African American Studies

LISD gets voters out (Laredo Morning Times)

16 May 2008

To get more young Laredoans active in the American voting process, LISD is aiming to register 2,000 students in time for the historic November presidential election.Hundreds of seniors filled out voter registration cards Thursday at Martin, Nixon and Cigarroa high schools, with some stating afterward they would definitely head to the polls on Nov. 4.

NEWS BRIEFS (American Academy of Pediatrics)

16 May 2008

Below are news releases and briefs on statements appearing in the April ssue of Pediatrics , the peer-reviewed, scientific journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Azor(TM) Reduces Blood Pressure In Difficult To Treat Special Populations (Medical News Today)

16 May 2008

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., announced that data presented at the American Society of Hypertension's Twenty- Third Annual Scientific Meeting (ASH 2008) in New Orleans demonstrated that the powerful combination drug AZOR(TM) (amlodipine and olmesartan medoxomil) safely and effectively helped patients across several major subpopulations lower their blood pressure (BP).