What is not evident yet to most Ghanaian men who are eagerly patronizing various brands of aphrodisiacs is the risk of dying from the toxic chemicals contained in them, the Food and Drug Board (FOB) has stated unequivocally. The board has gone further to state that many cardiac-arrest problems killing Ghanaians might be due to the abuse of these substances.
Aphrodisiacs are drugs or foods that are said to give people a strong desire for sex. Some Read the rest of this entry »
We are headed into an exciting, busy and historic election for our country. For San Franciscans, among the most materially important votes we can cast is one to pass Proposition A and save
.
Prop. A is the $888 million general obligation bond measure to finance a new acute-care hospital building on the General Hospital grounds. It is a project that must be carried out as a matter of state law and common sense — and a general obligation bond Read the rest of this entry »
Sept. 9, 2008 — Two new
fared well in their clinical trials, new research shows.
The drugs are alogliptin and saxagliptin. They’re in a class of drugs called DPP-IV inhibitors, which block an enzyme called DPP-IV to keep insulin-boosting proteins in the blood longer.
The FDA approved the first DPP-IV inhibitor,
, in 2006.
Alogliptin and saxagliptin are both up for the FDA’s consideration. This week in Rome, researchers have been presenting Read the rest of this entry »
Plans to build a new hospital in the centre of Dover have been backed by Kent County Council.
The Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust is considering the future of hospital services in the town.
In-patient wards at Buckland Hospital in Dover have been closed and the centre currently houses a minor injuries clinic.
Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) said it hoped the new hospital would be completed by April 2011.
HOSC chairman, Read the rest of this entry »
Microorganisms don’t get enough respect, says Stanley Falkow, cancer research professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
“They’re under appreciated,” he says. “People are constantly trying to kill them and eradicate them.”
It’s not so much that Falkow has sympathy for the tiny, sometimes deadly, bacteria he has spent his 50-year career researching — though he admits there may be a touch of that. Rather, he understands better Read the rest of this entry »
BEIJING (AP) — Several days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer.
The 90-minute workout is routine to Wu, a 36-year-old ad sales representative. But the surroundings — a four-story fitness club catering to different fitness levels and needs — would have been unimaginable just a decade ago.
“When I thought of Read the rest of this entry »
Re “Equal Coverage for Mental and Physical Ailments Is Required in Bailout Law” (news article, Oct. 6):
In the passage of a mental health parity bill, Congress has finally corrected many of the inequities between medical and mental health coverage. As a result of insurance discrimination, nearly half of the one in five Americans affected by mental disorders each year fail to seek treatment.
The bill’s long-overdue passage reflects Read the rest of this entry »