Archive for 2010/01


Protesters To Take Mass Overdose Of Homeopathic Medicines

Campaigners throughout the United Kingdom are to take part in a protest by taking a mass overdose of homeopathic medicine as part of a national bid to prove that the medicines are worthless...
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H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Still Spreading In Some Parts Of The World, But Cases Generally Falling, World Health Organization

WHO spokesman, Gregory Hartl, said in a new briefing that the H1N1 flu pandemic (swine flu) continues to spread in parts of eastern and southeastern Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa. However, he added that globally it is generally declining. The H1N1 pandemic virus continues to be the main influenza virus circulating globally...
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Pivotal Trial Results For Motavizumab Published In Current Issue Of ‘Pediatrics’

MedImmune announced that clinical results of its pivotal multinational, randomized, double-masked trial for motavizumab have been published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed publication, Pediatrics: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics...
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FDA Licenses New Influenza Vaccine Designed Specifically For People 65 Years Of Age And Older

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for licensure of Fluzone® High-Dose (Influenza Virus Vaccine)...
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Use Of Traditional Chinese Medicine In The Management Of Urinary Stone Disease

UroToday.com - As we reviewed the best level of evidence concerning the use of Chinese medicine in urinary stone disease in the English language Literature to accomplish this paper, we also faced the barrier imposed by the lack of knowledge of other languages such as Mandarim or Japanese...
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Swine Flu Update, Thursday, 28th January, 2010, Ireland

ILI rate: The Department of Health & Children and the HSE advised yesterday that the rate of influenza-like illness (ILI) for the week ending Sunday 24th January 2010 (week 3, 2010), was 12.2 per 100,000 population. This is a decrease from the 16.6 per 100,000 population reported during week 2, 2010. Age-specific ILI rates: During week 3, 2010, sentinel GPs reported an ILI rate of 6...
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Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Improves Back Function In Late Pregnancy

For many pregnant women, it's inevitable. As their pregnancy progresses, tasks that involve the low back often get more difficult. It is harder to bend over, lift, sit or walk for long periods of time, and back pain increases...
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Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Poorer Lung Function In Asthmatics

Asthmatics with higher blood levels of vitamin D have better lung function than those with lower levels, according to new research from National Jewish Health, in Denver. The findings have been published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. E. Rand Sutherland, M.D., M.P...
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Ginkgo Herbal Medicines May Increase Seizures In People With Epilepsy

Restrictions should be placed on the use of Ginkgo biloba (G. biloba) - a top-selling herbal remedy - because of growing scientific evidence that Ginkgo may increase the risk of seizures in people with epilepsy and could reduce the effectiveness of anti-seizure drugs, a new report concludes. The article appears in ACS' monthly Journal of Natural Products...
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Idaho Technology Inc. Begins FDA Clinical Trials For The FilmArray™ Respiratory Panel

Idaho Technology, Inc. (ITI) announced today that clinical trials of the FilmArray Respiratory Panel (RP) have commenced at three US Hospital Laboratories. "We believe that the FilmArray RP holds tremendous potential for hospital clinical laboratories frustrated with the hassle, long turnaround times, and inferior sensitivity and specificity of viral culture, DFA, and rapid flu tests...
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