OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorPerhaps there is something to making your own food from scratch from Produce. Avoiding not only plastic bottles and wrapping, but all canned goods as...
Marijuana is one of the world’smost commonly used illegal drugs. There are approximately 300 millionusers worldwide and 28 million users in the United States alone."Now, according to a new White House Office of...
Hold on to your hats Toronto, we're in for another storm, this one is expected to last at least 36 hours and dump 50cm of snow between Friday and Sunday.You can see what happened the last time we had even a third of...
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"US VACCINE MAKER TARGET OF HOMOCIDE INVESTIGATION
By Jim Kouri
Posted 1:00 AM Eastern, March 3, 2008
NewsWithViews.com
In a criminal case guaranteed to send shockwaves throughout the international pharmaceutical industry, French authorities are targeting a US-based drug...
Here is the Merck Meningitis Shot Recall List"
ATLANTA - More than a million doses of a common vaccine given to babies as young as 2 months were being recalled Wednesday because of contamination risks, but the top U.S. health official said it was not a health threat. A...
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Viagra for votes? Competition must be stiff."BANGKOK (AFP) — Parliamentary candidates in Thailand's upcoming election are trying to buy the votes of elderly men by passing out free Viagra, a local government...
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"MD journal raises doubt over cervical cancer vaccine
Joanne Laucius, CanWest News Service
Published: Thursday, August 02, 2007
OTTAWA -- It's too early for Canada to immunize all girls and women against a virus that causes cervical cancer, says a bombshell article published...
I am still in doubt as to whether or not the HPV vaccine is really necessary (most doctors will tell you that regular pap smears are as effective in predicting and preventing HPV and cervical cancer) and whether or...
The FDA approved a vaccine against a strain of avian influenza on Tuesday, but the formula is only modestly effective. It provokes protective immunity in less than half of the recipients and requires two doses a month apart even for that....
"Women who take low to moderate doses of aspirin have a reduced risk of death from any cause, especially heart disease-related deaths, according to a new study published on Monday.
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston examined...
"The Food and Drug Administration yesterday proposed mandatory labeling for over-the-counter painkillers aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
The new warning labels would apply to drugs such as Johnson &...
"Preliminary research in mice suggests that small doses of an old anti-malaria drug may help limit many of the damaging side effects of obesity. The study, conducted by scientists from Washington University in St. Louis, showed that chloroquine lowers blood pressure, improves...
Gulf War veterans have reported that exposures during military service have resulted in miscarriages and birth defects, as well as excruciating pain during sexual intercourse. The wife of a Gulf War veteran has described the miscarriage and pregnancy problems she had...