New, Cheaper Generic Drugs Become Available This Year
— except for the
price, of course. Here’s what you
should know.
Approved by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA),
generic drugs contain the same
active ingredients, dosage and
quality as their brand-name
counterparts.
The only differences between
them are the name (generic
drugs are usually called by
their chemical names), shape and
color of the drug (U.S. trademark
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Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration said last month it was unable to identify any melamine exposure level as safe for infants, but a top official said it would be a “dangerous overreaction” for parents to stop feeding infant formula to babies who depend on it.
“The levels that we are detecting Read the rest of this entry »

Patients and their families joined hands and passed a symbolic bed pillow to commemorate the opening of the new facility.
“This was an unbelievable event,” said Linda Sweeney, the practice manager for the Cancer Center. “Our mission is to treat the entire family. Some patients and families were actually kissing the pillow as they passed it.”
The new facility, which opened after more than $1 million in renovations to the existing building, is twice Read the rest of this entry »

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was founded in 1855 as the nation’s first pediatric hospital. Through its long-standing commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals and pioneering major research initiatives, Children’s Hospital has fostered many discoveries that have benefited children worldwide. Its pediatric research program is among the largest in the country, ranking third Read the rest of this entry »

Sudan’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife intends to cash in on an indigenous knowledge which uses a pool of sulfuric water coming from mountains and rockets to treat some skin diseases, rheumatism and some women diseases.
The ministry has already prepared an investment project in the area and comprises rooms, restaurants and sulfuric water baths. 
They are a pool of sulfuric water coming from mountains and rockets. The water was discovered Read the rest of this entry »

Nine of the shellfisheries section’s 31 full-time positions are now vacant, including the post of section chief and lead biologist, according to the DEC. The unit tests waters to certify whether they are clean enough for the safe harvest of shellfish by commercial and recreational fishermen. It also issues commercial shellfishing licenses and monitors sanitary conditions at seafood wholesalers.
New York’s shellfish program complied with federal Read the rest of this entry »

Little Rock – Fewer cases of the flu in Arkansas are being reported, at a time when flu season is at its peak.
Officials say fewer than 1,000 cases of the flu have been reported so far this year–that’s compared to an average of almost 4,000.
The end of February is historically the height of flu season, but that’s not the case this year. And there are several different theories ideas as to why.
(Dr. Beth Milligan, Lakewood Family Medicine) “We Read the rest of this entry »

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What began in late January as a feel-good story of a California medical team’s Herculean efforts to deliver octuplets after a 31-week pregnancy quickly morphed into a controversy over the medical ethics of fertility practices.
The octuplets’ mother, 33-year-old Nadya Suleman, said in an interview on NBC’s “Today” that her physician transferred six embryos and two split. Suleman is single, unemployed and has six other young children. All were conceived Read the rest of this entry »

WACO – Icy roads caused a number of accidents across parts of Central Texas Monday night. Mclennan County was hit especially hard. The conditions proved dangerous for drivers and emergency crews that were called out to help.
A Waco officer was hit by a car while working two spinout accidents. It happened on Lakeshore near the Pilgrim's Pride plant.
 A car hit an icy patch, hit the wall of the bridge, and smashed into the officer's squad Read the rest of this entry »