Indian regulator to test samples of J&J baby powder: media
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s federal drug regulator will on Wednesday seize samples of Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ.N) baby powder for testing, local media said, Read More
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‘It stole my life’: Veterans to sue gov’t over military-issued drug
Soldiers who took a military-issued anti-malarial drug while deployed overseas are prepared to sue the federal government over concerns that the drug may have caused Read More
‘It is everybody’: Increasing number of opioid-related deaths in suburbs, rural areas
CTVNews.ca staff, with a report from Melanie NagyPublished Tuesday, December 18, 2018 10:00PM EST A mother. A public works supervisor. A regular community member. A Read More
Pharma industry returns on R&D investment hit nine-year low
FILE PHOTO: Used blister packets that contained medicines, tablets and pills are seen, in this picture illustration taken June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Russell Boyce LONDON (Reuters) Read More
MacMaster holiday concert billed as dementia-inclusive
Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian PressPublished Tuesday, December 18, 2018 7:05PM EST TORONTO — A holiday concert by fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy is being Read More
Experts want to provide opioid drugs to users in Vancouver to prevent deaths
Vancouver’s mayor says he will direct staff to look for a site where drug users can get safe opioids to prevent overdoses as part of Read More
More U.S. adults may be trying to lose weight, after all
(Reuters Health) – – Researchers said last year that the proportion of overweight U.S. adults trying to lose weight has been shrinking – but newly Read More
Removing sweets from checkouts linked to dramatic fall in unhealthy snack purchases
Policies aimed at removing sweets and crisps from checkouts could lead to a dramatic reduction to the amount of unhealthy food purchased to eat ‘on Read More
Using CRISPR technology for conditional gene regulation
A team of engineers at the University of Delaware has developed a method to use CRISPR/Cas9 technology to set off a cascade of activities in Read More
Gender separation affects sense of smell
A University of Wyoming researcher and his team have discovered that separating male and female mice, over time, changes the way they smell. The study Read More