Two convicted of selling $6 million in counterfeit Rockwell software on eBay
Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher for the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Steven B...Panel suggests selling allergy drugs OTC
An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that three popular allergy drugs are safe enough to be used without a prescription. The FDA does not have to follow the advice of its advisory committee, though it usually does. There is no deadline for making a decision. // "Drugs are prescription for a reason. They have the ability to do both good and harm. C...Chinese PLA Names Bogus Army Medical Bodies Selling Fake Drugs
China's armed forces health department today published a list of 16 bogus military medical institutions advertising fake medicines as the government intensified efforts to crack down on drugs fraud.// "These bogus military institutions advertised fake drugs in newspapers, magazines and on websites, posing a serious threat to public health and to the image of the People's Liberation Ar...Weight loss given a thrust with e-counselling
Those who are following a web based weight loss programme can be doubly benefited, if this is accompanied with behavioural counselling//. This is the finding of a research study appearing in the August 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine conducted by researchers at The Miriam Hospital and University of North Carolina. "As consumers continue to seek information on the web, it's e...Six Held For Selling Fake Question Papers
Six persons were arrested for allegedly selling fake question papers of the Combined Pre-Medical Test (CPMT), which was held at 137 centres across// 17 districts in the state today, police said. Five persons were arrested in Allahabad and another person was held here for selling CPMT question papers, which later turned out to be fake, they said. Vice Chancellor of K G Dent...Doctors Warn on Pregnancy Counselling
The Government's proposed new pregnancy counselling Medicare item number may well breach women's privacy, AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, warned today//. Available only to women who are uncertain about whether to continue with their pregnancy, the item would allow identification of women who talk to their GP about termination, Dr Haikerwal said. "This item number would...