Posted by: drugsinus on: January 17, 2010
HONG KONG () – Researchers are worried about a type of Ebola virus spreading in pigs in the Philippines and have warned that it could mutate in the swine population and become more dangerous for people. The Philippines had tested 141 people, the researchers said, and six of them who either worked on pig farms [...]
Posted by: drugsinus on: January 17, 2010
Scientists and the public don’t see eye-to-eye on animal research, evolution or moneymaking, finds a poll out Thursday, but both agree on one thing. They like science. In the Pew Research Center survey, 84% of non-scientists say science has a “mostly positive effect on our society,” and 76% of scientists say these are “good times” [...]
Posted by: drugsinus on: November 19, 2009
There arent enough bodies to go around for everyone who needs a steady supply of cadavers for training and experiments. That shortage is helping turn the process of procuring cadavers into a functioning market, says a Harvard professor. Most cadavers are obtained through medical-school programs that allow people to donate their body to science. But [...]
Posted by: drugsinus on: November 13, 2009
When it comes to financial threats to our country, President Obama says nothing even comes close to spiraling health care costs, expected to hit $2.5 trillion this year. Legislators are struggling to come up with health reform plans that cover millions more people without boosting the deficit. One obvious place that Congress could look for [...]
Posted by: drugsinus on: September 3, 2009
In Pictures: Health Care Spending, Europe Vs. America LONDON — Most European countries provide near-universal health care for their residents, yet they spend between one-third to one-half what the U.S. spends on health care for its citizens. France and Germany, which are widely viewed as having among the best health care systems in Europe, with [...]
Posted by: drugsinus on: August 20, 2009
Despite all the Sturm und Drang emanating from town hall meetings, there’s still a very good chance some kind of health care reform bill will pass this year. And one of the biggest forces working toward that goal is America’s biggest pharmaceutical companies, which are expected to pour as much as $150 million into advertisements [...]
Posted by: drugsinus on: July 22, 2009
Electronic cigarettes are potentially unsafe and their manufacturing is subject to a lack of quality control, according to a preliminary FDA analysis of these products announced today. The agency conducted the analysis because little is known about these battery-operated products, which vaporize nicotine and other chemicals so that they can be inhaled. “The FDA is [...]
Posted by: drugsinus on: July 10, 2009
By David Alexander WASHINGTON () – U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged on Friday that tough negotiations on overhauling U.S. healthcare lie ahead after some of his own Democrats rebelled but he expressed confidence a plan will be passed. Obama’s remarks, at the end of a Group of Eight summit in Italy, came a day after [...]
Posted by: drugsinus on: July 10, 2009
Ebola can cause deadly disease in some forms A form of Ebola virus has been detected in pigs for the first time, raising concerns it could mutate and pose a new risk to humans. Ebola-Reston virus (REBOV) has only previously been seen in monkeys and humans – and has not caused illness. But researchers are [...]
Posted by: drugsinus on: July 10, 2009
Until last year, Mindray Medical International, was spending big to get a foothold in the world’s richest medical market, the U.S., forking over $202 million in March for Datascope’s patient monitoring business. A global recession later, the massive expansion in China’s state healthcare outlays means the country’s biggest medical device maker is actually sitting on [...]
