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Replacement Drivers Lend a Helping Hand to the Drunk and Stranded in Korea

... waits with a dozen other drivers to receive their companies orders. When they come, the orders usually include the customers cellphone number, which Hur calls to locate him. You take a taxi and run, only to find that your customer had called more than one company and already took off with the one who got to...

Teens Seems to Be Smoking Less

...aw setting strict limits on advertising by tobacco companies in the name of safeguarding public health. The legislation had been challenged by three leading cigarette manufacturers: Imperial Tobacco, JTI Macdonald, and Rothmans Benson and Hedges. The 1997 Tobacco Act allowed cigarette makers to advertise in ...

Folicacid Fortification Very Beneficial

...a did not become mandatory until 1998, large food companies began voluntary fortification in 1996, first in the United States and later in Canada. Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate, a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth. After intestinal absorption, folic acid is converted to methyltetrahy...

Cane Sugar,corn Syrup Have Similar Effects on Hunger

...ries seem to make little or no difference. Some companies have made a sincere effort to put sucrose back in soda, said Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington and the senior author of the study. But there is no direct link between the type of swee...

Drug Patent Compulsory Licensing

...ated into the debate. Myth No. 2: Pharmaceutical companies should be indifferent to compulsory licensing so l...lsory licensing supporters say that pharmaceutical companies should be satisfied with payments that allow them to break even or turn a small profit, but Cahoy ar...

Neoprene Sleeve in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery

...nctional knee braces are made by several different companies and have a variety of looks and fitting instructio...eoprene sleeves are also made by several different companies and have different looks. Rather than providing rigid support, they are only intended to gently comp...

Tobacco Industry Promotes Antismoking Campaigns

... public dollars. Campaigns designed by the tobacco companies patronize youth in their early teen years, with me...n 1998 marked an important step when seven tobacco companies agreed to change the way tobacco products are marketed, release previously secret industry documents...

Organic Farming can Feed the World, U-M Study Shows

...titutions, with a lot of influence by the chemical companies and pesticide companies as well as fertilizer companiesall have been playing an important role in convincing the public that...

Lasik Device To Correct Bifocal Vision Approved

One of Americas biggest eye care companies has had its recent invention-the CustomVue Monovision Lasik device, approved by the Food and Drug Administration . Advanced Medical Optics Inc. claims the invention is the first Lasik device to correct one of a patient's eyes to see far (myopia) and...

China to "salvage" Reputation on Food, Drug Safety

...s of pharmaceutical factories and bigger fines for companies that flout the law, the paper said. "In a renewed effort to ensure drug safety and salvage its credibility, China's drug watchdog announced revised methods... as part of the national crusade on restoring public confidence in the entire sector," the...

Canada Daycare Looks After Elderly Parents While Children Work

...ged parents in its care during office hours. The companies pay hundreds of dollars per day for the service. Their employees also pay a daily fee to access the service. "We're trying to help our employees with their work-life balance, by offering them (a service) very similar to child care," said Colin Merr...

China Launches Food Safety Checks in Run-up to Olympics

...eported Wednesday that China has banned toothpaste companies from using diethylene glycol. Earlier this month officials announced that athletes and visitors heading to Beijing for the Olympics should not be concerned by recent Chinese food scandals, as many safety measures were being put in place for the Gam...

Organic Farming Can Feed the World

...titutions, with a lot of influence by the chemical companies and pesticide companies as well as fertilizer companies---all have been playing an important role in convincing the public t...

Determining the Sex of the Baby in Wild West Way

...t eight weeks into pregnancy . There are countless companies offering sex determination tests in the market tod...tions, you're having a boy." There are many such companies in the market now that claim they can tell the sex of the baby as early as five or six weeks into pr...

War Stimulates Research Blitz in Prosthetics Industry

...ce 2001 to develop better artificial limbs. Many companies have received grants to develop better limbs that can be used not only by the war amputees but also the civilian amputees. Today's approximately 600 war amputees account for only a tiny fraction of the 1.9 million Americans living with limb loss, ...

Manufacturer to Pay $20 Million for Improperly Promoting a Sleep Disorder Drug

...al to public health and safety that pharmaceutical companies are deterred from improperly marketing their drugs... been determined. Several other Bay Area biotech companies have also come under federal scrutiny recently for their drug marketing practices. In October, Int...

Health Insurance- Play It Safe And Reap The Benefits

...r insurance. Chief executives of general insurance companies strongly opine that Health insurance (Mediclaim) p...um rates have gone up considerably. Most insurance companies have hiked their premiums by 30 to 50 percent. It simply means that not only will you lose out on be...

US FDA may Be Asked to Monitor Toxic Levels of Cigarettes

... But at the very least the bill would keep tobacco companies from tinkering with their products in ways that would make them any more dangerous, supporters counter. "The tobacco industry would not be allowed to manipulate the ingredients like increase nicotine or decrease nicotine or whatever they do witho...

New Technology Transforming Life for the Deaf

...ce and application of new technologies. Telecoms companies are, meanwhile, showing increasing interest in the...ket. British operator Vodafone is one of some 30 companies and associations who have stands at the congress and are offering a range of special deals for the h...

US Health Insurance Firms Suspend Sales, Promise to End Fraudulent Practices

...nd Medicaid Services said Wednesday. The seven companies are working on new marketing guidelines with the U...re plans is leading to greater scrutiny of private companies that sell these products as an alternative to traditional Medicare. The Senate Special Committee ...

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