DOH vows to meet deadline on provisions of medicine law The Philippine Star | An official of the Department of Health (DOH) yesterday assured representatives of various civic organizations that the agency would be able to meet the Nov. 4 deadline for the release of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the law espousing cheaper medicine. | Health Undersecretary A...
Fight for blood cancer drug goes to high court The Guardian | A life-prolonging drug available to cancer patients in Europe, America and elsewhere in England is being withheld from a Sussex man because his health authority has misunderstood medical test data, the high court heard yesterday. | An application b...
DOH vows to meet deadline on provisions of medicine law The Philippine Star | An official of the Department of Health (DOH) yesterday assured representatives of various civic organizations that the agency would be able to meet the Nov. 4 deadline for the release of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the law esp...
Prescription drugs a gateway for teen drug abuse Houston Chronicle | A new national survey that shows a continued decline in teen substance abuse mirrors trends in the Houston area, local experts say. | The report, released Thursday by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, also revealed...
Auditors: Drug marketing falls short The Examiner Comments | WASHINGTON (Map, News) - About 85 percent of the marketing materials that private insurers use for their prescription drug plans fail to meet all of Medicare's guidelines for those products, federal auditors said Thursday. | The marketing ...
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Medicine's two-tier system rejected Independent online | Parliament's portfolio committee on health has rejected a proposal for a two-tier system for the regulation of medicines - a step that has been welcomed by opposition parties. | ...
Report: US drug use shows little change in 2007 The Press Democrat | About one in five young adults last year acknowledged illicit drug use within the previous month, a rate similar to previous years. But cocaine use declined by one-quarter and me...
Report: US Drug Use Shows Little Change in 2007 ABC News By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press Writer | WASHINGTON September 4, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press | FONT SIZE | (Getty Images) | Cocaine and methamphetamine use among young adults ...
Report: US Drug Use Shows Little Change In 2007 CBS News Cocaine and methamphetamine use among young adults declined significantly last year as supplies dried up, leading to higher prices and reduced purity, the government reports. Overa...
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine wins $10M NIH grant Business Journal > | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for cell research. | Scientists at Hopkins will work to identify mo...
Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue Healthfinder Bryostatin may also work in patients with Alzheimer's and traumatic injury, study says. | this article to news version | (SOURCE: Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, ne...
Sumo rocked by drug scandal International Herald Tribune | : Stung into action by the arrest of one of its top wrestlers, the tradition-steeped Japan Sumo Association conducted its first drug tests this week and two Russian wrestlers tes...
9-11 diseases Syracuse | The doctor who lead the pulmonary medicine division at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City speaks Thursday, Sept. 11 about the long-term hea... (photo: USAF file/SSgt. Michelle Leonard)
Danger from sweetener Journal Online By: Jester P. Manalastas ALARMED by the danger food additives pose to health, a lawmaker has filed a bill banning the use of artificial sweetener or a... (photo: WN / rina)
Lyme disease cases continue to rise on Nantucket The Boston Globe | Nantucket is reporting a spike in cases of Lyme disease, with 262 people already diagnosed this summer - up nearly 39 percent from last year, with t... (photo: Public domain / )
Some Ayurvedic Medicines Have Harmful Metals: Study ABC News By Andrew Stern | August 26, 2008 | FONT SIZE | New research suggests that a significant proportion of traditional Ayurvedic remedies sold online may ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
