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Louisiana physicians who were getting roped into the state’s lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company won a recent victory in their effort to defend their patients’ privacy. But doctors’ involvement in the case may not be over just yet.

The Louisiana attorney general is suing Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., owned by Johnson & Johnson, for alleged illegal off-label promotion of Risperdal (risperidone). The state also claims the drug manufacturer defrauded Louisiana’s Medicaid program, which reimbursed for the drug.

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Influenza activity continues to decrease, according to weekly surveillance reports compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For the week ending March 22, the most recent for which data are available, widespread flu was reported in 17 states. In addition, 30 states reported regional influenza activity; two states and the District of Columbia noted local activity; and one state, as well as Puerto Rico, experienced sporadic activity.

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The rats in the West Lafayette, Ind., laboratory of Susan Swithers, PhD, don’t lose weight when they eat artificially sweetened food. They eat more, and gain more. “Rather than these kind of products making it automatically easier to lose weight, they might make it automatically harder,” said Dr. Swithers, a Purdue University associate professor of psychological sciences.

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It is an enjoyable shopping experience on buying jewelry wholesale online, it’s quite easy, and most of the time. In fact, many people prefer this method of buying jewelry wholesale simply because they find a much wider selection at much lower prices. However, some of the buying public is still wary of online businesses. If this sounds like you, there is really no need for concern. If you are in the jewelry business or thinking about getting into the jewelry business, you need to find jewelry wholesale sources. Finding these sources isn??™t as difficult as you might think ??“ they are everywhere, and if you have access to the Internet, you literally have the world of jewelry wholesale at your fingertips.

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Washington — Drug firms would have a more direct route to physicians when it comes to spreading the word about new research findings for off-label uses of drugs and devices, if a new Food and Drug Administration proposal is finalized.

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Washington — Physicians now can take advantage of new tools that go beyond bone density scores to help assess the fracture risk faced by older patients with low bone mass.

FRAX, an algorithm developed by the World Health Organization to calculate an individual’s 10-year risk of fracture, was released Feb. 21, as was a new clinician’s guide for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, that incorporates the algorithm. The guide was developed by the National Osteoporosis Foundation in collaboration with the American Assn. of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American College of Radiology, the American Orthopaedic Assn. and the International Society for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

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The iodine content in table salt may not match its label, and amounts may vary throughout the container, according to a study published in the Feb. 15 Environmental Science & Technology.

“There’s a problem here,” said Purnendu K. Dasgupta, PhD, lead author and chair of the chemistry department at the University of Texas at Arlington.

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Fact Sheet - Labelling of Foods
A variety of foods contain ingredients that can cause adverse reactions in hypersensitive individuals. Most adverse food reactions are caused by the following foods and products

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In the fall I rotated through the geriatrics ward. One of the attending physicians was an irritating woman whose idea of the Socratic method was pimping you with really vague questions, then acting like she had already thought of whatever answers you gave and that you were only telling her what she already knew. The other attending was a throwback to “the days of the giants,” when pneumococcal pneumonia was diagnosed by injecting sputum into mice and antibiotics for urinary tract infections were tested on agar plates. One morning, one of my interns presented a case to him of an elderly man who had been hospitalized with fever and a cough producing green sputum. “He has pneumonia,” she proclaimed confidently. “Take a look at this chest X-ray.” She pulled up a digital image on a computer screen showing a distinct pneumonic streak. The senior physician waved it off. “First tell me about your lung exam,” he said.

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Sweet Alternatives for Blood Sugar Balance. By Monika Klein, C.N. Imagine a person eating Of course, fresh fruit is also a healthy form of natural sugar. Beneficial Supplements

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