Spain moves to allow Medical Marijuana for treating Multiple conditions

" The Spanish Health Ministry is expected to give its blessing to a Catalonian plan to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients in need. The London Independent on Sunday reported on Feb. 6, 2005 ( "Spain's Health Ministry To Allow Doctors To Prescribe ...

Statins 'prevent artery ageing'

"Drugs given to heart patients to lower cholesterol may have an additional benefit - keeping their blood vessels feeling younger. Advanced heart disease patients have arteries which have effectively aged faster than the rest of their bodies. University of Cambridge...

Judge blocks 10 percent Medi-Cal cuts

"LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has blocked a 10 percent cut in Medi-Cal payments to doctors, dentists, pharmacies and many other health care providers. The decision Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder...

New York may legalize marijuana within the month

The New York state legislature will decide later this month whether to legalize medicinal marijuana. The bill seems to have gained a lot of momentum, and if it passes, New York will be the 13th state to legalize...

Smell Your Husband To Know Whether he Is Cheating You or Not

Suspecting that your husband might be cheating on you is hard to deal with. To have the question - Is my husband cheating on me - hanging over you? is one of the absolute worst feelings in the world.One-drop of...

Plastics with bisphenol A shelved

Health Canada has yet to make an official announcement about the purportedly dangerous bisphenol A, but many stores aren't taking any chances. Many believe the official announcement will come Friday during a...

Veterans Affairs Launch Mobile Pharmacies

"VA Launches Mobile Pharmacies The Department of Veterans Affairs deployed mobile pharmacies that will provide vital medicine when patients are unable to fill their prescriptions. Each VA mobile pharmacy is housed in a 40-foot long steel trailer that includes a satellite...

About 80 pct Indonesian pharmacies apply good production standards

"We are hoping all pharmaceutical industries in Indonesia will already be applying the CPOB standards this year, though our full compliance target time is 2008," she said. Husniah said overall, Indonesian pharmaceutical industries had made significant progress in preparing...

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