Health Alliance: Prescription drugs are dangerous leftovers By Kristin Klinglesmith and Mayanthi Jayawardena Cabarrus Health Alliance Sep 7, 2015 Sep 7, 2015 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Kristin Klinglesmith and Mayanthi Jayawardena Cabarrus Health Alliance Take a look inside your medicine cabinet. Have you ever wondered what you should do with your unused or expired medications?kA 4=2DDlQq~s*r~!*Qm|2?J A6@A=6 5@ ?@E C64@8?:K6 E96 52?86CD @7 ?@E =@4<:?8 FA @C AC@A6C=J 5:DA@D:?8 @7 >65:42E:@?D] %96 r6?E6CD 7@C s:D62D6 r@?EC@= 2?5 !C6G6?E:@? 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Pardue Oct. 13 "I like the adrenaline rush of sharing fictional fear with others,” Liz Z. Pardue said. Become part of the investigation when Mystery Dinner Theater returns to Kannapolis Throughout the evening, guests will follow the clues and help the detective and Charlotte Murder Mystery Company determine who is responsible. What the property tax amendment on your ballot tells NC lawmakers to do If voters choose to pass the amendment, the General Assembly would be required to pass new legislation that would instill a levy limit, meanin… Will Isaias match Helene? National Weather Service forecasters address concerns Could Hurricane Isaias, which strengthened in the Gulf on Thursday, deliver the destruction of 2024’s Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina m…
NC’s State Health Plan sues Atrium, saying it can’t set plan members’ copays Open enrollment begins Monday and had been set to end later this month.
Rowan Public Library hosts NC storyteller Liz Z. Pardue Oct. 13 "I like the adrenaline rush of sharing fictional fear with others,” Liz Z. Pardue said.
Become part of the investigation when Mystery Dinner Theater returns to Kannapolis Throughout the evening, guests will follow the clues and help the detective and Charlotte Murder Mystery Company determine who is responsible.
What the property tax amendment on your ballot tells NC lawmakers to do If voters choose to pass the amendment, the General Assembly would be required to pass new legislation that would instill a levy limit, meanin…
Will Isaias match Helene? National Weather Service forecasters address concerns Could Hurricane Isaias, which strengthened in the Gulf on Thursday, deliver the destruction of 2024’s Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina m…
