Protecting children from industrial chemicals in the environment
...can Chemistry Council, the chemical manufacturer's trade association, to provide basic toxicity screening tests for the high-production chemicals, this agreement is voluntary. The European Commission recently proposed a much tougher regulatory framework for industrial chemicals, known as the "REACH" pr...Drug companies and governments must act on fake drug problem
...uty to report such discoveries to public-health or trade authorities. Professor White said, "The production of sub-standard and fake drugs is a vast and under-reported problem and seems to be increasing. It causes unnecessary deaths and illnesses and a loss of confidence in medicines. The pharmaceutical ...Mount Sinai stroke prevention trial published in JAMA
...ca PLC, which is developing ximelagatran under the trade name EXANTA. Ximelagatran is currently approved for short-term use in some European countries, but it has not been approved in the United States. "The SPORTIF data indicate a solid clinical benefit to ximelagatran, and publication of the study in JAM...Alcohol: Global burden on health similar to tobacco and high blood pressure
...owing contrast between the treatment of alcohol in trade agreements and disputes as an ordinary commodity a...isks. In a globalising world of common markets and trade agreements, alcohol policy is thus no longer only a national or subnational matter. To reverse the t...Expert panel calls for raising the bar in treating schizophrenia
...ned by MBL Communications, Inc., publishers of the trade journals Primary Psychiatry and CNS Spectrums , will be issuing a consensus statement about new treatment goals for schizophrenia. "For decades, psychiatry has focused almost solely on managing a patient's 'positive symptoms,' such as hallucinati...ESA at the world's largest medical exhibition
At MEDICA 2004, the medical trade fair taking place in Dsseldorf, Germany, from 24-27 November 2004, the European Space Agency will introduce highly progressive methods in space medicine and their application on Earth. Over 4000 exhibitors from 67 nations will showcase state-of-art ...FDA grants accelerated approval of TYSABRI, formerly antegren, for the treatment of MS
...t continue to exist around the world. Elan shares trade on the New York, London and Dublin Stock Exchanges. For additionalinformation about the company, please visit http://www.elan.com . Safe Harbor/Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the potent...Chemoprevention backgrounder: Working for a future of cancer chemoprevention
...roidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) known by the trade name Celebrex, can repair precancerous lung damage in current and former smokers. Celecoxib works by blocking of cycloxygenase-2, or "COX-2," an enzyme that is over-produced when cells become inflamed. Studies have shown, however, that many tumors, i...Dana-Farber receives CDC grants to develop health promotion/prevention programs in the work place
...ort, further illustrated by the MFCA, the national trade association representing unionized LTL carriers. "Because of the mobile nature of this work, worksite health programs are generally inaccessible for these workers; in addition, transportation workers have among the highest smoking rates of any worke...Study documents adverse events of pneumococcal vaccine in children
... the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV, trade name Prevnar) on February 17, 2000, according to background information in the article. The recommended vaccination series includes doses at ages 2, 4, 6, and 12 to 15 months, with catch-up doses through 9 years of age. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccin...Childbirth and disasters discussed in July/Aug issue of Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
...ewing, or publishing manuscripts that originate in trade embargoed countries (Iran, Cuba, Libya, Iraq, Syri...tes a form of editing that is prohibited under the trade embargo. While the rulings have since been retracted, numerous First Amendment questions remain, wh...University of Pittsburgh finds that people would trade longevity for quality end-of-life care
...9 An overwhelming number of people surveyed would trade a longer life span in order to receive better end-...at Pitt. On average, interviewees were willing to trade seven months of healthy life just to ensure better quality of care in the final month of life. "We t...NIAID rotavirus vaccine licensed for commercialization
...dministration (FDA) approved the vaccine under the trade name of RotaShield. Subsequently, it was added to the pediatric immunization schedule and given to young infants in the United States. More than 1 million doses were administered before the vaccine was withdrawn from the market in 1999 because of a l...'Considerable reductions' in radiation exposure possible with 16-MDCT scanner on body applications
...hat lower radiation level. "With 16-MDCT, one can trade through-plane resolution for noise (scan thin, view thicker). This is often not optimally possible using 4-MDCT because of the long breath-holds and low geometric efficiency at very thin slices. So the overall clinical imaging quality, especially whe...Red palm oil as a means of combating vitamin A deficiency
...ct, these results can be attributed to it. In real trade conditions red palm oil proved an effective dietary supplement for combating vitamin A deficiency. Furthermore, in two years, nearly half the women in the trial project changed their behaviour by intentionally including this oil, which was a new fo...Tropical medicine: A brittle tool of the new imperialism
... health of the poor, such as the discriminatory US trade embargo on science editing (see p 1160). And finally, research must be put at the heart of policy development. While we accept experimental approaches to determine the effectiveness of clinical practices (see p 1093), we too often allow ideology to g...UK industry is the loser from parallel trade in pharmaceuticals
...College London investigated the impact of parallel trade on the welfare of consumers, purchasers and produc...r study leads us to conclude that overall parallel trade has a negative impact on the UK economy, notwithstanding the short-term benefits for purchasers," st...Doctor attacks South African government for failing women while spending billions on arms deals
...tries can play an important role by making aid and trade relationships dependant on this political shift and by committing themselves to long-term collaborations with African institutions in breast health training and service." Twenty per cent of South Africans have health insurance, and breast cancer diag...USP to release first-ever case study book to advance medication error prevention in US hospitals
To: Hospital, health care and pharmaceutical trade media, and health and medical reporters/producers Subject: Teleconference-The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) will release Advancing Patient Safety in U.S. Hospitals: Basic Strategies for Success, a first-ever case study book featuring actual hos...Studies led by Mount Sinai researchers reinforces potential benefits of new stroke-prevention drug
...ca PLC, which is developing ximelagatran under the trade name EXANTA, sponsored the research. About Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a common irregular heartbeat that occurs when the two small upper chambers of the heart (known as the atria) beat rapidly and unpredictably, which sometimes ...