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Maalox mess-up signals brand-name problemMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:06AMHaving a brand name that consumers trust is like money in the bank. Drug companies put a lot of effort into building brand-name recognition.

FDA's PADAC meeting to review pirfenidone NDA: InterMune posts briefing documentsFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:09AMInterMune, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted briefing documents for the March 9 Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee (PADAC) meeting to review the New Drug Application (NDA) for pirfenidone, InterMune's investigational drug candidate for the treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to reduce decline in lung function. The ...

Endothelial cells can produce copious amounts of adult stem cells: StudyFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:41AMIn a leap toward making stem cell therapy widely available, researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that endothelial cells, the most basic building blocks of the vascular system, produce growth factors that can grow copious amounts of adult stem cells and their progeny over the course of weeks.

Safe-Free Body PiercingThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:04AMBody piercing is an ancient art reincarnated as defined by www.DrNumb.com . Nose jewelry piercing, due to location, method, and risks needs particular care to prevent local and sinus infection.

Electronic prescribing decreases prescription errorsSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 4:46AMShould doctors around the country use e-prescribing to decrease prescription errors? A study led by physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College found that health care providers using an electronic system to write prescriptions were seven times less likely to make errors than those writing their prescriptions by hand. The study appears today in the online edition of the Journal of ...

NHS funding homeopathy: Your viewsMonday, February 22, 2010 @ 11:33AMBBC News website readers give their views on whether public money should be used to fund homeopathy

RJ Health Systems Announces OTC Book: OTC Book Provides Practical Guidance to Non-Prescription Drug InfoTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 12:57PMWETHERSFIELD, Conn.----RJ Health Systems has released its latest guide to non-prescription “Over-The-Counter” medications for patients and caregivers. The guide provides an easy-to-read, convenient resource on OTC drug products, including manufacturer’s guidelines, instructions on proper use, and potential side effects.

Duke University Opens New Clinical Research Facility Focused on Molecular MedicineThursday, February 11, 2010 @ 10:05AMNEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Duke University Medical Center has opened a $5.3 million facility designed to apply systems biology and molecular medicine approaches to early-phase studies of new drug or medical device candidates, especially at the proof-of-concept or "first-in-human" clinical stages.

One More Thing: Don’t forget your emergency kitTuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 2:01PMYou can spend an entire year planning your wedding day down to the letter, but unless you have a fairy godmother, there’s no way to guarantee that the day will be perfect.