Rebooting the PC industry: Tablets force a shift

More than one million PCs are sold every day

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The personal computer industry needs a jumpstart - and it's counting on a rescue from emerging markets and a late-to-the-party push into tablet computers.

The death of DVDs

Ask The Propellorheads

A: First, watch what you say about my Granny. She makes great bread pudding and $2 used to buy a lot of ribbon candy.

Inspectors arrest 15 in prescription drug case

Opiates originated from Tijuana pharmacies

SAN DIEGO - U.S. border inspectors are not only seizing drugs coming into the country from Mexico - they're making arrests for drug smuggling that's going the other way.

Entertainment Briefs for April 8, 2010

Jon Gosselin: Kate ignores kids; Haim obtained 553 pills before death;

Is it safe to buy pet meds online?

Dear PropellerHeads: I'm hoping to save a little money. Is it safe to buy my pet medicines from an online pet pharmacy?

Protecting that investment

Ask The Propellorheads

Dear PropellerHeads: I just got my daughter a smartphone. I think she needs to use some kind of protective case; she's resisting. What do you think?

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The opioid crisis in the United States boasts some horrifying numbers. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), more than 42,000 people died from overdosing on opioids in 2016, with an estimated 11.5 million people misusing their prescription opioids.

Hastings to close all stores

‘Hardcopy is on its way out’

Hastings is closing, not only here, but everywhere.

Join the drug war

The pretty 19-year-old girl and her mother came to Dr. Joseph Abate at Dirne Clinic for help. The girl admitted that she was taking 16 oxycontin tablets a day - a stunning sum - and couldn't stop. Dr. Abate quickly did the math in his head and determined that the girl was spending about $500 a day for the prescription pills. And he asked her if he could inquire how she raised that kind of money.

Getting sick over prescription recalls

Some “lots” of a commonly prescribed medicine, effective in treating high blood pressure, are being recalled by the FDA. This recall is for the drug Hydrochorothiazide, in 12.5 mg tablets.

Even nice kids get lice

When children get head lice, parents should remember that the presence of these tiny parasitic insects has nothing to do with dirt. Instead, lice infestations are related to the type of close contact that children are exposed to at school. In addition, children pose rather easy targets for lice because the little creatures are better able to cling to fine hair of thin diameter. Moreover, children often share combs, brushes, hats and other objects that spread lice. The first telltale sign of lice is usually itching behind the ears, on the scalp and at the nape of the neck. Treatment largely consists of an over-the-counter medicated shampoo or rinse containing permethrin or the recently FDA-approved comb-free shampoo ivermectin.

FDA cracks down on illegal diabetes remedies

Pfizer maneuvers to protect Lipitor from generics

TRENTON, N.J. - Lipitor is so valuable that Pfizer is practically paying people to keep taking its blockbuster cholesterol medicine after generic competition hits the U.S. market this week.

How do you take your medication?

While most medications are taken in tablet or caplet (oblong tablet) form, both are composed of compressed powder that needs to dissolve in the stomach before the active ingredient is released. For faster relief, chewable tablets are absorbed as soon as they reach the stomach, and dissolvable tablets act like ground-up chewables once dissolved in the mouth. Liquid medications are absorbed as soon as they reach the digestive system. Gel caps contain liquid medication encased in a gelatin exterior. Once the stomach dissolves the outer coating, the medication is quickly absorbed. There are also tongue strips, which melt before they are absorbed in the stomach, which is just about as quick as dissolvable tablets.

Apple fans to the core

Fans, entrepreneurs among first buyers of new iPad

Sheriff's Blotter

Notable calls for the day

Microsoft brings Office to iPhone, but not tablets

Take Aspirin at first signs of heart attack

Those in the early grips of a heart attack may find that chewing an aspirin tablet will help save their lives. Heart attacks are often the result of a blood clot in the coronary artery that blocks blood flow. Aspirin may help overcome these heart events by inhibiting the formation of the blood clots. The most effective way to help restore blood flow in the event of a heart attack is to chew and swallow a regular adult-strength, 325-milligram tablet. Neither a baby-strength (81-milligram) aspirin tablet, which many heart patients take on a daily basis, nor a coated aspirin tablet, which is designed to be absorbed slowly, will suffice in the event of a heart attack.

Is the iPad worth buying?

Dear PropellerHeads: I've been hearing some buzz about Apple's iPad that will be out soon. What do you know about it, and should I buy one?

A peek in the crystal ball

Microsoft to offer early look at next Windows