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...ely competitive business." Up to 15% of all drugs sold worldwide--worth over $35 billion--are fakes. In parts of Africa and Asia, the situation is even more serious--over half of purchased drugs are fakes. The estimated 192,000 patients killed by fake drugs in China alone in 2001 gives an indication ...eDocAmerica launches Hispanic Website for members
... employees or members. The eDocAmerica service is sold through traditional distribution channels including health insurance agents and brokers, third-party administrators, and other health care and employee benefit consultants....St. John's wort amplifies effect of blood thinner Plavix
...on of the popular blood-thinning drug clopidogrel, sold as Plavix, a small new clinical study finds. The effect could increase the risk of bleeding among those who take both substances, say the physicians from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center who made the finding. But the new finding coul...New substance that improves the photodetection of bladder cancer gains market approval
...ian company PhotoCure ASA. The new product will be sold under the name Hexvix. Photocure ASA won approval March 2 for market release of Hexvix in 26 European countries. Every year, nearly 200,000 cases of bladder cancer are reported in Europe and the United States. In the US alone, more than 2.5 million s...New study finds kelp can reduce level of hormone related to breast cancer risk
.... Bladderwrack seaweed is the primary form of kelp sold in the United States. They say these study results support the need for more research on wakame and kombu. Skibola said she began the animal study after obtaining encouraging results from earlier case studies of women with highly irregular menstrual...Vioxx went mostly to patients who didn't need it, Stanford researcher says
...osting STANFORD, Calif. - When Vioxx began being sold in 1999, it was touted for relieving pain without causing the gastritis and ulcers that some people developed from taking ibuprofen, naproxen and other painkillers known as non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs. But over the ...Chamomile tea: New evidence supports health benefits
...tive, the scientists note. Glycine supplements are sold in stores for that purpose, they add. Levels of both hippurate and glycine remained elevated for up to two weeks after the study participants stopped drinking the tea, indicating that the compounds may remain active for quite some time, according to ...Social development program in childhood aids in positive functioning as an adult
... also less likely to be involved in crime, to have sold illegal drugs in the past year, and to have an official lifetime court record. "These results indicate that the SSDP intervention package in the elementary grades produced broad effects on positive functioning in school and at work and on emotiona...What is driving the rise in over the counter drugs?
...e government's decision to allow simvastatin to be sold directly to the public is to save NHS costs. But this is unlikely because high risk patients will still be eligible for statins on prescription, say the authors. However, cost was the main motive behind the recent high profile switching of two other ...'Deep and crisp and eaten': The Scottish deep-fried Mars bar
...veyed around 300 Scottish fish and chip shops: 22% sold deep-fried Mars bars; three-quarters of the shops ...e sales were 23 bars per week, although 10 outlets sold between 50 and 200 bars a week. The average price per bar was 60 pence, and perhaps unsurprisingly, ...Some herbal medicine products contain potentially toxic amounts of heavy metals
...ined Ayurvedic HMPs manufactured in South Asia and sold in Boston-area stores in order to examine their he...different companies. Of the 30 stores visited, 24 sold at least one heavy metal-containing HMP. " the presence of heavy metals in Ayurvedic HMPs and the ...New study in NEJM suggests levodopa may slow progression of Parkinson's disease
...ged to dopamine in the brain. Levodopa is commonly sold in combination with carbidopa under the brand name "Sinemet" or its generic equivalent. Over time, Parkinson disease continues to worsen, and new symptoms emerge that do not respond as favorably to levodopa therapy. Because Parkinson's is a progres...Encryption, data hiding and watermarking: Subject of new book by NJIT expert
...ilms were illegally copied onto pirated videos and sold on the street. Using techniques presented in the book, Akansu shows how the pirated video was traced back to its source. "These emerging data hiding applications include not only watermarking but also fingerprinting, broadcast monitoring and othe...Researchers show the BEST way to reduce osteoporosis risk
...o, TX. Citracal calcium citrate supplements are sold in drugstores and pharmacies nationwide...Women taking breast enhancement pills swallow empty promises
...d to breast augmentation; however, these pills are sold as herbal supplements and are not subject to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's scrutiny for safety and effectiveness. Although manufacturers claim to have studies that prove their products work, the majority of the data is derived from histori...... in food at the food processing plant or where its sold as well as spotting contamination such as Salmonella, Listeria and E.coli. This new testing will also allow police officers and forensic scientists to analyze DNA samples at the scene of a crime. DSTL Head of Technology Transfer and Investmen...UCLA medical student develops, markets communication board for intubated patients
...veloped the E-Z Board in 1999 and, since then, has sold some 20,000 to over 200 hospitals nationwide through his company, Vidatak, LLC ( http://www.vidatak.com/ ). It's become such a success, in fact, that in November 2003, he began marketing it with the help of medical school friend, Bryan Traughber, who...Not all beers are created equal
... year. This means that the proportion of the beer sold that is pure alcohol also differs." Kerr and his c...al when applied to the six million gallons of beer sold each year in the US. For example, in 2000, using the corrected percentages results in about 10 addi...Glue-like polymer could replace sutures used for cataract surgery
...lymer materials which act like the liquid bandages sold in stores for topical wounds. It is described in the Oct. 13 print issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society , a peer-reviewed publication of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. "Sutures can be difficul...