for
items to be listed
in Around
Charlotte is Friday
at 5 p.m. For more
information, call
376-0496.
FDA OKs stronger
version of Rogaine
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration
approved a new version of Rogaine today that promises to
help balding men grow 45 percent more hair than the older
version did.
Rogaine Extra Strength for Men will be sold without a
prescription, and will be on grocery and drugstore shelves
within five weeks, the manufacturer Pharmacia & Upjohn
said. ,
Pharmacia & Upjohn already sells 2 percent Rogaine to
both men and women who are losing their hair. The new
product is 5 percent Rogaine and is intended only for men
because it can cause unwanted facial hair when women use
it.
Its label also will warn men who experience scalp irrita
tion from the stronger version to switch back to the 2 per
cent Rogaine. Both products will be similarly priced,
Pharmacia & Upjohn said.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Almost half
the nursing home pharmacists
surveyed by the government said
patients were getting “inappropri
ate” drugs that could lead to seri
ous health problems.
“Patients are experiencing
numerous adverse reactions,”
including falls and delirium,
according to a report released
today by the Department of
Health and Human Services
inspector general.
In the survey, 45 percent of 461
pharmacists said they sometimes
or often see inappropriate drugs
given to nursing home patients.
The most frequent examples are
gastrointestinal drugs, anti
inflammatories and narcotics, the
survey said.
“Inappropriate” drugs are those
not recommended for the elderly,
those used for illnesses they are
not designed to treat or those not
given according to prescription.
However, the appropriateness of
certain medications is “somewhat
a matter of opinion,” and there
fore the findings show only that
“closer examination is warrant
ed,” when drugs are dispensed to
nursing home patients, the
inspector general report said.
The report blames problems on
poor communication and record
keeping - doctors prescribe drugs
without checking, pharmacists do
not see key records, nurses get Ht-
tle direction.
It recommends that doctors,
nurses and pharmacists work
together more effectively and that
nursing home staffs receive better
training so they can recognize
adverse drug reactions.
The survey is part of an effort to
cut waste, fraud and abuse in
Medicare and Medicaid.
Under Medicaid, which pays
most nursing home costs, the gov
ernment spent up to $1.7 billion
on prescription drugs in 1995, or
as much as $1,000 for each nurs
ing home patient.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers
will wait until next year to recon
sider a new law that gives senior
citizens the option to pay out of
their own pocket for services nor
mally covered by their govern
ment health insurance.
Saying the new rules don’t go
far enough to give seniors free
dom of choice, some conservatives
had wanted them changed before
they go into effect Jan. 1.
Instead, the Senate Finance
Committee will hold a hearing on
the matter early next year, said
the chairman, &n. Bill Roth, R-
Del.
“There are deeply troubling
issues here that deserve a full air
ing,” Roth said in a Nov. 7 letter to
Sen. Jon Kyi, R-Ariz., who has
sponsored a bill to modify the taw.
In the meantime, the new
Medicare private payment rules,
passed as part of this summer’s
balanced-budget deal, are expect
ed to take effect on schedule.
Senior citizens for the first time
will be able to pay out of their
own pockets for some covered
doctors’ office visits, but stUl use
their Medicare for most treat
ment.
Older Americans have always
been able to pay privately to get
services not covered by their
Medicare.
But until now, a Medicare claim
had to be filed for every covered
service a beneficiary received -
effectively cutting seniors off from
doctors who refuse to take
Medicare because of payments
that are below the market rate.
Clinton administration officials
say the new rules protect seniors
Sum price-gouging because doc
tors billing even one Medicare
patient privately will be barred
fiom filing any Medicare claims
for two years.
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