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...Diet Drug Hits the Shelves...
Just in time for swimsuit season, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) launches ALLI (pronounced ally), the first weight-loss drug available without a prescription. Alli is the over-the-counter version of Xenical, a drug best known for its list of unpleasant side effects, which include "oily discharge" and loose stools. To fight the intense criticism that overzealous dieters--particularly younger ones--will abuse the drug, GSK's extensive education campaign includes a book of recipes and free pedometers to remind dieters that no pill works alone...
...Amount in bribes the former head of China's State Food and Drug Administration was accused of accepting to approve hundreds of drugs. He was sentenced to death in late...
...study combines data from pregnant women reporting at prenatal clinics, a survey of high-risk groups such as sex workers and intravenous drug users, and the Indian government's National Family Health Survey. The old figure, which ranked India as number one globally in cases of HIV/AIDS, was based on extrapolating from prenatal clinic data alone. The new figures would put India back behind South Africa, which has 5.5 million HIV-positive people, and perhaps below other countries as well...
...study also finds that rates are highest among sex workers, IV drug users and men who have sex with men - a pattern more similar to that of the U.S. than that of Africa, where the disease has spread from the fringes into mainstream society. "The fear is that with high rates in certain groups that will still happen here," says Alexander. "My big concern is that a complex epidemic is being reduced to a soundbite...