HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) — American children are
three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medications for
conditions such as ADHD and bipolar disease than European children are, a
new study finds.
Source:U.S. Kids Take More Psychotropic Drugs Than Europeans
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Medication can help ease arthritis pain, but
a gentle massage can also provide relief.
Source:Health Tip: Massage Arthritis Pain
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) — More than half of all supporting
clinical trials for U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs
remain unpublished five years after permission has been given to sell the
drugs in the United States, say University of California, San Francisco
researchers.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) — In patients with coronary
artery disease, angioplasty isn’t a cost-effective treatment, according to
a U.S. study that assessed the costs of hospitalization and medication
among 2,287 patients treated between 1999 and 2004.
Source:Angioplasty Not Cost-Effective for Chronic Coronary Disease
(HealthDay)
AFP - The European Commission unveiled Thursday a new action plan for tackling drug abuse, with cocaine consumption in Europe on the rise.
Source:EU unveils action plan to combat drug abuse
(AFP)
Reuters - U.S. presidential candidates Barack
Obama and John McCain are reviewing their support for allowing
individuals to import cheaper prescription drugs in light of
tainted medicines and other goods made in other countries,
their advisers said on Thursday.
Source:McCain, Obama rethink drug reimportation: aides
(Reuters)