Canadian Street Prostitutes Requests Protection
Though sex trade has been legalized in Canada the sex workers feel that the Canadian Law which does not allow the prostitutes to communicate in public for negotiating with their customers in public and does not allow to do sex business in their residence or on an rented flat.// The sex workers organization feels that the law will not help the sex workers as it makes them more vulnerable t...New Zealand Requests Details from Britain about ‘Black Sheep
Close on the heels of a communiqué from Britain about a novel type of brain disease in a sheep of New Zealand descent on Britain’s research farm, New Zealand authorities// have requested exact details of the disease from British scientists. Britain's Veterinary Laboratories Agency has detected the disease, which is technically called ‘scrapie’ that belongs to a family of diseases akin to...Patients' Requests for Antidepressants can Influence Physician Evaluation of Depression
Patients who initiate a general discussion about the need for antidepressant medication with their primary care physician are more //likely to be thoroughly evaluated for depression than those who make a brand-specific request or no request, according to a new study in the December issue of Medical Care. The study also found that general requests for antidepressants increased the like...Cyberkinetics Requests FDA to Sell Nerve Growth Stimulation System
Cyberkinetics, Inc, winner of the Medgadget "Most Sci-Fi Sounding Company Name" Award, has asked the FDA for permission to market// their Andara OFS nerve growth stimulation system. According to Cyberkinetics, “Cyberkinetics' Andara? OFS? System consists of a battery-powered device about the size of a cardiac pacemaker with six electrical leads. Three of the leads are attached to the...FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drug Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that all manufacturers of sedative-hypnotic drug products, a class of drugs used to induce and/or maintain sleep,// strengthen their product labeling to include stronger language concerning potential risks. These risks include severe allergic reactions and complex sleep-related behaviors, which may include sleep-driving. Sleep driv...