Nov 9, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Deliveries of seasonal influenza vaccine have already outpaced the number of doses ever distributed in a single season, officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today, but they voiced concerns about a possible mismatch of one of the strains. (Continue reading…)
Nearly 21 percent of Americans smoke, a number that has been stalled since 2004, federal researchers reported on Thursday in a study they said means governments must spend more to persuade people to kick the habit.
More than 45 million Americans smoked in 2006, or 20.8 percent of the population, 80 percent of them daily smokers, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
The CDC said the numbers have not changed since 2004, which suggests that smoking prevention efforts have “stalled.”
“It is completely commensurate with the stall in resources that have been going into tobacco control,” Dr. Matt McKenna, who directs CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, (Continue reading…)
After an advisory panel voted that some pediatric cold products should be banned, the late-night pharmacy run to find the right medicine has become tougher.
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Publix supermarkets said today it will be seven common prescription antibiotics free to join other major retailers, trying to bring customers into their stores with cheap drugs. Oral antibiotics of the most filled in the network of pharmacies, will be available free of charge to any prescription
All Vietnamese pharmacies will have to comply with World Heath Organization standards by 2010, according to health agencies (Continue reading…)
I am sure that just about everyone has been exposed to the sudden hype about Hoodia from print, electronic media and countless spam e-mails. There are a few genuine Hoodia products out there that work but there are also many more Hoodia products that are either contaminated or counterfeit which make up to 80% of the Hoodia market! Here are the ABC’s of Hoodia which I hope you will find helpful if you are seeking weight-loss and weight management. (Continue reading…)
The once-daily pill works as well at improving sexual function as the maximum dose of Cialis, Icos said. In a study published in March in European Urology, a journal, 50 percent of men taking Cialis once a day said they were no longer impotent, in contrast to 8 percent of men taking a placebo. Side effects were mild, the study found. (Continue reading…)
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