[Health] Two More Compounding Pharmacies Recall...

Two More Compounding Pharmacies Recall...
http://www.newsomelaw.com/blog/2013/03/20/new-jersey-medical-distributor-recalls-iv-solutions-after-reports-contamination
Showing extra caution after the fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 40 people who'd received tainted steroid injections last fall, two compounding pharmacies have issued drug recalls this week.

This Device Wirelessly Tests Your Blood, Sends Results To Your Phone
http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/under-the-skin-implant-to-give-heart-attack-warnings_21088.html
Swiss scientists have developed a blood-reading prototype that sits beneath the skin and can send results of up to five separate tests instantly to either a patient or doctor's cellphone.

Monster Beverage To Market Energy Drinks As Beverages
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/how-energy-drink-makers-are-avoiding-health-rules-and-regulations/article9983189/
The switch by Monster Beverage from energy drinks to beverages shows that how easily companies can decide which rules to follow to avoid scrutiny.

CVS to workers: Tell us how much you weigh or it'll cost you $600 a year
http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2013/03/20/17387406-cvs-to-workers-tell-us-how-much-you-weigh-or-itll-cost-you-600-a-year?lite
CVS employees have been told they are required by May 1 to show up to a doctor for an annual WebMD Wellness Review and submit to tests for blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol and body mass and body weight.

Britain ponders 'three-person embryos' to combat genetic diseases
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/mar/20/britain-three-person-embryos-genetic
The government is considering whether to propose legal changes that would allow radical new treatments for families at risk of incurable genetic diseases that involve the creation of so-called "three-person embryos".

Abortion Doctor's Murder Trial Opens
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/abortion-doc-assistant-offers-horrifying-testimony-killing-babies-article-1.1293130
PHILADELPHIA - In opening statements in court on Monday, prosecutors charged that a doctor who operated a women's health clinic here killed seven viable fetuses by plunging scissors into their necks and “snipping” their spinal cords and was also ...

Herbal Medicines Pose Health Risk to Millions in Asia
http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/20/herbal-medicines-pose-health-risk-to-millions-in-asia/
A commonly used herbal remedy that is banned in the U.S. and many European countries may still be harming users in Asia. Since researchers connected an epidemic of kidney disease among Belgium women in the early 1990s to herbal medicines from a ...

Report: FDA to abandon legal battle over cigarette warnings, expected to revise ...
http://legalnewsline.com/issues/tobacco/240282-report-government-to-abandon-legal-battle-over-cigarette-warnings-expected-to-revise-labels
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Food and Drug Administration will not appeal the decision of a federal appeals court, which ruled last year that the FDA's new rule requiring graphic images on cigarette packaging is unconstitutional.

New Concussion Guidelines Stress Individual Treatment
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/18/174638083/doctors-bench-athletes-at-first-concussion-sign
The American Academy of Neurology said Monday that it had revised its guidelines for handling concussions to emphasize treating athletes case by case rather than according to a predetermined scale.