Counterfeit anti-malaria drugs are being distributed throughout Africa to the extent that the lives of millions of people could be endangered. A report from the Wellcome Trust has revealed that low quality derivations of reputable anti-malarial drugs are being distributed throughout he African continent. The drugs are of such poor quality that there is an additional risk that some of the circulating drugs could actually encourage malarial drug reissuance. Pharma International News notes that other types of drugs could have side-effects for the person who takes them. Find more…
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I’ve been dealing with a picky eater lately, so I’m on the lookout for tools to teach my toddler that food is fun and interesting. ABC Food for iPad and iPhone is one of the new apps I’m trying out.
The developers say the app is for children of all ages. It is visual enough for infants to enjoy the pictures—providing you allow your infant to play with your Apple device, that is. It is also packed with educational activities for toddlers and older children.
The app has food categorized by letter. W
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It was the holidays, you were busy, whatever the reason, the result is the same: it’s been awhile since you’ve exercised and getting motivated to start exercising after a break is difficult at best. It’s really a viscous cycle: you take some time off from exercising, then some more. You lose muscle tone, you gain weight, you feel tired and completely unmotivated to start exercising again. So you don’t. And then you lose more muscle tone and feel even less motivated to start exercising again.
But, you can break the cycle. You can
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SALT LAKE CITY -Tanning beds are in the cross- hairs in the upcoming legislation session. Utah Senator, Patricia Jones, – Holladay, is drafting a bill that would ban minors from using them. The idea isnt creating a warm glow for people who enjoy tanning. Che Geyer says she thinks the law passed five year ago goes far enough. “I don’t see a problem with it.” Geyer likes tanning and says she would allow her own children to do it, just like her mother did. “My mom always signed off on mine, so I was able to tan, I mean it was good for me, but if you are under the age of eighteen you are still under your parents supervision and I think the old law is sufficient.”That Utah law was also passed through the efforts of Senator Jones. Find more…
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Starting in 2012, health insurance plans in Texas — and most of the rest of the country — may have to cough up millions of dollars in rebates to customers.
The rebates will come from health plans that spend too much on administrative costs instead of medical care. The change is part of the national health overhaul law, the Affordable Care Act.
But state officials in Texas and 16 other states have asked to push back the requirement for a few years.
Bob Vesey owns Packtech, a foam fabrication company that he started in 2003 in Grand Prairie, Texas, a town near Dallas. The
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