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Contraceptives via Internet

...m the University of Washington in Seattle posed as consumers and ordered various contraceptive devices from Web sites located with commonly used search engines. The team found that male and female condoms, vaginal sponges and diaphragms were widely available. From Web sites based outside the US, the research...

Paracetamol May Cause Live Damage Warns Consumer Education and Research Centre

... failure. CERC Secretary Ashwini Kumar warns that consumers must be aware of the potential hazards of paraceta...ot be brushed aside. The idea is only to alert the consumers against the potential side effects...

Misleading Advertisements for Prescription Drugs

...-consumer drug ads argue that the ads help educate consumers about treatment options and increase the awareness of the consequence of disease. Dr. Woloshin's group proposes that the US Food and Drug Administration mandate a standard format for summarizing the information about a drug in advertisements....

'Disprin Plus' is now 'Disprin Paracetamol'

...ports citing instances of concern from doctors and consumers regarding the use of the suffix 'Plus' along with ...his concern.// Taking cognisance of the concern of consumers and the drug authorities, the company decided to change the suffix from 'Plus' to 'Paracetamol', the...

High vitamin A increases risk of hip fractures

...ch help lower the risk of other diseases. Instead, consumers might consider a multivitamin that supplies some of its vitamin A from beta carotene....

Herbal Drug In Controversy

...es of liver diseases. The herb is commonly used by consumers as a general relaxant and to treat insomnia, anxie...ted States. Canadian health officials are warning consumers to stop using kava. "Consumers are advised to check the labels of any herbal products for the presen...

Campaign aims to simplify OTC drug labels

...t the new labels carry a larger print size to help consumers read the products. The use of bullets, spacing between lines and clearly marked sections are other changes aimed at improving the reading ability....

Pharmaceutical companies are targeting patients

...arly $2.5 billion a year. Advertisements targeting consumers account for 15% of U.S. spending to promote medications, up from almost 9% in 1996.// Spending that targets doctors - including visits from sales representatives, free samples and medical journal ads - decreased from 91% to 84% during the same perio...

FDA fish warning criticized

... of FDA transcripts from focus group meetings with consumers conducted 2 years ago to test safety messages about mercury and fish. Some women in the focus groups said they ate a can of tuna daily while pregnant. Of the five most popular seafoods - shrimp, trout, salmon and catfish are the others - only tuna ha...

DNA of deceased ones stored in Funeral Homes

...based Funeral Consumers Alliance.``I haven't heard consumers talk about it at all,'' Carlson said. But funeral home directors are discussing the matter, and D'Esopo also is considering collecting samples from the living. Many police departments already offer fingerprinting services for children so that parent...

The essence of cosmetic surgery

...at cosmetic surgery is seen as a luxury item, with consumers willing to pay increasingly steep fees. Maybe this is a reflection of the increasing importance people put upon their self-image - which is fine, so long as it doesn't cause too much damage to your bank account....

Fat Substitutes

Although fat is no longer the dirty word for consumers that it was just five years ago, there is still plenty of interest in eating lower fat foods. There are more than 5,000 reduced fat food products available, with the most popular being fat-free or low-fat milk// products and salad dressings. But pr...

Juices are Best! but which one?

... juices is suggested by study authors to remind consumers that the compounds that may be controlling iron absorption are the ones with anticancer benefits....

Use of CT scans to detect lung cancer questioned

... Epidemiology and Clinical Research concluded that consumers may want to hold off the screenings until solid data is available. He also added that smoking cessation is the only proven, cost-effective method to reduce lung cancer risk....

Pasta sauces recalled in cancer scare

...used in gasoline and shoe polish.// Sky News said consumers are being warned to avoid the affected brands, including Bertolli, as well as private-label sauces made for supermarket chains Sainsbury's and Safeway. The alert follows the discovery of a red dye called Sudan 1 in chili powder used in the sauces. ...

Black tea said to lower cholesterol

...the U.S. Department of Agriculture said they found consumers who drank black tea for three weeks experienced a decrease of between 7 percent and 11 percent in their low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or so-called bad cholesterol. Exactly what caused the LDL cholesterol level to drop in those who consumed tea was ...

Senate assures ban on smoking

...he marketplace by allowing Sunday sales will bring consumers more convenience and the state more tax revenue," said David Wojnar of the Washington-based Distilled Spirits Council, which lobbied heavily for the measure. In other action, legislative leaders delayed action on a property tax bill pushed by Mayor ...

Weight Loss Supplements Questioned

...ch, carbohydrates and fat calories, while allowing consumers to lose weight without making any lifestyle changes. Researchers say these products give hope to people who are attempting to lose weight. False and misleading claims have significant health consequences to individuals that may be overweight, becau...

Alcohol Consumption After Heart Surgery Questioned

...-drinkers should start to drink, but that moderate consumers of alcohol with an increased cardiovascular risk should not be advised to stop....

It is the old drinkers than binge drinkers who are at risk of ill health

... more than enough attention given to young alcohol consumers who drink a lot in the night, but not frequently. At the maximum, these people may be more at risk from violent assaults than any other health hazards. Media had often ignored the steady drinker in his middle or old age who have serious health proble...

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