France's first drug room for addicts to inject opens in Paris BBC News A Paris hospital is now housing France's first "shooting gallery" - a safe place where drug addicts can inject under medical supervision. | The controversial drug room was opened by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and Health Minister Marisol Touraine on Tuesday. It is near the Gare du Nord, a busy station ...
Out to buy medicines, man crushed by car The Times Of India New Delhi: A 52-year-old man died after getting hit by a car while he was walking home after buying chikungunya medicines for his wife and himself. The accident took place a few metres from his house in southeast Delhi's Jaitpur late on Tuesday. | Th...
Ebola drug ZMapp might not be a game-changer, study finds CNN (CNN)ZMapp, an experimental drug that doctors thought may have helped save lives in recent high-profile Ebola cases, may not have been the key factor in survival, a new study says. | The Ebola epidemic killed more than 11,000 people and made more tha...
Inhaled Version of Parkinson's Drug May Help Keep Symptoms at Bay The Indiana Times WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- An inhaled version of the Parkinson's drug levodopa can help when patients experience symptoms between doses of the pill form of the medication, a new, small study finds. ... ...
DEA reverses decision on kratom; drug stays legal for now Ars Technica (credit: Getty | Joe Raedle ) | The Drug Enforcement Administration is withdrawing its plan to ban the opioid-like herbal drug kratom—at least for now—according to a preliminary withdrawal notice posted today. | The notice, which will appear in t...
Bill Clinton: Asset or distraction? CNN (CNN)The Secretary of Explaining Stuff sometimes explains stuff a little too well. | Bill Clinton, who earned his nickname from President Barack Obama... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Macao 'to be' traditional Chinese medicine hub China Daily Macao in southern China－renowned as Asia's Las Vegas－has tabled plans to become a hub to make traditional Chinese medicine more standardized and s... (photo: WN / RTayco)
