(In Chinese, the word for gunpowder is literally "fire medicine," an allusion to the eighth-century Chinese alchemists who accidentally invented it while searching for a magic elixir).
Did you know, for example, that the Chinese characters for "gunpowder" translate literally as "fire medicine," because the alchemists who discovered it, in the eighth century A.D., were looking for a combination of minerals that would give their emperor eternal life?
Participants will be asked whether they have any of the 22 possible types of safety devices installed in their homes, e.g., fire escape ladder, medicine lock box, etc. Response choices will include the following options: yes, no, not sure, and not applicable.
If that were all Valeant had done, it might not have come under such harsh scrutiny, but its business model -- described1 as "buy rival companies, cut the research budget, raise the price of their medicines, fire their scientists, repeat -- was bound to leave a lot of collateral damage among patients who were prescribed the medicines Valeant acquired.
In the episode, Homer tells Moe Szyslak of a secret alcoholic cocktail that includes cough medicine and fire that he calls "Flaming Homer".
Yesterday, a newspaper revealed that the company has come under fire from Europe's medicine watchdog for the way it studied the side effects of its drugs after they reached the market.
The big question of course, is whether the BBC should give him a taste of his own medicine and fire the jowly rotter.
Valentine, who is working for the minimum state salary, is charged with coördinating the city's police, fire, safety, and emergency-medicine agencies.
complained about his brother's vocal support of Medicare and called for his ouster from USC. "A group of USC medical alumni went to the dean asking that I be fired for supporting socialized medicine," said Peter Lee, the 90-year-old father.
Preps You For... tire runs, leaping over or through mud and fire pits. 5. Medicine Ball Throw Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding an 8- to 10-pound medicine ball at waist, left side facing a wall two to four feet away.
