Sanofi-aventis announced that Acomplia? 20mg (rimonabant), the first drug in a new therapeutic class, the selective cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonists, has now been included in the list of pharmaceutical products reimbursable by the Social Security, by virtue of a decree dated March 22, 2007, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Public consumption of folic acid from fortified flour at current mandated US levels (100micro-gram/day) and at double this amount is probably safe, at average intakes, according to an article published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health.
On March 16, the Ministry of Health in Laos, officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, reported its second human death from infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
A simple, affordable household filtration device can reduce the incidence of diarrhea, one of the leading causes of disease and death in developing countries, by up to 40 percent, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown.
The Ministry of Health in Lao People’s Democratic Republic has reported a second human case of infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case was fatal.
Research by the World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that the course and symptomatic expression of schizophrenia is relatively more benign in developing societies.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced 60 U.S. and international institutions selected as HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) in a newly restructured system of six HIV/AIDS clinical research networks. NIAID expects to fund additional CTUs within the next several months, bringing the total to 73.
The Ministry of Health in Lao People’s Democratic Republic has confirmed the country’s first death from H5N1 avian influenza.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to drink certain brands of mineral water imported from Armenia due to the risk of exposure to arsenic, a toxic substance and known cause of cancer in humans. While arsenic is a well known human poison there is little chance that someone would become gravely ill if they consumed this product over a brief period of time (days to weeks).
A new series of training courses aimed at helping physicians better diagnose osteoporosis has been launched by IOF ? International Osteoporosis Foundation.