Bulls receive a dose of their own medicine The Examiner During the Nets’ first-round series against the Chicago Bulls, a lot has been made out of Brooklyn’s toughness and character. In the Bulls’ eyes, the lack thereof. | But after Game Six and some happenings around the league, those accusations should lie filter into the Chicago locker room. | Af...
Speak up on drugs or forget Olympics The Daily Telegraph Australia OLYMPIC-bound athletes who fail to co-operate fully in interviews with anti-doping investigators will be sacked from the team. | Australia's Olympic chief John Coates will today introduce the strictest anti-drug regime of any sports authority in the ...
Cough medicines linked to surgery complications Sydney Morning Herald Anaesthetists are calling for 53 cough medicines and lozenges to be withdrawn from the Australian market because of concerns they are causing life-threatening allergic reactions during surgery. | A group of anaesthetists have asked Australia's Therap...
FDA approves J&J; sedation drug device Baltimore Sun (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson's Sedasys system to sedate patients during colonoscopies without the need for a physician to monitor delivery of the injectable sedating agent, the company said on Friday. | The device injec...
FDA approves J&J; sedation drug device Daily Press (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson's Sedasys system to sedate patients during colonoscopies without the need for a physician to monitor delivery of the injectable sedating agent, the company said on Friday. | The device injec...
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FDA Rejects 2 HIV Drugs From Gilead Sciences The New York Times FOSTER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Gilead Sciences Inc. said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration rejected two marketing applications for HIV treatments, citing quality contr...
Clooney set to direct drug drama? Belfast Telegraph George Clooney looks set to direct a new movie about drug smuggling. | The Hollywood heavyweight and producing partner Grant Heslov are reportedly planning to produce a film adapta...
Caffeine: The legal drug that helps enhance athletic performance The Examiner With all the mass marketing appeal that follow energy drinks such as Red Bull and Rockstar comes a debate that many people ponder constantly. Can caffeinated drinks and foods reall...
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. | ...
U.S. files second lawsuit accusing Novartis of kickbacks The Guardian By Jonathan Stempel | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday announced its second civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis AG in four days, ac... (photo: AP/Keystone, Steffen Schmidt)
Splitting hairs The Hindu There are two kinds of people in this world — the haves, who are of the hirsute variety, desperate to lose some hair, and the have-nots, who wou... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
