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WATCH's 2006 List Of Ten Potentially - Dangerous Toys

...ng and zipping and that has many detachable pieces marketed for ages 1 and up - the detachable parts could be eaten by kids causing potential choking hazard. 7. Lil Snoopy : a dog that can be placed on cribs or playpens with a 27 long cord - potential for causing strangulations and entanglement injuries. ...

Contraceptive tailed by Controversies:Birth Control Patch

... a higher risk of developing blood clots. Evra, marketed in Canada, contains a statutory warning ,to discontinue use of the product if there are signs of blood clots in the body following its use. Symptoms may include-Chest pain, shortness of breath,pain in calf muscles, or coughing up of blood. Additional...

Protect Patients from Exploitation by Alternative Medicines Industry, Says Expert

...ents as drugs - for this is after all how they are marketed - and protect our patients from vile and cynical exploitation whose intellectual basis, at best, might be viewed as delusional. The current EU initiative to bring forward legislation on this matter is welcomed.” Soure-Newswise...

Impotency Drugs Help to Unmask Cancer Cells

...ancer and multiple myeloma patients. Sildenafil, marketed under the trade name Viagra, is one of a class of drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction in millions of men, and in recent years, its ability to stimulate the production of NO has been investigated by experts in diseases linked to the activity of b...

Video Games Fun but Pose Social, Health Risks

...water said. "Parents need to know they are being marketed to," she said. Each family is different, so deciding whether to game is best left up to parents, Storch said. The key: Parents who do allow video games should establish limits and rules and stick with them. Those concerned about their children abid...

“Erectile Dysfunction” Drugs Heighten Natural Anti-Cancer Activiy

...ncer and multiple myeloma patients. Sildenafil, marketed under the trade name Viagra, is one of a class of drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction in millions of men, and in recent years, its ability to stimulate the production of NO has been investigated by experts in diseases linked to the activity of b...

Having OCP’s All Year Round to Eliminate Menstrual Cycles Not Unsafe: Says Stud

...and 90 micrograms of levonorgestrel, a formulation marketed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals under the name Lybrel. Healthy, sexually active women between 18 and 49 years old were given a continuous regimen without any breaks or placebos.During the course of the study, which lasted more than 18 months, the median and...

Developing Nations to Get Gardasil at Lesser Rates from Merck Soon

...loping countries at affordable rates.// Gardasil, marketed by Merck is the only vaccine against Human Papilloma Virus, that is insinuated to cause the deadly cervical cancer. Statistics reveal that cervical cancer is rampant in developing countries.80% of deaths attributed to cervical cancer is seen to ...

Party Over –now Its How to Get Ove’ the Hangove!

...e plain water are electrolyte laden drinks usually marketed for athletes as it helps to replace the electrolytes and minerals that are lost along with frequent urination. Fruit juices that are not acidic are also helpful to counter the low sugar levels in the blood, and helps to counter the light headed feeli...

Ranbaxy Gets FDA Approval for Hypertension Drug

...prescription pharmaceutical products which will be marketed by RPI in the US," he added. Source-IANS...

Parkinson's Drugs Could Increase Heart Disease Risk

...reatment of Parkinson's disease include pergolide, marketed as Permax, and cabergoline, sold as Dostinex, reported the online edition of health magazine WebMD. Two studies published in the Jan 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine involved more than 11,000 patients prescribed anti-Parkinson's drugs ...

Gardasil – Cervical Cancer Vaccine in UA

...le in 33 countries all over the world and has been marketed by Merck Sharp & Dohme. This vaccine was formed by Professor Ian Frazer, Director of the University of Queensland’s Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research (CICR), Australia who in all likelihood could be strong contender for Nobel Prize. In the ...

The Uncommon Pathway of Campylobacter Jejuni

... as a problem. Their nationwide analysis of fresh, marketed chicken showed that as much as 80 percent of the meat they tested harbored campylobacter." Usually, material entering the cell moves to compartments called lysosomes, where an acidic mix of enzymes breaks it down. By monitoring markers for this ent...

Human Pheromones: Fact and Fiction

...Romeos or Juliets to seek assistance from products marketed as human pheromones. // It’s just wishful thinking, according to George Preti, PhD and Charles Wysocki, PhD, scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center. 'We still have much to learn about pheromonal communication in humans. However, based o...

Pure Gold can Cause Allergy

...aming nickel mixed in with the gold. What is often marketed as red gold is an alloy that combines copper with gold, producing a pinkish or ruddy colour. Allergy to jewellery is a phenomenon that has assumed growing importance in recent years, largely because of the introduction of cheap fancy jewellery in w...

Statutory Warnings on Cigarette Packs- Make It Bigger and Brighter, Say Researchers

... smoking prohibitory messages on cigarette packets marketed in Canada, Australia, Britain and U.S during the period 2002 to 2005. The researchers quizzed around 15,000 smokers on how effective these messages were in alerting them to the dangers of smoking and in helping them quit. The results publish...

Viagra to Be an OTC Drug Soon

...nufacturer, would gain hugely if the drug could be marketed without prescription. Viagra has been previously sold only on prescription, due to severe side effects like decrease or loss of vision and even, death. Boots said it hopes the move, being piloted in three Manchester branches, will help more men ...

Indian Models are a Healthy Lot

...ic models to display their clothes, which are then marketed for real women. I prefer a full-bodied model to a reed thin one." Fashion designer Manish Arora also dismisses the idea that Indian models are too thin. "I think they are very proportionate." Kochhar goes to the extent of saying that one has to "...

Targeted Compound Helps Recurrent Prostate Cancer Patients

...respond to traditional chemotherapy. Pertuzumab, marketed under the brand name Omnitarg by Roche and Genentech, is just one of many targeted cancer therapies that give researchers hope that cancer may one day be a lifetime disease that can be skillfully managed. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

New Cost-cutting Cancer Drug Delivery System

...lopment.” With the average cost of developing a marketed pharmaceutical product coming in at around $802m (€611m), but with the potential to rocket up to $2bn for some drug candidates, any means of reducing development costs could be an attractive consideration for pharmaceutical companies. NDT's polyme...

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