Over-the-counter (OTC) medications are among the most commonly used products in pregnancy. Similar to prescription medications, for many products there is a lack of adequate data on safety of use in pregnancy. Assumptions of safety for these products based on long experience and OTC status, in the absence of data, may be ill founded. Examples of four OTC products used to treat common conditions...

A cost effective ZigBee based wireless mine supervising system with voice over ZigBee (VoZ) is presented here. Here we design a smart helmet, which enable the helmet as a mobile sensor node of ZigBee wireless sensor networks, gathering parameters the temperature, humidity and illumination level of underground environment and will alert the central management unit in case of abnormal condition. ...

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between pharmacy size and the likelihood of obtaining antibiotics without medical prescription at a pharmacy. In 2008 in Catalonia, two actors presented three different cases in a randomised sample of pharmacies and asked pharmacists for an antibiotic. Pharmacies were considered as small when having limited space with only one counter and a ...

OBJECTIVE This study explored patient recall of clinician presentation of information about prescription medication, looking specifically for communication patterns and differences by patient individual characteristics and by medication availability type. METHODS A cross sectional survey collected information about 216 patients' perceptions of clinician presentations of medication information...

I weigh the arguments for and against the patenting of functional DNA sequences including genes, and find the objections to be compelling. Is an outright ban on DNA patenting the right policy response? Not necessarily. Governments may wish to consider options ranging from patent law reforms to the creation of new rights. There are alternative ways to protect DNA sequences that industry may choo...

Health care in malaria endemic areas of Africa is at a crucial tipping point. On the positive side, increased commitment to and funding for malaria control is leading to improved access to effective antimalarial drugs, with over the counter availability and extensive subsidies. However, current efforts do not yet adequately address the need for tools to diagnose malaria accurately and track its...

Yared Santa-Ana-Tellez, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, Hubert G. M. Leufkens, Veronika J. Wirtz WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy & Regulation, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Pu...

Of course, from childhood to forever, we are always thought to love reading. It is not only reading the lesson book but also reading everything good is the choice of getting new inspirations. Religion, sciences, politics, social, literature, and fictions will enrich you for not only one aspect. Having more aspects to know and understand will lead you become someone more precious. Yea, becoming ...

The National Retail Data Monitor (NRDM) is a public health surveillance tool that collects and analyzes daily sales data for over-the-counter (OTC) health-care products. NRDM collects sales data for selected OTC health-care products in near real time from >15,000 retail stores and makes them available to public health officials. NRDM is one of the first examples of a national data utility for p...