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Americans Bloated On Happy Pills

...an internist in New York City, says the real force behind skyrocketing antidepressant prescription rates is pharmaceutical marketing to doctors and to consumers. "You put those two together and you get a lot of prescriptions for antidepressants," he says. Goodman questions whether all these prescriptions ar...

Experts Propose New Criteria for Alzheimer's Diagnosis

...andards in research; however, they have now fallen behind the unprecedented growth of scientific knowledge. Distinctive and reliable biomarkers of AD are now available through structural MRI, molecular neuroimaging with PET, and cerebrospinal fluid analyses," says Dr. Bruno Dubois, Salpetriere Hosptial, Par...

Food Safety Chief Executed for Bribery in China

... The five-year plan claims that illegal activities behind production and sale of fake and shoddy foods and p... The five-year plan claims that illegal activities behind production and sale of fake and shoddy foods and pharmaceuticals will be effectively contained in fu...

FDAs Gesture for Firm Manufacturing Drug for Cushings Syndrome

...ed time (seven years post-approval). The concept behind the ODA is that the longer period of exclusivity will encourage more companies to invest money in research. Under the act many drugs have been developed, including drugs to treat such diseases as multiple myeloma, bone marrow cancer. Welcoming the ...

Eco-architecture Takes Root in Thailand, but Growth is Slow

...gel is president of Siam Best Enterprise, the firm behind Ocean 1 Tower, an eco-friendly apartment block the firms says will be the tallest building in Thailand. He estimates that making Ocean 1 energy efficient costs just one percent of the total outlay, and says the money is quickly made back in energy ...

Researchers Develop First Mouse Model of Lung Transplantation

...hy the success of the procedure in humans lags far behind other solid organ transplants. Ultimately, the mouse model could pave the way for developing new therapies to prevent lung transplant rejection a major problem that limits the long-term success of the procedure. Five years after lung transplant...

Tobacco Industry Promotes Antismoking Campaigns

... the American Legacy Foundation.It tells the story behind the smoke. People often judge these ads and now you know what the tobacco industry was doing trying to undermine them, Ibrahim said. Research has found ads that reveal the deceptive practices of the tobacco industry are the most effective media camp...

EPA to Improve Nanotechnology

...his voluntary program for nanomaterials is already behind schedule. The British government put in place a Voluntary Reporting Scheme in September 2006, and appears to be on a faster track to develop appropriate controls and to give a predictable nanotechnology regulatory environment for industry and consume...

Natural Selection in Butterflies

...first identified Wolbachia bacteria as the culprit behind the distorted sex ratio. "We usually think of natural selection as acting slowly, over hundreds or thousands of years," said Hurst. "But the example in this study happened in a blink of the eye, in terms of evolutionary time, and is a remarkable th...

Electronic Medical Records can Pay You Within 16 Months

... after Hurricane Katrina is one of several factors behind the recent push to get surgeons and other health care providers to go electronic, according to David A. Krusch, MD, FACS, of the University of Rochester Department of Surgery and co-author of the study. "Health care providers most frequently cite c...

US TB Traveler Sued Over 'reckless and Selfish Behavior'

...o avoid detection. Nassim Tabri, who sat one row behind Speaker on the flight from Prague to Montreal, blasted Speaker's "reckless and selfish behavior." "It was particularly stressful," he told public broadcaster CBC. "I was helpless as well, because in my head at that moment I was just thinking my fut...

Getting Old No Laughing Matter: US Study

.... According to Wingyun Mak, the graduate student behind the study, the older group was noticeably less likely to spot the punch line. "These are statistically significant differences," she said. "Our study basically gets at this idea of the relationship between mental abilities and how well someone unde...

New Zealand Authorities Concerned With Overcrowding in Hospitals

...sts with the report's limp assessment. The panel behind the report did not interview the nurses involved, relying instead on their written statements. Interviewing them would have given a fuller picture of Carroll's treatment, especially the allegation from his family that at least one nurse was rude to ...

Mayo Clinic Physicians Have Adapted Real-time 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Devices

...they used 3-D ultrasound to find the sciatic nerve behind the thigh of a woman who needed major reconstructive surgery on her foot. Using the imaging technique to help physicians place a catheter filled with local anesthetic next to the nerve, they numbed it to block pain signals from being transmitted to...

Tumor Painting to Fight Against Cancer

...umors. Not only would it reveal whether theyd left behind any bits of tumor, it would also help them avoid removing normal tissue. Chlorotoxin:Cy5.5 activates within hours and it begins binding to cancer cells within minutes. The Chlorotoxin:Cy5.5 signal lasts for 14 days, illuminating cancer cells. Cont...

Singapore's Dr. Love Brings Good Sex to Indonesia

...er from one of the Indonesian doctors on the panel behind "Nova," though given the expected volume of messages, they probably won't. But their questions will be compiled and responded to on the "Love Airways" website, where anyone can log on and learn, he says. "It's a boarding pass -- it's like a journey...

Treat Every Patient as a Potential Organ Donor, British Health Official Says

...nit beds, we need the government to put more money behind transplantation and we need more willing donors," said Chief Executive Timothy Statham. Chief Medical Officer of Scotland Harry Burns too felt that the public was not ready as yet for a situation where all people were treated as organ donors unless...

Wonder Cow Produces Milk Despite Being a Virgin!

...f such a miracle. Hormonal imbalance could also be behind it all." Reports published in the local newspapers state that former Joint Director with the Animal Husbandry Department had inspected the cow. In his report, he had admitted that such a case was possible due to increased hormones level, though for...

Avandia Improves Quality of Life in Diabetes Patients

...inical trials, the company says, GSK stands firmly behind the safety of Avandia when used appropriately and we believe its significant benefits continue to outweigh any treatment risks. Richter, however, said that even a tiny risk associated with a drug such as rosiglitazone, prescribed to millions of peo...

Gardasil Could Be Effective, but Aggressive Marketing Raises Ethical Concerns

...ne less, one less! O-N-E-L-E-S-S!" The PR genius behind all stages of Merck's HPV and Gardasil campaigns is the PR giant Edelman. The world's largest independent PR firm, Edelman boasts more than 2,100 employees working in 46 wholly owned offices worldwide, plus the additional resources of more than 50 af...

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