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Medbroadcast: 12-05-2004
LYNDEN, Wash. (CP) - A nurse's flu shots suspected of being fake have turned out to be real after all.
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration lab in Cincinnati determined that a vaccine sample provided by the woman was valid flu vaccine, Lynden police reported Saturday.
HONG KONG (AP) - A medical expert has warned the next flu pandemic could wreck the global ecosystem, in addition to killing millions of people worldwide, a newspaper reported Saturday.
CHICAGO (AP) - When a patient in Altoona, Pa., needs an emergency brain scan in the middle of the night, a doctor in Bangalore, India, is asked to interpret the results.
Spurred by a shortage of U.S.
OTTAWA (CP) - Health Canada is advising consumers taking the sedative Novo-Lorazem to check their bottles for pills of a different shape and size, after being alerted that certain bottles of the drug may also contain Novo-Glyburide, an oral hypoglycemic.
WINNIPEG (CP) - Manitoba's health department is warning people to be careful how they use pen-like lancing devices for testing blood after volunteers re-used portions of the devices at an event hosted by the Canadian Diabetes Association.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Eli Lilly and Co.'s bestselling drug for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder faces a new patent threat.
Indianapolis-based Lilly sued this week seeking to block Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. from selling a generic version of Zyprexa Zydis in the United States.
RED DEER, Alta. (CP) - The nurse who administered the wrong medication that killed a central Alberta man last summer is not to blame, a review agency reported Friday.
(AP) - Dieters hoping for a slew of new products with sugar substitutes may be disappointed next year.
That's because the maker of sucralose, the key ingredient behind no-calorie sweetener Splenda, is having trouble keeping up with demand.
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