rules 1 4

Tag: "rules" at medical news

CELL THERAPEUTICS PAYS Heavily to Resolve Dispute FOR ALLEGED ILLEGAL MARKETING OF CANCER DRUG

...eral for the Justice Dept's Civil Div. Under the rules in effect at the time of the conduct in question, the complaint asserts that Medicare paid only for anti-cancer drugs when prescribed for FDA-approved uses, or uses that were determined to be medically accepted as published in certain specific pharma...

Texas Lawmakers Give The Boot To Cervical Cancer Vaccine

...exas Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules requiring all 11- and 12-year old girls entering the sixth grade to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, starting in September 2008. The order allowed parents to let their daughters opt out of the program. “There was no public tes...

Overseeing Agency Indifferent to Workplace Safety in US

... have eased regulations or weakened enforcement of rules on issues like driving hours for truckers, logging...aid, adding that they have moved cautiously on new rules because those require extensive scientific and economic analysis. But without an OSHA standard, wh...

Hunt for Sea Delicacy Taking a Toll in California

...lling to brave the risks can go get abalone. The rules are simple: Red abalone is the only species legal in California, and can be harvested north of San Francisco Bay only; the limit is three abalone per day, 24 per season; no air tanks can be used; and the abalone must be 7 inches long and be removed f...

Two Out of Five Cancer Cases in India Due to Tobacco

...ave also been proposed through an amendment to the rules to restrict youth's access," he added. He said, tobacco control is a multi-sectoral issue and in order to ensure effective coordination among stakeholders, his ministry had constituted a multi-sectoral task force, which includes representatives fro...

Tobacco Control Laws to Be Regulated in India

...has also been proposed through an amendment to the rules to restrict youth access. We have also moved for a...cks. Many of the provisions of the tobacco control rules have been challenged in the court and there is a lot of opposition from tobacco growers but we are g...

New York Doctors Remove Gallbladder Through Vagina

... to take out the gall bladder is against the basic rules of surgery, including the Kiss principle (Keep it simple, stupid). Do you really want to punch a hole in the stomach and then fix it — risking leaks — in order to take out an appendix or a gallbladder? Not me!” he says. At Stanford, Dr. Myriam J. C...

Busting the Organ Trade Racket in Tamil Nadu

...ospitals in Chennai were seen to be flouting these rules by allowing poor people to impersonate as relatives of the recipients. Tamil Nadu's Health Minister KKSSR Ramachandran was extremely disappointed that hospitals were not maintaining correct records of the transplants. To the extent, that a particu...

Hormones- The Same Regardless Of Packaging

...d found around 34 websites guilty of violating FTC rules against the sale of such products without evidence of claims and as well as federal permission. According to them, it is illegal for such producers to assert that their hormone products prevent or treat cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis or other ...

Plan B Pills – Unshackle

... to the patient. The board was also quoted: “The rules assure that patients will be treated in a dignified, respectful manner even if the pharmacy is unable to fill the prescription." The Food and Drug Administration permitted the non-prescription sales of the “morning after" pill for all women above ...

Stricter Norms for Chemists in Punjab to Curb Addiction

...nment and its pharmacy council will frame stricter rules for the chemists to// curb addiction to medicines, especially among the youth. Medical Education and Research Minister Tikshan Sood told reporters here Wednesday that the department and the pharmacy council would ensure that the 25,000 chemist sho...

Court Refuses to Intervene for Law on Surrogate Motherhood

... to impress upon them the need to have valid laws, rules and regulation on the sensitive issue. "It's a personal issue and the court cannot interfere," said the court, turning down the plea. Roy in a public interest petition had alleged that many foreign nationals were hiring Indian women as surrogate ...

Officials Indicted for Allowing a Fast Food Joint Teeming With Rats in New York to Function

... and prompted increased enforcement of health code rules at city eateries. Only after the tape was aired, the restaurant was closed down. According to the New York City Health Department Web site, the KFC/Taco Bell restaurant has been cited for rat or mice problems no fewer than four times in the past th...

Melamine Contamination Killed Thousands of Pets, Says a New Report

...ts for pet food facilities. 'Each state has it own rules and standards,' he said. He also said the FDA should take steps to enact rules so that companies that delay reporting problems could face fines. He said Menu Foods first notice...

Genetic Technology and Eugenics

...d of genetics are stupendously enticing enough for rules to be bent and the regulations to be ignored. Science provides us with powerful tools, irrespective of our intentions, and entrusts us with the choice to use it effectively . Right, Dr.Watson? 'Humans have long since possessed the tools for craf...

Scientists Explore Ways to Lure Viruses to Their Death

...n many more experiments to discover the ecological rules of viral traps. Dr. Finberg’s team needed a year to design and raise a handful of mice with viral traps. Bacteria can breed by the billions in a few hours. Dr. Turner and his colleagues created a mathematical model to predict how phi-6 would fair i...

China Solicits More Organ Donors

...ions are in line with the WHO’s medical ethics and rules on human organ transplants. The regulations are also in accordance with the international practices and laws. The minister added that though China has been working on regulating human organ transplants, the country still requires improvement on th...

The Myth Called Health Insurance

...g health insurance. The finding sought for clearer rules and standards of accountability for health insurers. The increase of insurance premiums has resulted in people opting for insurance plans with five-figure deductibles, co-insurance or less-comprehensive coverage. This will have an impact on heal...

Fire at Russian Nursing Home Kills 63

...ey only point to rampant violations of fire safety rules and official negligence, say observers. A fire at a drug treatment facility in Moscow in December killed 45 women who were trapped behind locked gates and barred windows. A blaze a day later killed nine patients at a clinic for the mentally ill in ...

Armed Forces Introduce Yoga, Counselling to Counter Stress

...rdered to minimise exposure to stress, while leave rules had been liberalised to permit the splitting of causal and annual leave. "Improved accessibility of leaders and frequent interaction of junior leaders with soldiers" would ensure better man management and prompt attendance of grievances at the unit...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10