Uganda’s Ministry of Health is expecting a batch of antiretroviral drugs to “arrive any time,” Sam Zaramba, director-general of health services, announced on Tuesday following a drug shortage confirmed by health officials in the country last week, the New Vision/AllAfrica.com reports.

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Class I Recall because the device’s pressure gauge may rupture and may catch fire as a result of hydraulic fluid present in the pressure gauge tubing.

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Class I Recall because the device’s pressure gauge may rupture and may catch fire as a result of hydraulic fluid present in the pressure gauge tubing.

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Use of rituximab appears to be safe, and may enable some patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura to avoid splenectomy, French researchers report in the August 15th issue of Blood.
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A shortfall in the supply of Merck’s Zostavax vaccine for shingles prevention has created a backlog of orders that likely won’t be resolved for months, the company has announced.
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Darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) is non-inferior to lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) in treatment-naive HIV-infected patients and offers a better safety profile, according to a report in the July 31st issue of AIDS.
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Use of extended-release fluvastatin perioperatively in patients undergoing vascular surgery who were not already taking a statin has led to a nearly 50% reduction in myocardial ischemia as well as reductions in cardiovascular death/nonfatal MI in the DECREASE III trial.
Heartwire

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Use of extended-release fluvastatin perioperatively in patients undergoing vascular surgery who were not already taking a statin has led to a nearly 50% reduction in myocardial ischemia as well as reductions in cardiovascular death/nonfatal MI in the DECREASE III trial.
Heartwire

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The Jackson Clarion-Ledger on Wednesday examined how some U.S. residents who cannot afford health insurance are reducing the amount of medications they take or cutting doses, as well as seeing the doctor less frequently, to save money. A survey conducted by the

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Nearly 12% of American Indian and Alaska Native deaths over a four-year period were alcohol related, according to a CDC report released on Thursday, AP/USA Today reports. Researchers found after examining death certificates from 2001 to 2005 that 11.

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