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Popular war veteran opens Flackwell pharmacy
A POPULAR Flackwell Heath Second World War veteran gave the grand opening for the village's revamped pharmacy today.
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University signs pact on pharmacy clinical training
HAMAD Medical Corporation and Qatar University have signed another milestone agreement on pharmacy clinical training to further strengthen pharmaceutical practices in the country.
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China Medicine Announces Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2008 Results
China Medicine Corporation, a leading developer and distributor of prescription and over the counter pharmaceuticals, traditional Chinese medicines (TCM), nutritional and dietary supplements,
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Health Robotics Announces Strategic Partnership in Japan for its CytoCare(TM) Robot with TOSHO Inc.
Health-Robotics today announced that TOSHO Inc
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MSD Pharma to hire 1,500 people in India
Even as global financial slowdown is forcing companies to retrench jobs, MSD Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of US-based Merck & Co,
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MSD Pharma to hire 1,500 people in India
Even as global financial slowdown is forcing companies to retrench jobs, MSD Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of US-based Merck & Co, today said it will employ 1,500 people in the next two years to strengthen its sales and marketing network and become a leading company by 2015.
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Oklahoma University (OU) Medicine Goes Live in Record Time with MEDSEEK Consumer Portal
Portal &...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala
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BodyLogicMD Opens Bioidentical Hormone Practice in Little Rock, AR
BodyLogicMD Welcomes Dr
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BodyLogicMD announces today the opening of its newest bioidentical hormone therapy practice in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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sports medicine speCialist joins dubai bone and joint center
Dubai Bone and Joint Center (DBAJ), the Middle East’s first and only center for musculoskeletal treatment and research have announced that as part of their endeavor to extend their service lines, top US Sports Medicine SpeCialist, Dr. William D. Murrell, Jr
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Community Pharmacy Performance Adviser, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY PCT
This post provides an excellent unique opportunity to use and gain pharmaceutical skills within the speCialist area of community pharmacy performance management.
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Methodist Sports Medicine/The Orthopedic SpeCialists Expands Use of Medfusion
Medfusion, a leading provider of patient-provider communication solutions for physician practices, today announced that Methodist Sports
Medicine/The Orthopedic SpeCialists,
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Brody School of Medicine honors founders
With Dr. Paul Cunningham standing on one side and Dr. Phyllis Horns on the other, the two leaders of the Brody School of Medicine and the Health Sciences Division at East Carolina University unveiled a painting that honors the founders of the medical school.
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The Medicines Company Reports Positive Data From Myocardial Infarction Study
The Medicines Company has announced positive one-year follow-up data from the Horizons-AMI trial, which compared Angiomax to heparin plus
a platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor in 3,602 patients presenting with the most severe form of heart attack, known as ST-elevation
myocardial...
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$10M In Medicine To Go To Storm-Ravaged Haiti
$10M Worth Of Antibiotics
4 Storms Caused Severe Damage In Haiti
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What does medicine owe to Africa?
The contribution of European culture to medicine has long been recognised.
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Pharmacy college changing name
Albany College of Pharmacy will add more health, biotechnology and clinical programs to broaden its image to more than a training ground for
pharmacists.
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Local doctors call for more say on dispensing medicines
LOCAL clinicians want Cumbria to be allowed to set its own rules on which GP practices are allowed to dispense medicines.
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Strippers, armadillos inspire Ig Nobel winners
BOSTON (AP) — Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years. So she and
her colleagues decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab, that is.
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The Medicines Company Reports Positive Results From Antihypertensive Drug Study
The Medicines Company has reported positive results from Eclipse, the safety program comparing intravenous antihypertensive therapies.
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Nobel Season Kicks Off With Medicine Prize
The 2008 Nobel season opens Monday with the announcement of the Medicine Prize and runs through October 13, with the current global financial turmoil not expected to play a role in the prize committee's deliberations this year, but it could affect future choices, media reports said.
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Pharmacy blow for hospital
THE new Forres Health Centre and Hospital, due to be built on a site near Thornhill by 2011, looks set to open without an on-site pharmacy,
after local dispensers failed to agree on providing a service.
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Our Opinion: Mastery in Medicine
There’s no two ways about it: Emory’s health-care arm is destined for greatness
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Tonghua Dongbao Medicines to Get Insulin GMP Certification.
The hi-tech TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) and biopharmaceuticals producer recently completed the second phase of its insulin project.
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Sandoz products are safe, says SA Medicines Control Council.
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned customers not to buy Sandoz products, but South Africa‘s Medicines Control Council (SAMCC) is telling patients to continue using their medicine.
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“Drink This Medicine or Die!”
Well, the President sure painted a rosy picture for the U.S. economy last night didn't he?
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COPD Medicines: Risky or Safe?
Two commonly used treatments for the lung disease known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) boost the risk of heart attack, stroke, or death from cardiovascular causes, according to a new analysis. But the drugs' marketers sharply disagree.
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8m To Receive Medicines…
Ghana and the United States, starting this September, would begin distributing medicines to about eight million people as part of a new initiative to fight neglected tropical diseases, President George Bush, has announced
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Old medicines put patients at risk, says study.
Thousands of patients across Europe are being put at unnecessary risk because their pharmacists have given them medicines that have expired or been withdrawn by regulators, a study revealed on Wednesday.
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More Hospitals Supporting Alternative Medicines.
(UPI) – U.S. hospitals are increasingly adding complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM, to conventional services, the American Hospital Association said.
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Consolidation May Prove Best Medicine For Financials.
Today was one of Wall Street's worst days, and the pain of watching two institutions disappear overnight won't be forgotten. But the process unfolding now is a necessary part of the system, and some in the blogosphere sense consolidation could signal brighter days ahead for the financial sector.
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Solomons students to take up Cuba medicine scholarships
A group of 25 students from Solomon Islands planning to study medicine in Cuba will take up their scholarship at the end of this month.
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Matrix helps older adults take medicines
Sept. 10 (UPI) - Older adults may do a better job of taking their pills if they fill out simple tables tracking their medications, U.S. researchers say
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Critical shortage of internal medicine MDs foreseen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Only 23 percent of U.S. medical students plan to practice internal medicine and just 2 percent intend to become general practitioners, leading to a possible healthcare crisis, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Setting the standard for sports medicine
PEORIA — Long before most of the world had heard the term "sports medicine," Dr. Bernard Cahill put Peoria on its cutting edge.

"Bernie had a foresight beyond most in the United States, to prevent injuries to young athletes," longtime friend and retired physician Stan Bugaieski said Monday
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Medicine wins when doctors say no
I need to come clean about something. I did take the little black doctor bag.
Upon completing medical school, all the graduates were offered a free bag from a drug company.
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Medicine's two-tier system rejected
Parliament's portfolio committee on health has rejected a proposal for a two-tier system for the regulation of medicines - a step that has been welcomed by opposition parties.
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Good medicine for kids, state
Why encourage Kentucky families who are getting along without it to put their children in a government health-care program?
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Sports medicine program gets athletes ‘back in action'
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio - An athlete herself, chiropractic and sports injury physician Dr. Kelly Roush enjoys not only attending to the health needs of area high school sporting teams, but the competitive spirit of the players who come through Holzer Clinic's sports medicine program.
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Calls for cough and cold medicines to be banned for children
Cough and cold medicines for children under two can now only be obtained by prescription in Australia.
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Government Bans Three Traditional Medicines
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry has banned Xian Tang Ling Capsule, Xanthium Plus and Eetye Whitening Cream, three traditional products found to contain scheduled poisons.
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Varsities get key role in dementia fight
Research hubs in Aberdeen and Dundee aim for a co-ordinated approach
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Genzyme, Medicines for Malaria Venture Form Partnership to Develop New treatments
Cambridge, MA-based Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) and Medicines for Malaria Venture, a nonprofit organization, said today they have formed a malaria drug collaboration with India-based Advinus Therapeutics
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Lead, mercury and arsenic found in ayurvedic medicines
A new study says around twenty per cent of ayurvedic products purchased through the internet have significant levels of arsenic, lead and mercury.
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FDA To Consider New Rules For Children's Cold Medicines
The rules regulating over-the-counter children's cold medicines are about to be revised by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the agency announced late last week
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Senior officer shifted on health issues
CHANDIGARH: A day after the Times of India reported about tonnes of medicines being dumped in drains owing to their going past the expiry date when millions of Indians are deprived of healthcare, the Haryana government shifted director incharge of medicine supplies and disposal (MSD), an agency...
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Medicare Doughnut Hole Causing Seniors to Skip Medicines
Washington (dbTechno) - According to a new report released by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 3.4 million Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. have hit what is known as the doughnut hole in terms of their drug coverage last year. This has sparked many seniors in the U.S
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Kashmir faces shortage of life-saving drugs
Shakeel Ahmed Mir had to return disappointed from a chemist shop in Srinagar as he couldn't get an insulin injection for his diabetic mother. This was the 12th pharmacist's shop from which he had returned empty-handed.
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Sub-standard medicines claim 2 lives
MUMBAI: The civic health officials have attributed the deaths of two female patients at a civic hospital in Goregaon to drug allergy. "We got eight patients with similar complaints of fever, vomiting and low platelet count
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Huge increase in Wales' prescription claims
ALMOST three million more prescription medicines were dispensed in Wales in the year after fees were scrapped, according to new figures.
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Medicines chief calls for end to postcode prescribing
The chief of the NHS's medicines regulator today urged healthcare trusts to end Britain's postcode lottery of treatment.
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Medicines and food from Poland for Georgian victims
A convoy with humanitarian aid from Poland has arrived in the Georgian town of Gori, despite Russian military operations still being conducted there.
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Most states said to have good rules on pain medicines
The latest report card found more states have made changes to encourage appropriate pain management.
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US Teens Have Easy Access to drugs
Washington, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) An increasing number of US teens gets, illegally, medicines that should be obtained under prescription, something considered in the threshold of consuming drugs like heroine, said a research revealed on Thursday.
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Are You Taking Your Medicines?
Many patients are not taking their medications, and a recent study gives us insight into why. In another column, I discussed the fact that medicines are becoming more expensive, and that about 20% of people not taking their medicines are non-compliant because of the COST of medication
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Teachers to learn how medicines are made
Four East Syracuse-Minoa High School teachers are off to New Jersey next week for special training, where they'll be learning to teach their students how medicines are made.
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The Importance of Taking Medicines Safely
(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) -- Marietta, Georgia (PR) August 12, 2008 – CNN recently posted a reported on their web site about the importance of making sure that your health care provider knows all of the medicines and supplements you are using.
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Mozambique: Citizens Complain of Poor Access to Medicines
The most common complaint by Mozambicans across the country concerning the health sector is poor access to medicines, either because they are scarce or they are very costly, and because they are often diverted and sold on the informal market...
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Restrictions Sought for Certain Cough Medicines
HE was 87, but Anthony Vieiro of Yonkers still had many good years ahead of him, his grieving family and friends say, citing his vigor and exercise regimen.
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