FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures
Fraudulent products present a safety hazard to the public, agency says TUESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent letters warning more than two dozen companies to stop selling fraudulent products that claim to prevent or cure cancer. The agen...Faster Test Detects Fake Tamiflu Drugs
With counterfeiters looking to cash in on fears, Georgia team develops a 1-minute screen MONDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- A fast method to detect fake Tamiflu, the mainstay medication for preventing and treating bird flu, has been developed to stop counterfeiters trying to make mone...Death on the Net? Over 60% of Medicines Sold by Online Pharmacies are Fake
The in-depth report examining internet pharmacies and life-saving medicines purchased online was presented today by the EAASM at the 4th Global Forum on Pharmaceutical AntiCounterfeiting(TM) in Washington DC. WASHINGTON, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medi...Brit Women Opts for Fake Tan Than Exercise to Mask Their Worst Features
A new survey has found that British women, who are dissatisfied with their bodies, would rather opt for a fake tan to mask themselves up, than do some exercise. Three-quarters dont like the way they look, while one in five admit they feel far better about themselves if they look bronzed, a...Was Paris Conning Doctors With Fake Illness?
Though Sheriff Lee Baca has justified placing Paris Hilton under house arrest by citing a life-threatening psychiatric condition as the reason, it seems that Judge Michael T Sauer who ordered her back to the slammer was quite sure that the socialite was conning doctors. On Larry Kings show,...Ukraine Struggles Against Fake Drug Trade
It's an international crime business that endangers human lives and generates billions of dollars every year through the sale of tablets and powders. Unlike drug smuggling, however, medicine counterfeiting is still not considered a criminal offence under the legal systems of a number of east ...China Admits Fake Blood Protein Used in Drips
Only two days ago, China sought to turn the tables by declaring that some recent imports of raisins from the US did not meet its safety standards and destroyed them . That was apparently in retaliation to the barrage of criticism over the safety of a variety of products exported by China. B...Flood of Fake Drugs Must Be Stopped, Warns UN
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) – an independent body that monitors the implementation of the United Nations drug control// standards – is calling for the danger of unregulated markets to be addressed on a priority basis. In its annual report, the Vienna-based organisation ca...Maharashtra Cracks Down On Fake Doctors
The Bombay High Court was notified on Wednesday by the State government that legal notices have been formally filed against 2,493 fake doctors //in the State of Maharashtra. Following a case of negligence, public interest litigation was filed against a fraudulent doctor by a Govandi resident, Ma...New Zealand Scientist Warns On Fake Drugs
A New Zealand scientist warned Wednesday of sophisticated Asian-based rackets producing billions of fake medicines that kill thousands of people every year//.Dallas Mildenhall said some of the counterfeit pills not only lacked the proper ingredients to treat illnesses such as malaria but contained ...Half of the people suffering from head injuries fake to receive financial help
This release is available in Spanish . How can it be proved that a patient is lying when they say that they have a cognitive problem, such as memory or concentration problems or anxiety" There are many people who exaggerate their injuries and even feign them in order to receive more money ...Discovery of a water snake that startles fish in a way that makes them flee into its jaws
...s not its head. Instead, it flexes a point midway down its body. Using a sensitive hydrophone that he put in the aquarium, he confirmed that this body fake produces sound waves intense enough to trigger the fish's C-start response. Because these sound waves come from the side opposite the snake's head, th...American Institute of Physics announces awards for best science writing
...ons, as well as several of her sons' friends. Despite their young age, they never fail to convincingly depict the book's subject matter. "Children can fake a good sneeze on demand," says Siy. However, she warns, "It takes a couple of hours to vacuum up after a staged pillow fight." Siy and Kunkel will ...BIO-key(R) Fingerprint Biometrics Media Spotlights
...Additionally, BIO-key's WEB-key(R) technology was used to detect duplicate registrations and was instrumental in identifying approximately ten million fake or duplicate names. "The process appears to have yielded a result that accurately reflects the will of Bangladeshi voters," according to Constance Be...National security remedies among topics at surveillance confab
...tify people as they zip through control check points without having to stop to present identification by using a unique biometric that is difficult to fake the iris. Lockheed Martin will concentrate on airborne surveillance primarily used in military operations to identify targets from manned and unmann...Atmel Receives Frost & Sullivan's Technology Innovation Award for FingerChip(R) Biometric Sensor
...ovide excellent image under difficult capture conditions. The technology also offers industry-leading ESD protection, mechanical robustness and strong fake finger rejection. Coupled with highly optimized matching engine, the FingerChip sensor achieves exceptional FAR/FRR performance and best user experien...Policing cells demand ID to tell friend from foe, say University of Pennsylvania cell engineers
...transplant. There is also evidence that some types of cancer cells over-express the molecular protein that macrophages recognize as friendly like a fake ID which allows the cancer to avoid being perceived as foreign. In addition, the molecules involved in the recognition mechanism appear somewhat var...Biologists expose hidden costs of firefly flashes
...fireflies known as Photuris. Using basic materials that included electronic fake fireflies (manufactured by Firefly Magic), plastic toy-dispensing capsules ...e field, predatory fireflies were attracted significantly more often to the fake firefly signals compared with non-flashing but otherwise identical controls...American Chemical Society's Weekly Presspac -- Aug. 29, 2007
... News Items in This Edition: Fingerprinting fake coffee Nanomagnetic sponges to clean precious works of art Tiny car...stry Glossary ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fingerprinting fake coffee Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry With prices of gourm...Patients Fail to Take Fake Medicines Risk Seriously
DUBLIN, October 26 /PRNewswire/ -- - International Call for Patient Group Task Force to Fight Growing Fake Medicines Trade Major international research, including the views of bodies that represent more than 121,000 patients across Europe, was unveiled today in Dublin, Ireland - one of the w...NameProtect roots out fake tsunami-related donation sites
Madison, Wis. At least 170 potentially fraudulent Web sites soliciting donations supposedly for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami have turned up in a search conducted by NameProtect , a Madison-based brand protection company, and MasterCard International. The two companies paired up in...A breakthrough toward industrial production of fluorescent nanodiamonds
...r in the body. Similarly, fluorescence is used in material sciences to detect electromagnetic fields, for optic storage or tracking (notably to detect fake products). However, most of fluorescent dyes are made of molecules with a limited life time due to chemical reactivity. In this context fluorescent ...Putting spam back in the can wont be all that easy
...AM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003) prohibits sending junk e-mail that uses deceptive subject lines or fake routing information, including the From field. Senders must include a return address and give recipients a mechanism for opting out of later e-mail me...Internet trademark war goes international
...ng a query containing the term "Louis Vuitton" or "Vuitton" discovered advertising that actually contained the terms Louis Vuitton or Vuitton to offer fake Vuitton products. It could be argued that the United States case involved "competitive advertising" while the French case involved abetting counterfei...Phishing and pharming: Is your personal identity being harvested?
...ails or pop-up messages created to lure victims to fake Web sites, which appear identical to the site you ...ur browser and a redirection scheme takes you to a fake site without any clue that you have been tricked. ... CEO that their balance sheet has been impacted by fake products and Web sites or when they face embarrass...After a successful attack on your computer systems, then what?
...re truckers could find available routes. A rival, GetLoaded.com, posed as a fake trucking company to get an account, then hacked into the site to copy its c...nishing the brand image. Related story: NameProtect found at least 170 fake "charity" messages soliciting donations after last year's Indian Ocean tsun...Cyber-skating on one flat earth
...ire frontline and a small team with real courage, knowledge and a winning attitude. Since marketing models of the old-fashioned, firm handshake with a fake smile, the lala-land branding circuses, and the bottomless hip-hop advertising of recent years are just dead, you're better off hiring a coach from a ...