Health | WPN World People News

Lack of testing leads to frequent misdiagnosis in Africa

A screen shot of Doritos Asylum 626 project, an interactive, online horror movie created to attract teenage consumers.

Nanotherapeutics, Inc. announced today that NanoDTPA™ capsule, the company’s new oral product under development for treatment of known or suspected cases of internal contamination from exposure to radioactive plutonium, americium, or curium, was granted orphan-drug designation by the FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD). NanoDTPA™ capsule is one of several products in Nanotherapeutics’ product pipeline being developed for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures.

You may think that having lots of stores and restaurants selling unhealthful food right next to high schools would be one of the reasons children are getting fatter.

Swaying to and fro can help you rest easier.

"We stand by the integrity and methodology of the survey," McKinsey says.

Vaccination programmes are popular with donors

Portsmouth Public Health Nurse Lisa Roberts helped found the Scioto County Prescription Drug Action Team. Behind her is a memorial to victims of prescription drug abuse.

An X-ray shows the dual turbinelike blood pumps that replaced Craig Lewis' heart. These devices were used in a last attempt to save his life.

And then there were three.

The North Carolina Legislature overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue Wednesday, approving a state budget that bans public funds from going to Planned Parenthood.