Alcohol, drugs cause low birth weight: Australian study CNTV SYDNEY, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Women with drug or alcohol related mental disorders are up to four times more likely to have a low- birth weight baby, an Australian study revealed. | The results of the study were outlined on Monday at the annual congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Ze...
Drug recall involves 91 batches Herald Tribune ORLANDO, Fla. - A spokeswoman for a central Florida compounding pharmacy says 91 batches were involved in a voluntary recall of its sterile non-expired drug products over concerns they're not sterile and may contain bacteria. | Spokeswoman Roxie Moon...
HIV Drugs May Help Protect Young Patients' Hearts: Study US News Far from harming the cardiovascular health of infected children, drug cocktails may give benefit | MONDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term use of powerful drug cocktails known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may help protect th...
Parents ignore warning labels - give cough medicines to kids The Examiner Forty percent of parents give young kids cough/cold medicine that they shouldn't. Many parents disregard label warnings, give children under age 4 common medicines, according to new U-M National Poll on Children's Health. You can read the full report...
Brooklyn Treatment Court: A Second Chance for Drug Offenders Huffington Post In a Brooklyn courtroom on a Spring morning, something grabs your attention. It's not a stern judge banging a gavel. It's the sound of erupting applause. It starts out softly and builds to a thunderous crescendo. It's the kind of enthusiastic clappin...
Drug recall involves 91 batches Palm Beach Post A spokeswoman for a central Florida compounding pharmacy says 91 batches were involved in a voluntary recall of its sterile non-expired drug products over concerns they're not sterile and may contain bacteria. | Spokeswoman Roxie Mooney said Monday t...
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Gilead seeks FDA OK for game-changing hepatitis C drug Business Journal Ron Leuty Reporter- San Francisco Business Times Email | Twitter | Google+ | Twitter | Gilead Sciences Inc. could be the first company on the marke...
Mexico drug war memorial opens amid protest Al Jazeera Mexico City has opened a memorial to honour tens of thousands of victims of the country's drug war. | The government's official monument was dedicated on Friday, four months a...
Signs and symptoms of insect-related diseases Sun Sentinel As families travel or head out to camp, swim, hike or play, so do mosquitos, ticks and other pesky insects. | Unfortunately, warmer weather also... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
More Air Pollution Deaths Per Year Than From AIDS, Malaria: UN Huffington Post OSLO, April 9 (Reuters) - Air pollution is an underestimated scourge that kills far more people than AIDS and malaria and a shift to cleaner energy co... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Afghanistan, the drug addiction capital BBC News Afghanistan produces 90% of all opiate drugs in the world, but until recently was not a major consumer. Now, out of a population of 35 million, more t... (photo: USMC / Cpl. Charles T. Mabry II)
