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Introduction
FDA receives medication error reports on marketed human drugs (including prescription drugs, generic drugs, and over-the-counter drugs) and nonvaccine biological products and devices. The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention defines a medication error as “any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the Read the rest of this entry »

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THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Thursday, October 20, 2005

If you so choose

If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined.

If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent. Read the rest of this entry »

By Kristen Philipkoski
Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,69263,00.html

02:00 AM Oct. 19, 2005 PT

Headlines this week trumpeted a possible solution to the embryonic stem-cell research conundrum. Scientists obtained the cells without destroying embryos, which is the sticking point for most people who oppose the research. Read the rest of this entry »

THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Experience it
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Instead of being concerned with fitting every new experience into a preconceived category, put your energy into living the experience itself. Instead of using your thoughts to place a judgment on each thing that comes your way, put your energy into being more fully aware of it all. Read the rest of this entry »

By Neil Osterweil, Senior Associate Editor, MedPage Today
October 17, 2005
Also covered by: ABC News, CNN, Fox News

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 17 - The FDA has advised physicians to immediately halt the use of Boston Scientific’s Enteryx, an injectable liquid polymer intended for treatment of severe gastroesophageal reflux.

Accidental injections of the product into structures surrounding the esophagus have resulted in a death, compromised kidney function, and other serious adverse events, said the FDA. Serious late adverse events such as esophageal stenosis have been reported even when the product was applied as intended.
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By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY

Treating certain prostate cancer patients with radiation immediately after surgery helps them live longer without a relapse, a new report says.
In a study of nearly 500 men who had surgery for prostate cancer, doctors compared men who also had radiation with those who had surgery only. Over 10 years, radiation reduced the risk that the disease would return by 25%, according to findings presented Monday in Denver at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.
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by DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Bayer Healthcare announced today that it would allow its most promising new antibiotic, moxifloxacin, to be tested against tuberculosis, a disease that kills 5,000 people a day and is the immediate cause of death for a third of the world’s AIDS victims.

If the antibiotic substantially shortens TB treatment, which now typically lasts six months, the company will make millions of doses and sell them at low prices to poor countries.
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October 17, 2005
BY TERRY SAVAGE SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

Medicare Part D, the new Prescription Drug program, has generated more questions as more materials are sent out by the private companies competing to get you to purchase their plans. Starting today, “Plan Finder” debuts on the www.Medicare.gov Web site to help you choose the most appropriate plan.
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BY DELTHIA RICKS
STAFF WRITER

Obtaining lines of coveted embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo has been a “holy grail” of scientists, and now separate teams say they have found ways of addressing such a goal.

While the work of both teams is preliminary, and tests have focused on mice, each group has proved — at least in principle — that stem cells can be produced effectively without destroying an embryo.
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by Paula Kurtzweil

You don’t have to look far to find a health product that’s totally bogus–or a consumer who’s totally unsuspecting. Promotions for fraudulent products show up daily in newspaper and magazine ads and TV “infomercials.” They accompany products sold in stores, on the Internet, and through mail-order catalogs. They’re passed along by word-of-mouth.
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by John Henkel

The scene is becoming increasingly common in the United States: Consumers are replacing a trip to the corner drugstore with a click onto the Internet, where they find hundreds of Web sites selling prescription drugs and other health products.

Many of these are lawful enterprises that genuinely offer convenience, privacy, and the safeguards of traditional procedures for prescribing drugs. For the most part, consumers can use these services with the same confidence they have in their neighborhood pharmacist. In fact, while some are familiar large Read the rest of this entry »

by Linda Bren

…cures Alzheimer’s and HIV/AIDS
…proven effective in treating over 650 infectious diseases
…recognized in scientific journals to be a revolutionary breakthrough in treating arthritis

These health product claims found on the Internet can provide hope for those suffering from painful or debilitating diseases. But they are false claims, leading to false hopes. They are also fraudulent, illegal, and the cause of recent government enforcement actions against the companies that made them.
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Produced in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

The recent reports of anthrax exposure have spawned numerous websites and emails selling Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) and other antibiotics for treatment. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns that fraudsters often follow the headlines, tailoring their offers to prey on consumers’ fears and vulnerabilities. Read the rest of this entry »

THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Tuesday, October 18, 2005

It is good
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It is good that you are where you are. Because where you are is a place from which you can surely move forward.

It is good that you have made it through the events that brought you to this place and time. Because the Read the rest of this entry »

Think again.

Medicine you buy from outside the United States may be fake, contain the wrong active ingredient, wrong amount or no medicine at all. The medicine may not be appropriate to treat you and your condition — and it could be dangerous to your health. If you buy foreign medicine from an Internet site, from a storefront business that offers to order medicine for you, or during visits outside of the United States, you are risking your health. Even medicine that appears to be the same or have the same brand name as the medicine you buy in the United States can be dangerously different. Read the rest of this entry »