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Presence of substandard drugs can pose concern for patients

...andard drugs being marketed at countries where the healthcare industry is not so stringent on the quality of the medications marketed. Researchers are of the opinion that the cases of counterfeit medications are high in the countries where the disease incidence is high and the public monitoring system is under...

Obesity And Expanding Waistlines the next Epidemic in USA

...ncy etc. This has resulted in spiraling of private healthcare costs and it is estimated that as a result of obes...a 15-year period. In 2002 nearly 12 percent of all healthcare spending was aimed at obese patients. The report published in ‘Health Affairs’ indicates that the mo...

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc awarded the prestigious outstanding supplier award received from Wal-Mart

...eneric and branded prescription products in the US healthcare system. RPI had received this commendation for consistency of products and programmes provided to Wal-Mart. Officials at Wal- mart have been quoted as saying that ‘‘Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc (RPI) has been outstanding in meeting the criteria for ...

Monitoring Drug Safety

... increased openness will enable patients and their healthcare professionals to make better-informed decisions ab... In addition, FDA will actively seek feedback from healthcare professionals and patients on how best to make this information available to them. A cornerstone of...

Advent of New, More Effective and Personalized Medicines

...ill continue to work closely with industry and the healthcare community. In addition to announcing the availability of its final guidance and the new pharmacogenomic Web page, the agency also reminded the public of the meeting being held on pharmacogenomics issues. The joint FDA/DIA meeting, "Pharmacogenomics...

Impotence Drugs Ordered by FDA to have Label Change

...ike Viagra, Cialis and Levira and call a doctor or healthcare providers immediately, if they experience sudden or decreased vision loss. This move was followed by an announcement on May 27, by the FDA that it had received 43 reports of varying degrees of vision loss, which also included blindnessamong 38 use...

Warning issued by FDA over "Liqiang 4 Capsules"

...ed from only natural ingredients. All consumers, healthcare providers and care givers are urged by the FDA to report any adverse events related to this product to MedWatch, the FDA's voluntary reporting program or online at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm....

Link between Faith, Health and Healing

...alled the mystic. Instead of limiting the roles of healthcare providers, I see an expansion, an amalgam of skill...paradigm that is now rippling through the American healthcare system." Anderson took upon him the bastion of promoting this synthesis and new age healing process...

Doctors' decisions are affected by fear of lawsuits- says a study

... the attending physicians can increase the cost of healthcare by crores each year, not to mention the financial crunch borne by the common man in coughing up the medical bills, as a huge number of population in the world remains without a medical insurance cover. Reference: Annals of Emergency Medicine, July 2...

Health care errors blamed for deaths

...mber of deaths that would have been avoided if the healthcare workers have washed their hands alone can be is as...nd AIDS in a year. The researchers said that the healthcare workers routinely avoids health procedures, performs treatments that are ineffective or not required...

Bihar High Court Intervenes To End Doctors Strike

...nsidered sympathetically as the strike had brought healthcare to a stand still at the Patna Medical Hospital. Medindia on Medical College – Further information Medindia provides you with a complete list of Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Nursing, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Siddha and Unani colleges from all India ...

Grant of $7 million for Orissa Medical College from Japan

...and effectively contribute towards dispensation of healthcare to a wider population," said a statement from the ...elp the institute - a pioneer centre in dispensing healthcare to undernourished children - to provide improved diagnostic and medical health services in Orissa an...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome(PCOS) linked to Diabetes

...OS could have a subtle insulin resistance and that healthcare professionals need to recognize anybody who has clear-cut signs and screen them for diabetes. Although PCOS typically is perceived as a gynecological disorder -- because it impairs fertility and can cause irregular periods or no periods at all -- a g...

Policemen face trouble fighting malaria

...killed five people last month. "There is no basic healthcare in the villages where we are posted. We are not even getting clean water," said Raju Barali, who is suffering from malaria himself. "When we are fighting disease, how can we fight Maoists?" "We are sending a medical team to the area to examine thei...

Testing Your Health & Charging Your Mobile At One Go - Check Out The Urine Powered Batteries

...sized, urine-powered paper battery that could make healthcare tests cheaper and even charge mobile phones! Curr... says. It could be a useful power source for cheap healthcare test kits for diseases like diabetes, and could be used in emergency situations to power a cell phon...

Experts Insist That Neonatal Herpes Be Reported Regularly

...rs are misunderstanding by both the public and the healthcare establishment about the frequency of genital herpe...opulations at risk, coupled with reticence of many healthcare providers and some public health agencies to forthrightly address the potential of diagnosing STD in...

'Art of Living' concept expanding around the globe

...ing (MoU) for collaborative research and community healthcare initiatives.// The MoU was signed during Ravi Shankar's two-day visit to Krasnoyarsk from Monday. Under the agreement, the academy will join hands with the Art of Living foundation to develop programmes for the staff and postgraduate students of the...

Women’s Heart Conditions Are Often Ignore

...awareness of cardiovascular disease in women among healthcare professionals. Women and men with heart disease tend to differ in their presenting symptoms, their access to investigations and treatment, and their overall prognosis. For example, women may have less common symptoms, are less likely to seek medical...

Fitness levels in Men Correale with risk of Cardiovascular disease

...lives and also have important implications for the healthcare system....

Obese Adults Undergo Less Medical Tests And More Vulnerable To Diseases

...ible, he said, that "anti-fat bias" on the part of healthcare workers is playing some role, with negative attitudes toward obesity consciously or unconsciously affecting their responses to some patients. "We don't know that's the case, though," Taylor added. SOURCE: American Journal of Public Health, September...

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