Pakistani Doctors Behind Bars for Illegal Kidney Removals
...ts cost as little as $5,000 compared with $100,000 charged in the US. The Pakistani Parliament is now working on legislation that will regulate the unchecked organ trade and impose heavy fines for violations....Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study
...at FDA reform. "It is incredible that the agency charged with protecting the public health has such a poor record when it comes to post market drug safety," he says. "Regrettably it is incidents like this that demand legislative changes in the way FDA deals with drug safety. The Committee will address thes...Beware Weight Loss Drugs, Say Canadian Experts
...ch banned ephedra weight-loss products in 2001, is charged with overseeing elements of the weight-loss industry.It tries to keep up with new products through its Natural Health Products Directorate. Products that meet the agency's criteria for safety, efficacy and quality get a licence and an eight-digit Nat...Australia Agonising Over the Problem of Cocaine Use by Lawyers
..., a young woman, reportedly a prostitute, is to be charged with having administered him a drug of dependence. As Hayes' family hold vigil by his bedside, the Melbourne bar in the state of Victoria is hotly debating whether there is a serious cocaine problem in its ranks. There are also questions about how...Sylvester Stallone Regrets Smuggling Banned Substances to Australia
... testosterone into Australia. Stallone has been charged with importing banned substances into Australia in February this year during a tour to promote his film Rocky Balboa. A Customs search of his luggage at the start of his three-day visit to Sydney had revealed 48 vials of the banned human growth hor...Thailand Will Not Issue Compulsory Licenses for Patented Drugs
...maceutical companies offer prices lower than those charged by generic drug makers, Reuters AlertNet reports. Mongkol's comments came one day after Abbott Laboratories and Thailand failed to reach an agreement on the price of Abbott's antiretroviral drugs Aluvia and Kaletra. The Thai government in November ...Man Keeps Wife and Sons in Maggot-infested House
...is what they grew to know as normal life.'Dove was charged with two counts of distribution of a controlled substance, two counts of criminal conspiracy, operating a gambling establishment and two counts of child neglect. He remained in jail Thursday without bail. If convicted, he faces up to 40 years in pris...Nurturing Our Nurses for Healthcare Par Excellence
...th. Here, there is no margin for errors. In such a charged atmosphere, nurses are required to measure up to the expectations of the patients, doctors and the hospital management with equanimity. The abiding sentiment of this International Nurses day is the importance of positive work ethos where quality ...Major Medicare Fraud Detected in Florida
Dozens of south Floridans are being charged with ripping off the state treasury of millions of...apy and medical equipment suppliers. "Tuesday we charged 24 individuals, and today we arrested four more defendants in yet another Medicare fraud scam," U.S....WHO's Guidelines Lack Evidence, Lancet Says
The Lancet, the prestigious medical journal, has charged that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has consistently failed to produce enough evidence to back up any of its guidelines. As it happens one of WHOs main jobs is to produce guidelines on everything from fighting the spread of bird flu and malar...Kerala Government Bears the Brunt for Infant Deaths
...AT) Hospital in the last two months. A court has charged Health Minister P.K. Sreeemathi and seven others with culpable homicide not amounting to murder over the deaths. A special probe has also been initiated into the matter. The Congress-led opposition has been going all out protesting against the trag...Brazil Opts for Indian Drugs Bypassing Merck
... the drugs will be 72 percent lower than the price charged by Merck. The Brazilian ministry of health had been negotiating with Merck for three years to bring down the Efavirenz price. Lula had criticized Merck for charging higher prices to Brazil than to other countries, an attitude he regarded as "disr...Kerala Health Minister Charged for Infant Deaths in a Hospital
A court here Thursday charged Kerala Health Minister P.K. Sreemathi and seven others for culpable homicide not amounting to murder over the death of 38 newborns in a hospital due to infection. The court of additional chief judicial magistrate here passed the judgement on a co...Underage Youth Get Alcohol from Social Sources
...lated to the alcohol provision, the adult could be charged with a felony. Both Toomey and Grube had recommendations for addressing the problem.If adults purchase alcohol and then provide it to underage youth, law enforcement agents may either cite or educate these adults, said Toomey. Media publicity surro...Man Accused of Spreading HIV Granted Bail in Australia
...derably. Detectives from the sexual crimes squad charged Kuoth, 28, with recklessly endangering serious injury after it was alleged he knowingly had unprotected sex on April 22 with a 24-year-old woman who was unaware he carried the virus. She was the only woman to make a statement to police, who allege ...The Doctor Parents of a 15 Year Old surgeon Arrested
...on a pregnant woman sometime ago. The couple are charged with endangering the life of the patient and abett...formed to apprehend him. All the three have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including Sec. 336 (rash or negligent act endangeri...Australian Government Charged With Under-funding Public Hospitals
...ort of the Caring For Our Health, released Sunday, charged the federal government with under-funding public hospitals by a whopping $1.1 billion a year. That means 350,000 hospital admissions less. The report was prepared jointly by Australia's six state and two territory Labor health ministers. It also ...Mothers of Children Killed in Fire Charged With Manslaughter
Two mothers of Pittsburgh in USA, charged with causing involuntary manslaughter of their fiv...ce headquarters a short time later. They are being charged with five counts of involuntary manslaughter and multiple counts of reckless endangerment and endang...Cherie Blair to Challenge Hubbys Smoking Ban on Human Rights Ground
... in the High Court on human rights grounds. She charged a minimum of 3,500 pounds plus VAT for a written opinion. Dave, who describes his nightclub as an "adult Alice In Wonderland" where "naughtiness" abounds, is afraid that the ban may compel him to close it, and his adjoining restaurant Abracadabra.......on manslaughter charges. A third, Marc Cooper, was charged with a misdemeanor for a bullet that struck an elevated train station across the street from the bar....