The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) market study has today recommended a fundamental reform of the drug pricing system in the UK, which would see the current profit and price controls replaced with a value-based approach to pricing.
Worrying about weight or a bad hair day is common in our image-obsessed society. But persons with eating disorders spend nearly every waking moment–up to 80 to 90 percent of their day–obsessing about their appearance, say treatment professionals with the Eating Disorders Program at The Menninger Clinic in Houston.
More than three centuries ago, Sir Isaac Newton reflected on the similarities between the sense of hearing and the sense of sight. Newton?s speculations were impossible to test scientifically, until now.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to use certain jars of Earth?s Best Organic 2 Apple Peach Barley Wholesome Breakfast baby food because of the risk of contamination with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause botulism, a life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled.
FDA approves next study to evaluate an artificial retina intended to help subjects blinded by retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration.
Researchers at the University of Southern California are moving into their next phase of an artificial retinal implant project.
The Australian Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, today warned about the dangers associated with wearing non-prescription cosmetic contact lenses.
Genetic testing for eye disease is providing vital information about complex retinal diseases, especially when used to confirm a clinician?s diagnosis, according to a newly published study of such tests that were conducted over a five-year period.
Research on the genetic basis of eye diseases is enabling rapid progress in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions, according to a series of articles on ophthalmic genetics in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Half the people experiencing stroke symptoms ? especially those with lower incomes ? don?t seek medical treatment, researchers reported at the American Stroke Association?s International Stroke Conference 2007.