Company Maintained Specialized Sales Force to Market Drug for Off Label Purposes; Targeted Elderly Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2012. Global Health Care Company Abbott Laboratories Inc. has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s[Read More…]
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12 Essential Mowing Tips: First and Foremost, Keep the Blade Sharp, Set High
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2012 Mulching blades for mowers are tiered to cut each blade at least twice. YOU CAN WATER IT TOO MUCH, or too little. You can fertilize too often, or let it go hungry. The absolute fastest way to screw up your lawn, however, has to do with the[Read More…]
Rituximab Promotes Long-Term Response for Patients with Immune Destruction of Platelets
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2012 — A new analysis concludes that rituximab, a drug commonly used to treat blood cancers, leads to treatment responses lasting at least five years in approximately one quarter of patients with low platelet counts and a risk of bleeding due to chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).[Read More…]
Awake Mental Replay of Past Experiences Critical for Learning
Blocking it stumps memory-guided decision-making in rats — NIH-funded study Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2012. Awake mental replay of past experiences is essential for making informed choices, suggests a study in rats. Without it, the animals’ memory-based decision-making faltered, say scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers blocked[Read More…]
Scientists Find That Chromosomal Abnormalities are Associated With Aging and Cancer
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2012. Two new studies have found that large structural abnormalities in chromosomes, some of which have been associated with increased risk of cancer, can be detected in a small fraction of people without a prior history of cancer. The studies found that these alterations in chromosomes appear[Read More…]
USDA Quarantines Second California Farm in Mad Cow Disease Investigation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2012. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has quarantined a second California farm as part of its ongoing investigation into a confirmed incidence of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), first reported on April 24. USDA quarantined the second farm because it is operated in close association with the[Read More…]
Park Forest Health Department Nurses Plus to Celebrate 60 Years (Video, Story)
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Just discovered this video on the Park Forest Health Department’s website. After the making of this video, the department’s inception date has been discovered to be March 17, 1952, and plans to celebrate the 60 years the are underway. Park Forest Health Department Nurses Plus offers health[Read More…]
Countries Agree to Extend Negotiations on Rio+20 Outcome Document
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 May 2012. Representatives from governments negotiating the outcome document for the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) today agreed to add five more days of deliberations to bridge differences that have kept them from making further progress in negotiations. “The present negotiation approach has run its course,” said[Read More…]
Buddhist Teachings Offer Insights into Achieving a Sustainable Future – Secretary General Ban
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 May 2012. The teachings of Buddhism can offer significant insights on how to improve the condition of the planet and lead the way to a more sustainable future, Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon said today, in a message marking Vesak Day, which commemorates the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha.[Read More…]
Target: Drug-resistant Bacteria
Engineers design nanoparticles that deliver high doses of antibiotics directly to bacteria. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2012. Over the past several decades, scientists have faced challenges in developing new antibiotics even as bacteria have become increasingly resistant to existing drugs. One strategy that might combat such resistance would be to overwhelm[Read More…]
