Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
The conference was organised by the European stakeholder group for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (EUROCAM), with support from European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and kindly hosted by MEP Elena Oana Antonescu (EPP, Romania) and …
See all stories on this topic »
Kenya, for instance, through National traditional Health Practitioners Association (NATHEPA) and National Council of Association for Alternative Medicine (NCAAM) have agreed to form an umbrella body to address traditional health course at the national …
See all stories on this topic »
By PIUS MUSAU. Long before conventional medicine became what we know today, alternative medicine existed. Our forefathers had their medicine-men with some communities having traditional surgeons. Much of our modern medicine has been refined …
See all stories on this topic »
Greenleaf Compassion Center was issued a permit Monday by the Department of Health to operate as an Alternative Treatment Center (ATCs) and dispense medicinal marijuana. The permit was issued after a final Department inspection of its Montclair …
See all stories on this topic »
Complementary medicines (CMs) are widely used by the Australian public, and pharmacies are major suppliers of these medicines. The integration of CMs into …
www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/12/183
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s troubled West Penn Allegheny Health System on Tuesday accused insurer Highmark Inc. of breaching a $475 million merger agreement, saying Highmark tried to force it into bankruptcy to lower debt as a condition of the planned affiliation. The countersuit is a rebuttal to an October 1 lawsuit that Highmark filed in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. Highmark is seeking to block West Penn from talking to other potential investors and claims that West Penn violated their contract by pulling out of the deal. The suit by Pittsburgh-based Highmark, a top-10 U.S. …
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal agents on Tuesday raided the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 people and sickened more than 200 others, federal prosecutors said. Agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration searched the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in the Boston suburb of Framingham, with officers from the local police department on site providing support, Framingham police said. Carmen Ortiz, U.S. …
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned beauty products company Avon Products Inc to stop advertising its Anew range of skin care products using language that makes them sound like drugs. In September, the regulator had warned L’Oreal SA for making similar claims. The FDA reviewed the company’s website in August, and objected to claims made about the products Anew Clinical Advanced Wrinkle Corrector, Anew Reversalist Night Renewal Cream, Anew Reversalist Renewal Serum, Anew Clinical Thermafirm Face Lifting Cream, and Solutions Liquid Bra Toning Gel. …
The number of children in their 20's who are now caring for parents with Alzheimer's is growing. According to the Alzheimer's Association four percent of the 5.4 million Americans with Alzheimer's were diagnosed before the age of 65.Laura Lucas of …
See all stories on this topic »
(Reuters) – Maybe parents should let their children sleep in a little more – it may help improve their behavior and make them less restless in school, according to a Canadian study. On the flip side, few parents are likely to be surprised to know that cutting back on children’s sleep time seems to make them more likely to cry, lose their temper and become frustrated, according to the researchers, who published their findings in Pediatrics. “You can think about it from a lot of different angles,” said Reut Gruber, of Montreal’s McGill University and Douglas Research Center, who led the study. …
(Reuters) – The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts on Tuesday said federal agents raided the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 people and sickened more than 200 others. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said: "I can confirm that this office and our law enforcement partners are investigating allegations concerning the New England Compounding Center." On Tuesday afternoon, agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration searched the NECC facility in Framingham, Mass., while local police provided support, local police said. …
