http://www.healtheestuff.com/news News and information site for American Health and Medical Isssues Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:31:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Community Pharmacy Fairness Act is now out of Committee. In filing their committee report, the Congress House Judiciary Committee has noted strong support for H.R. 971, the Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007. The purpose of this bill is to ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/health/13/house-committee-supports-community-pharmacy-fairness-act/ Amgen has announced that the District Court in Boston has upheld  the court rulings regarding the infringement, validity and enforceability of 10 claims of four of Amgen's erythropoietin (EPO) patents. The district court also ruled that Amgen is entitled to a permanent injunction prohibiting Roche from selling its pegylated-erythropoietin (peg-EPO) product MIRCERA ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/health/12/amgen-gets-permanent-injunction-stopping-roche-from-selling-epos/ After a New Zealand's Fonterra spokesperson stated that none of the batch in question was exported out of China, it appears that there are very real fears that quite large tonnages of the contaminated milk powder have been exported to other countries from their China subsidiary. Possibly in an effort to reduce ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/health/11/contaminated-milk-products-now-in-other-countries/ Fonterra have been critised for being slow to effect a recall of products following large scale sickness attributed to Anmum contaminated milk product in China. In China over 6,000 babies are ill, three have died and around 150 have serious kidney failure after drinking milk powder which had been contaminated with ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/health/10/nzs-fonterra-dairy-co-operative-groups-killer-contaminated-anmum-milk/  Roche Diagnostics is investing 136 million euros in a research, development & production site in Penzberg, Germany. The fundswill be applied to construct a flexible building for Roche Diagnostics. The new construction will accomodate laboratories and production areas for the Roche Applied Science and Roche Professional Diagnostics businesses. The unit will be used by both the ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/health/9/roche-invests-millions-in-new-german-diagnostics-facilities/ Roche have filed licence applications in both the United States and in Europe for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with their innovative arthritis treatment drug, Actemra (tocilizumab). Actemra is already available in Japan for patients with the rare auto immume disease known as Castleman's disease and after sucessfull clinical trials there now been approved in ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/health/8/actemra-for-rheumatoid-arthritis-roche-hopefull-for-of-approval/ Following up on the US senates resolution declaring the 1st April each year as National Asbestos Awareness Day, and April 1-7 Asbestos Awareness Week, Bobby Bright the Mayor of Montgomery Alabama has jumped up and signed a proclamation that also declares the 1st of April as Asbestos Awareness Day in ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/mesothelioma/7/asbestos-awareness-week/ What is Mesothelioma Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that is almost always caused by an earlier exposure to asbestos fibre. In this disease patients have a low survival rate, malignant cells form in the Mesothelioma, a protective lining that shields the body's internal organs. In most cases the cancer forms in ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/mesothelioma/6/mesothelioma-facts/ Arthritis medication and treatments need to suit the individual diagnosis. There are more than 100 types of arthritis and millions of people suffer from some variation of what can be a debilitating inflammatory disease. Each form of arthritis has its own characteristics and treatments should be appropriate to the particular type ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/health/5/arthritis-medication-and-treatments-to-suit-the-individual-diagnosis/ Poorly designed and wrongly used backpacks are a leading cause of back and shoulder pain for millions of children and adolescents. Healthcentered.com recommends that parents should keep a close eye on backpack contents and weight and on the way children and youths carry their backpack. According to the American Chiropractic Association, a ... http://www.healtheestuff.com/news/health/4/chiropractic-advice-about-backpacks/