Canadian Court Rules Grocery Shops can Sell Cold Medications Containing Pseudoephedrine
... consequent on tighter controls in the U.S. on the sale and purchase of pseudoephedrine, crime gangs outsourced their supplies from Canada. In the process the Canadian meth lab industry too started to boom, and outlaw motorcycle gangs, Asian crime groups and independent trafficking networks became heavi...Arcoxia Slammed –Nothing Better Than Vioxx Says FD
...concerns in the United States, Arcoxia is still on sale in 63 other countries. Merck officials have confirmed that they intend to keep working to get it on the U.S. market. These drugs are meant for the treatment of arthritic diseases. Osteoarthritis is a joint disease that mostly affects cartilage, t...Eyes Wide Shut-To The Dangers Of Kajal
...l Food and Drug Administration bans the import and sale of the cosmetic products, they still end up on shelves in neighborhood stores, particularly those specializing in imported goods. Consumers cannot distinguish safe brands from dangerous ones because lead is never listed as an ingredient, says the ...Measures Needed to Avert Another Bloodbath
...irmation that they can cause immediate danger. The sale of fire arms should be restricted to criminals and mentally ill. Many schools like the Michigan school are trying to make an effort to reach out to disturbed children through counseling centre within their campus health program. Many school campus...Two Out of Five Cancer Cases in India Due to Tobacco
...11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12). "A prohibition on sale of tobacco products through vending machines, ban on sale of tobacco products by minors and a ban on visible stacking of tobacco products at the point of sale...Tobacco Control Laws to Be Regulated in India
...ke ban on smoking in public places, prohibition on sale to minors and ban on tobacco advertising, promotio...ent of India have gone a step ahead and prohibited sale of tobacco products around educational institutions. A prohibition on sale of tobacco products throu...Busting the Organ Trade Racket in Tamil Nadu
...he crackdown on illegal organ trade, following the sale of kidneys by poor fisherwomen on Chennai coast. Further, 13 hospitals in Tamilnadu have received show cause notices. The laws pertaining to organ transplant stipulate that donors of organs be blood relatives of recipients. Hospitals in Chennai ...Hormones- The Same Regardless Of Packaging
Experts are worried over the unfettered sale of hormone replacement products claiming to be saf...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...FDA Urgently Warns Consumers About Health Risks of Potentially Contaminated Olives
...ood manufacturers who have repacked the olives for sale under different names or who have used them in the production of other food should contact their local FDA office. * Restaurants, delicatessens, and other food service providers should discontinue using the olives, dispose of their opened containers...Efforts Underway to Fight Alcoholism Among Tribals
...r can earn up to Rs.16,000 a season, while through sale of toddy it can earn only less than half that amou...ss in this district. In 2007, the contract for the sale of liquor in Jhabua district was auctioned at Rs.100 million. For Jhabua, where 47 percent of the ...FDA Re-Emphasizes Warnings to Consumers on Risks of Pet Turtles
...who care for children of the following: · The sale of turtles with a shell less than four inches long...year in the United States. In 1975, FDA banned the sale of turtles with a shell less than four inches long as a necessary public health measure. FDA has rep...Expert Panel Sets Limits on Pesticide Residues in Soft Drinks
...ala High Court's ruling against the ban imposed on sale of Pepsi and Coca-Cola in the state. However, the ...saying it had no right to prohibit manufacture and sale of colas....Ranbaxy Gets FDA Approval for Insomnia Drug
...d subsidiary of the company. RPI is engaged in the sale and distribution of generic and branded prescription products in the US healthcare system. Source-IANS......l other countries that have already restricted the sale of drugs containing pseudoephedrine in the face of the growing methylamphetamine problem. Over the last year, Australia, the US and the Philippines have all taken steps to expressly strengthen controls over preparations containing pseudoephedrine ...WHO On Measures To Combat Spurious Medicines
... director-general for health technology, told that sale of spurious drugs in some of the poorer nations account for more than 25% of the total drug sales. He said that this issue needs the intervention of experts to chalk out a strategy that is specific for a particular nation. Some of the measures discus...EU to Look at Cloned Meat Safety
...xpected that the FDA will give the go-ahead to the sale of food products made through animal cloning later this year. Entering food chain In the light of this, the European Commission wrote to the EFSA, asking them "to advise on food safety, animal health, animal welfare and environmental implications ...Exam Time Boosts Sales of Memory Enhancers
...he chemists stocking the drugs expect a cumulative sale of Rs.250 million this season. Chemists term the final examination time as "memory power boom" season as many students make a beeline for such drugs in the belief it will aid in building their memory ahead of the final exams. "I get eight to 10 ...Hospital Equipment Unaffected By Cell Phone Use
...inger -- away from vending machines or displays of sale merchandise, for instance -- to help avoid future episodes. Store employees also should be trained to move a customer who has collapsed near an anti-theft device when medically advisable, says J. Rod Gimbel, M.D, of East Tennessee Heart Consultants...Flood of Fake Drugs Must Be Stopped, Warns UN
...lators to crack down on illegal pharmacies and the sale of medicines over the Internet. "The problem of counterfeit medication and abuse of pharmaceuticals containing controlled substances bought without prescriptions has been in existence for some time," said Emafo. "However, the rapid expansion of u......he clubs, festival organizers and bars against the sale of nitrous oxide for recreational drug use. Doing so is against the law and will be liable for prosecution. The long-term inhalation of laughing gas can have permanent health implications. The brain gets deficient in oxygen which explains the feel...