Counterfeit Medicines - Report Urges No Compromise And No Concession.. EFPIA, the voice of the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Europe, welcomes the release of the Europe Economics report on 'Safe Medicines Through Parallel Trade'i. The report clearly highlights the risks..

Generic Drugs: In This Market, Portfolios Need Safe, Boring Medicine. We once owned Mylan. It was safe.. boring.. someplace to hide out in case the market his further turbulence.

Cardinal Health pays $105,000 fine. Cardinal Health has paid $105,000 to settle the state Board of Pharmacy's charge that the drug wholesaler failed to report suspicious drug orders at its Findlay warehouse.

Medical Students Nationwide Remove Conflicts Of Interest - 5th Annual.. Medical Students Nationwide Remove Conflicts Of Interest - 5th Annual National PharmFree Week Underway, USA Main Category: Medical Students / Training Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry..

Nurses' Images in Movies Improving. Fictional nurses in movies are going through an image change, and this time, it's a positive one, a new study shows.

Low Vitamin D Level Tied to Parkinson's. Parkinson's disease patients may be particularly likely to have low blood levels of vitamin D, Emory University researchers report.

High Blood Pressure Is More Prevalent. A study shows an increasingly high percentage of Americans have high blood pressure.

Caffeine, Breast Cancer Link Minimal. In new findings from the Women’s Health Study, caffeine consumption was not associated with an overall increase in breast cancer.

Shrinking Economy Puts Baby on Hold. As the country slides toward a recession, experts predict a slowdown in births. The last four U.S. recessions have been followed by declines in the fertility rate.

Scientists win Nobel for green jellyfish protein. - Three U.S.based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures.

Looking for A New Plan? Here Are Some Tips. The rise in health insurance premiums is slowing a little, but you can still expect to pay 5 to 9 percent more next year for work-based health insurance. As you head into open-enrollment season, here are some tips on how to stay a few dollars ahead of rising costs:.

Therapy With the Gloves On. I'd heard that every Wednesday night, seven psychologists and psychiatrists slip on gloves and pound the heck out of heavy bags at Frederick Wright's boxing class at the Washington Sports Clubs gym in Silver Spring. Every Wednesday night, that is, except the one when I showed up.

Law Equalizes Coverage For Mental, Physical Care. An estimated 113 million Americans, including hundreds of thousands in the Washington region, will receive better insurance coverage for their mental health and substance abuse problems because of landmark legislation that for the first time requires mental and physical illnesses to be treated eq..

Laureates: Financial Crisis May Hit AIDS Funding. PARIS -- Two French researchers who shared the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the AIDS virus are voicing fears that the world financial crisis will hurt funding to fight the disease.

Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk. FRIDAY, Oct. 10 -- Liver transplant patients have a higher incidence of cancer than the general population, say researchers in Finland.

New Factors Join Kids' Sleep Disorders, Cognition. FRIDAY, Oct. 10 -- Brain oxygen levels and blood pressure may play a role in the complex relationship between sleep-disordered breathing and cognitive problems in children, a U.S. study finds.

Gift to Center Headed by FDA Panel Chairman Raises Questions. A retired medical supply manufacturer who considers bisphenol A to be "perfectly safe" gave $5 million to the research center headed by the chairman of a Food and Drug Administration panel about to rule on the chemical's safety.

Fliers Can Keep Blood Clots at Bay. SATURDAY, Oct. 11 -- Acting U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Steven K. Galson recently released a "Call to Action" to reduce the number of cases of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the United States.

Equal Treatment for the Uninsured? Don't Count on It. When I walked into the hospital room of a 19-year-old woman, a foul smell all but overwhelmed me. I called a nurse to assist me and saw her, too, catch her breath.

AIDS vaccine focus shifts after disappointments. A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the HIV virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of disappointments.