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The seizure may cause a shortage of one pain drug, choline magnesium trisalicylate, in particular. However, the drug is used by only a small percentage of patients and patients can find alternatives by consulting their doctor, Autor said.
The FDA took the action due to Caraco's failure to meet the agency's Good Manufacturing Practice requirements after several warnings, Autor said. The FDA's action stops Caraco from distributing drugs until the company provides the agency assurance that it is complying with good manufacturing requirements.
FDA does some good work out there, but how they keep up with the manufacturing standards of each and every drug maker, it must be a huge job.
Bernice Brown, arrested after a Medicare fraud investigation, is escorted from Detroit's federal building to a government van. Dozens of such arrests occurred in Miami and Detroit as part of the federal investigation. (By Paul Sancya -- Associated Press)
The Justice Department yesterday unsealed criminal indictments against 53 people for allegedly bilking the Medicare system, the latest step in a wide-ranging effort to prevent fraud that costs the federally funded health program billions of dollars each year.
It seems the federal government is cracking down on all forms of Medicare fraud, and they are willing to run a sting to catch dishonest medical billing.
Most animals that have been treated with stem cells suffer from joint ailments. Damage to cartilage, tendons, ligaments, or arthritic inflammation top the list. Stem cells are seen as a way to provide almost magical regenerative healing to combat these ailments.
Interesting story about the use of stems cells in veterinary medicine, but this is a look into the future of human beings. We will thank those animals some day.
Gulf News Archive
Governments around the world have adopted strict health security checks at airports and other points of entry to curb the spread of swine flu.
Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Health (MoH) along with Health Authority Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Health Authority has initiated a national educational campaign against swine flu under the slogan, "You care, we care, and the world cares."
Comprehensive article gives travel safety tips dealing with how to travel with or avoid catching the flu. Add this to the already huge hassle of traveling.
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