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Tamiflu 30 Mg and 45 Mg Capsules Approved by FDA

...and 45 mg capsules will be available in pharmacies nationwide and for government stockpiling for the 2007-2008 flu season. To date, Roche has filled orders from the U.S. federal government and states for 43.7 million Tamiflu treatment courses. "Roche continues to take steps to facilitate the use of antivirals...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

... fully, it is already being used as a template for nationwide action that American environmentalists hope will turn their country from a laggard on climate change, to a leader. Fabian Nunez, the speaker of California's state parliament, says that was exactly the intention. "If you look at Congress and the ...

Efforts on to Tackle Health Problems Faced by US Truck Drivers

... estimates there are 1.3 million long-haul drivers nationwide and is considering tightening its rules for conditions including diabetes and high blood pressure. And many companies are stepping up their own efforts at improving health. "It takes a while to undo years and years and years of unhealthy behavior,"...

Folicacid Fortification Very Beneficial

Since the institution of nationwide folic acid fortification of enriched grains in the...other in Canada. The US data were derived from the nationwide Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry that publishes cancer occurrence rates and...

New Data Reinforces Correlation Between Carbohydrate Quality and Loss of Vision

...data from 4,099 men and women participating in the nationwide Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). Detailed dietary histories were obtained at the start of the study when participants were 55 to 80 years of age and had varying degrees of AMD. The AREDS was designed to assess the effect of high-dose antioxidan...

Kenyan Capital Bans Smoking in Public

...ar, the high court blocked the implementation of a nationwide ban introduced by the government, pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by Kenya's tobacco growers. Smoking provides the Kenyan government with around five billion shillings (74.6 million dollars, 55.5 million euros) per year in taxes, but costs f...

Too Much White Rice, Pasta and Bread may Increase Chances of AMD

...data from 4,099 men and women participating in the nationwide Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). Detailed dietary histories were obtained at the start of the study when participants were 55 to 80 years of age and had varying degrees of AMD. The AREDS was designed to assess the effect of high-dose antioxidan...

Dangers Lurking in the Garden in Britain

... an authoritative new book, poison control centers nationwide received more than 57,000 calls relating to exposure to potentially harmful plants, and 85 percent of them involved children under age 6. Most, however, were considered simply exposures; either no toxin was ingested or the amount consumed was too sma...

Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma Shows Steady Increase

...ding to background information in the article. The nationwide rates of the disease were last documented in 1992. Vincent D. Criscione, A.B., and Martin A. Weinstock, M.D., Ph.D., of the VA Medical Center, Rhode Island Hospital, and Brown University, Providence, R.I., used data from 13 cancer registries of the ...

Americas Preparations For Flu Outbreak Still Incomplete

...udes $175 million for pandemic flu preparedness. A nationwide surveillance system to track the progress of an outbreak as it moves around the world and across the country still needs considerable work, officials said.Just to be brutally honest, we have a lot of trouble determining when we have an outbreak of di...

Prison Healthcare Continues to Fail Despite Emergency Measures, Warns BMA

...is in the Cells', provides a small snapshot of the nationwide and daily serious issues afflicting every stage of prison healthcare. Crucial rehabilitation services dealing with mental health and drug dependency conditions are beset with problems from a number of different angles. There are long delays in init...

Dog Fighting in the US: Bloody, Illegal and Booming

... account for 30 percent of dogs at animal shelters nationwide and 75 percent in US cities, according to Maxwell. Rescued fighting dogs have to be euthanized as they are too aggressive to be pets. In city neighborhoods dominated by gangs and drug crime, people use pitbulls to intimidate residents and gangs ste...

Purdue Pharma Agrees to Pay $600 Million Fine for Misbranding Oxycontin

...96 to 2001, the number of oxycodone-related deaths nationwide increased fivefold while the annual number of OxyContin prescriptions increased nearly 20-fold, according to a report by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. In 2002, the DEA said the drug caused 146 deaths and contributed to another 318. U.S....

Vietnam Plans Human Trial of Bird Flu Vaccine

...ople and triggered more than 100 poultry outbreaks nationwide since last month. "Preparations for the clinical test of a human vaccine have been basically completed," said Nguyen Tran Hien, director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) in Hanoi. "Twenty to 30 volunteers will be chosen ...

A New Survey -Anxiety Students Dont Seek Help

...y looking at the same issues at 12-15 universities nationwide will begin this fall, Eisenberg said. At U-M where the study occurred, students have access to free mental health and counseling services. Yet, among those with significant symptoms of depressive or anxiety disorders, anywhere from 37 to 84 percent...

South Asians Seek Bone Marrow for Young Indian American

...arrow, the South Asian community has come together nationwide to help him and other cancer patients. Vinay's family and friends have set up a website www.helpvinay.org with the goal of registering 20,000 people of South Asian descent over the next two weeks. The community is one fourth of the way there. The...

Patient Confidentiality Must Be Ensured-UNAIDS

...f more than 1.039 million HIV-positive individuals nationwide are unaware that they have HIV. An increasing number of cases have been reported among all races and ethnicities, with the sharpest increase among African Americans. The earlier people know their status, the quicker they can begin treatment, which...

US Officials Urge Testing for HIV as Health Crisis Intensifies

...ion (CDC) estimates that 180,000 to 280,000 people nationwide are HIV-positive but are unaware of their status. HIV counseling and testing enables people with HIV to take steps to protect their own health and that of their partners, and helps people who test negative get the information they need to stay uninfe...

China Uncovers Thousands of Dangerous Foods

...ods in China, state press reported Wednesday. A nationwide investigation by China's food quality watchdog found products such as baby milk powder, rice, flour, meat, biscuits, seafood, soy sauce and sweets had been contaminated. More than 23,000 tainted or sub-standard foods were found and 180 food manufac...

Novel Investigational Drug May Help American Women Suffering from Breast Pain

...udy center in their area." Physicians at centers nationwide will enroll women who have breast pain associated with fibrocystic breast disease. "The trial allows us to assess a new dosage form of an active pharmaceutical ingredient with a demonstrated safety and efficacy profile. We expect that the new dosag...

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