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Canada to ban bulk export of Rx drugs
Jun 29 2005 11:44PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Canada's health minister threatened Wednesday to overhaul the country's regulations on exporting prescription drugs, saying Canada would no longer be a cheap "drug store for the United States."
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Panel affirms radiation link to cancer
Jun 29 2005 10:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even very low doses of radiation pose a risk of cancer over a person's lifetime, a National Academy of Sciences panel concluded. It rejected some scientists' arguments that tiny doses are harmless or may in fact be beneficial.
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Brazil expects drug makers to cut prices
Jun 29 2005 8:33PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil expects U.S. pharmaceutical companies Merck & Co. Inc. and Gilead Sciences Inc. will agree to reduce prices or allow production of generic equivalents of their anti-AIDS drugs, Health Minister Humberto Costa said on Wednesday.
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EPA to review findings on Teflon chemical
Jun 29 2005 8:10PM (CT)
DOVER, Del. (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a cautious approach to a scientific panel's conclusion that a chemical used by DuPont Co. to make the nonstick substance Teflon is a likely human carcinogen.
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Taiwanese researchers make colorful rice
Jun 29 2005 7:35PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - With Taiwanese youngsters increasingly drawn to Western hamburgers and fries, government researchers are trying to lure them back with something more traditional _ sort of: rainbow-colored rice.
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Intense interval training deemed effective
Jun 29 2005 7:25PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A new study suggests that doing intense interval training for 20 minutes three times a week is just as effective at boosting strength and endurance as five to six hours of jogging or moderate cycling.
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Texas man mysteriously gets rare illness
Jun 29 2005 7:03PM (CT)
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - State health officials are looking into how a Panhandle man contracted a rare bacterial disease that typically is tied to the livestock industry.
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WHO warns Asia could become AIDS hotbed
Jun 29 2005 1:48PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Asia could become the next sub-Saharan Africa if it doesn't get a quick handle on the rising number of people infected with the AIDS virus, a top official from the U.N. Health agency said Wednesday.
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World will miss target of treating AIDS
Jun 29 2005 1:47PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A much-heralded U.N. attempt to put HIV-infected people on antiretroviral drugs will fail to reach its target of 3 million patients by the end of the year, a key health agency official conceded Wednesday.
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Condoms' effectiveness vs. STDs debated
Jun 29 2005 1:19PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Condoms do a great job of stopping the spread of AIDS and a pretty good job of preventing pregnancy. But the evidence they protect against other sexually transmitted diseases is surprisingly spotty.
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Canada to ban bulk exports of Rx drugs
Jun 29 2005 12:11PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Canada's health minister announced Wednesday that the country intends to ban the export of bulk shipments of prescription drugs to the United States and other countries in an effort to control Internet pharmacies.
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FDA probing ADHD drugs for side effects
Jun 29 2005 11:58AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is planning to strengthen warnings about possible psychiatric side effects from Concerta and related treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity, and is probing whether other ADHD drugs need updating, too.
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Cambodian hospitals struggle with flu
Jun 29 2005 10:37AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Hospitals in the Cambodian capital are struggling to cope with an unusually high number of infants apparently sick with influenza, officials said Wednesday.
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Survey: Most adults in Idaho overweight
Jun 29 2005 8:04AM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Most of the adults in Idaho are overweight or obese, according to an annual survey by the Centers for Disease Control, and lawmakers are looking for ways to help the state trim its excess fat.
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