The following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), regarding today’s release of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)’s Monitoring the Future survey, which includes data on the non-medical use of medicines containing dextromethorphan among 8th, 10th and 12th grade students.
Vanderbilt University encourages active journalists to apply to attend its 2007 media fellowship, ?Meth Rescue: Meth?s Effects on Children, Families and the Foster Care System,? April 24-27, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn.
Acting swiftly after a survey by a government hospital said majority of girls did not practise safe sex, the administration here installed condom vending machines in different parts of the city in its bid to sensitise the vulnerable population against AIDS.
Government is not considering banning sale of Gutka in the country, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi said today.
The Automatic Transport and Retrieval System, developed with help from engineers at Lehigh and Carnegie Mellon universities, also allows wheelchair users to drive without reconfiguring their vehicles. It will go on sale next spring.
Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s game console, the Wii, went on sale in Japan on Saturday. Nintendo’s Wii (pronounced “Wee”) console involves a new design of motion-sensitive controller which executives believe will revolutionise gaming and revive the fortunes of the company which once dominated the market.
The Centre for Food Safety has confirmed a local department store had sold duck eggs from the Hubei Shendan Healthy Food Company during a food fair.
PlayStation 3 – PS3, the much-awaited update to Sony’s popular PlayStation series, went on sale in Japan on Saturday. It was set to launch in the U.S. on Friday and in Europe in March.
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today unveiled a range of new cardiovascular solutions that supply cardiologists with insightful clinical knowledge for more confident diagnoses at the 2006 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions meeting. At AHA, Philips revealed the industry?s smallest transducer for 4D cardiac ultrasound imaging in infants and children to help cardiologists accurately view a patient?s cardiac structure and blood flow by improving access to the heart.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and more than 20 international partners are today launching a comprehensive package of measures to help national authorities safeguard their populations from the dangers of counterfeit medicines.