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...irectly to CDC. Acanthamoeba isolates should be submitted to state laboratories according to instructions provided by local and state public health laboratories, CDC said....Policy Changes Have Direct Effect on Nursing Home Care
... Harrington based her analysis on staffing reports submitted by nursing homes to the federal government and data from multiple other sources. She examined the hours that nurses worked in nursing homes in 2002 and analyzed the data against two variables: Medicaid reimbursement rates and the range of acuity in p...World Environment Day (International Polar Year)
...ummary of volume 1 of the Fourth Assessment Report submitted on February 2, 2007, the IPCC has stated that increase in the strength of natural calamities like hurricanes and cyclones since the 70's "more likely than not can be attributed to man-made global warming." On the melting of the polar ice caps ...New Drug Application Submitted for Investigational Antibiotic Doripenem
...evelopment, L.L.C., (J&JPRD) announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for doripenem, an investigational carbapenem antibiotic for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia, a pneumonia that is acquired in a hospital or other healthcare se...Radical Idea of Implanting Tiny Electrodes to the Deaf
...longer effective. The University of Michigan has submitted a patent application for the procedure. Through its Office of Technology Transfer, it is seeking a commercialization partner to assist in bringing the technology to market....Bill on HIV/AIDS Delayed Further
... consultations throughout the nation, the bill was submitted to National Aids Control Organization (NACO) in August 2005. Nearly two years have passed. The Centre had announced that the bill would be taken up in the budget session. Now, the Health Minister is talking about further consultations. The bill al...FDA Warns Against Buying of Counterfeit Drug Through Internet
...n fact, laboratory analysis conducted by Roche and submitted to the FDA confirmed that one capsule contained sibutramine, which is the active ingredient in Meridia, an FDA-approved prescription drug manufactured by Abbott Laboratories. Not all people can use the drug though both help to lose weight. Both the d...High Court Warns Medical Staff Against Misuse of Ambulance
... the court told the petitioner. Goswami had also submitted before the court that due to non-availability of g...dying every day in road accidents in Delhi. CATS submitted that it would be having 400 ambulances by the end of 2008. Source-IANS/M...CELL THERAPEUTICS PAYS Heavily to Resolve Dispute FOR ALLEGED ILLEGAL MARKETING OF CANCER DRUG
...ians who prescribed Trisenox off-label unwittingly submitted false claims for reimbursement to the Medicare program from 2001-05. In 2005, CTI sold Trisenox to another company, and the drug's new owner halted CTI's misleading off-label promotion campaign. "Cell Therapeutics essentially subverted a regulatory...Pharmacists' Workload Contributes To Errors
...itical Path Institute. Researchers reviewed data submitted to insurance companies from 672 pharmacies in 18 metropolitan regions. The pharmacies filled an average of 18,000 prescriptions from January to March 2003, or 1,375 prescriptions per week. During that time, the average number of potentially harmful d...FDA Licenses First US Vaccine Against Avian Flu
...laboration with the National Institutes of Health, submitted a biologics license application to the FDA for this H5N1 vaccine. The licensure serves as a first key step in achieving the government's goal of stockpiling vaccine intended to protect those who are at increased risk of exposure to the H5N1 influenza...NRI Doctor Protests Patient's Death in Kolkata Hospital
...t need of medical therapy". The association also submitted a memorandum to the hospital management demanding an immediate probe into the episode. Source-IANS/V...New Light on Working of Brain Networks
... for the treatment of patients with ADHD. Yale has submitted a patent application on the use of HCN blockers for the treatment of PFC cognitive deficits based on the data reported in the Cell paper. Source - Cell 129: 1-14 (April 20, 2007) Dr. SS/V...Brain Networks Strengthened by Closing Ion Channels
... for the treatment of patients with ADHD. Yale has submitted a patent application on the use of HCN blockers for the treatment of PFC cognitive deficits based on the data reported in the Cell paper. Source-YALE Universiy MED/B...U.N. Officials Call on Countries To Strengthen HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts
...ment access targets by the end of 2006 but only 90 submitted data on such targets by that date, the report says. Source-Kaiser Family Foundation/...Antony Concerned Over Growing Suicide Rates in Armed Forces
...ices and were working to formulate proposals to be submitted directly to the commission. "After the services submit their proposals to the Pay Commission, the ministry will also follow these up in right earnest," the minister stated. "The government, on its part, will continue to provide all support to th...Data On Three Million Georgia Residents Lost
...ted for 36 percent of the total 674,354 complaints submitted to the Federal Trade Commission and its external data contributors in 2006. ANN/M...Training Health Workers and Better Drug Access Vital to Combat TB in Mozambique
...d South Africa, said he is seeking proposals to be submitted to international donors in an effort to generate funding to combat TB. Source-Kaiser Family Foundation/B...Indian Pharma Industry Wants Customs Duty on Life-saving Drugs to Go
... ones were not touched, though. In a memorandum submitted to the government, the pharmaceutical industry has argued that when added to the education cess and other special duties proposed in the budget, the 5 per cent tax could actually translate into 9.4 per cent. In the end a host of new life-saving dr......earing on March 20, counsel for the government had submitted that the government's forensic laboratory at Rohini did not have sufficient staff and the government was trying to procure staff on deputation from other departments. But the court said, 'How could other departments release their staff, when there...