California Pharmacy Board To Consider Delaying Deadline For Electronic Drug Tracking System The California Pharmacy Board on Tuesday will consider extending until Jan. 1, 2011, the deadline for implementing an electronic drug tracking system approved by the state Legislature in 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNational Pharmacy Association Feeds In Thoughts On Regulation To PRLOG, UK The NPA has recently provided comments to the chair of PRLOG, Ken Jarrold, on the burden of regulation in community pharmacy, revalidation and CPD. The Group agreed to take these points into account. As the burden of regulation on pharmacy is increasing there may be a case for streamlining the inspection regime and potentially reducing costs. Community pharmacy is inspected by the RPSGB inspectors and by PCTs/LHBs.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSuspended Animation Using Sewer-Gas Is Rapid And Reversible Low doses of the toxic gas responsible for the unpleasant odor of rotten eggs can safely and reversibly depress both metabolism and aspects of cardiovascular function in mice, producing a suspended-animation-like state.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTeenager Dies During Breast Surgery A teenager from South Florida, USA, died last Saturday during an operation to correct asymmetrical breasts and an inverted areola.Two hours into what was supposed to be a routine operation at a plastic surgery facility in Boca Raton, 18-year old Stephanie Kuleba was rushed to Delray Medical Center.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPremature Male Babies At Greater Risk Of Cardiovascular Complications Hunter researchers have discovered that male babies born prematurely are more vulnerable to cardiovascular complications than female babies.This finding may explain why male babies born prematurely are twice as likely to die as female babies in the first 72 hours of life. It could also lead to new ways of treating premature babies throughout the world.
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