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FDA concerned dissolvable tobacco appeals to kids
Published on 6 Feb, 2010 at 12:11 in Health | Viewed 2,904 times | 5 Comments
The Food and Drug Administration is saying in letters to two tobacco companies that flavored, dissolvable tobacco products — that the agency compares with candy and says contain a lot of nicotine — could be particularly appealing to kids and young adults. The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products wrote to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., maker
S.Korea court says automakers not to blame for asthma
Published on 6 Feb, 2010 at 12:11 in Health | Viewed 2,324 times | 5 Comments
A court ruled Wednesday that South Korea’s government and five main automakers are not responsible for respiratory diseases allegedly caused by air pollution. A group of 23 patients suffering from asthma or other respiratory diseases brought the rare lawsuit in February 2007, claiming 30 million won (26,000 dollars) in damages for each plaintiff. They claimed
Merck reps banned from US AIDS clinics over drug costs
Published on 6 Feb, 2010 at 12:11 in Health | Viewed 2,523 times | 6 Comments
The largest US HIV/AIDS health care provider on Monday accused Merck Pharmaceuticals of price-gouging its AIDS treatment Isentress and banned the drug giant’s sales reps from its clinics in protest. “We’ve banned representatives from Merck Pharmaceuticals from calling on our physicians in our clinics, which is a common marketing strategy. We are instituting this ban
US swine flu epidemic shows signs of being over
Is the U.S. swine flu epidemic over? Federal health officials won’t go so far as to say that, but on Friday they reported for the fourth week in a row that no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since October. An official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says
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