The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) applauds the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent decision to consider the development of a behind the counter (BTC) class of drugs that could include medications available without a prescription and would also require the intervention of a pharmacist before dispensing.
Many Americans are familiar with the E. coli bacterium. Tales of tainted spinach and recalled hamburger sending hundreds of people to the hospital are becoming an all-too-common occurrence. In 2006, three people died and hundreds more were sickened across the country after eating E. coli-contaminated spinach.
Contending that junk foods did not carry nutritional awareness, Indian Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury warned of imposing a ban on advertisements promoting such products.
A 10-year-old school boy committed suicide by jumping from his 19th floor apartment here after his parents banned him from playing computer games.
In today’s hectic world, idiot box may be the main source of home entertainment for many kids. But, if researchers are to be believed, parents need to discourage letting children watch television.
About 14,000 students from various city schools brushed their teeth together at Nehru stadium here to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.
If you want to live longer, lose weight — so say various studies. But, there’s another, more effective way to increase your own, your spouse’s and your children’s longevity, without the sweat or the bland food — it’s staying married.
Researchers are now one step closer to improved treatment of Type 2 diabetes following significant findings made by scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
US customs officials have seized ‘toxic’ toothpaste that were packed in ‘Made in India’ cartons but are not sure where the toothpaste came from since it also carried the ‘Made in China’ label.
India and the United States agreed to enhance cooperation in development of low-cost diagnostic and therapeutic medical technologies.