Archive: 03/01/2017
College-student status does not automatically mean excessive drinking
College matriculation is often associated with increases in the frequency and intensity of drinking. This study used a national sample to examine the association between being a college student and changes in excessive drinking ...
Jan 3, 2017
Philippine FDA orders Sanofi to take down dengue vaccine ads
The Philippine Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it has ordered pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur Inc. to stop airing television and radio advertisements for its dengue vaccine in violation of a ban on promoting ...
Jan 3, 2017
Canada faces deadly fentanyl overdose crisis
Sirens scream non-stop through the urban heart of Vancouver, as responders race toward drug addicts overdosing—and dying in such numbers that the city's morgues are full.
Jan 3, 2017
Scissors pulled from Vietnam man's stomach 18 years after surgery
A Vietnamese man has had scissors removed from his abdomen which were left behind during surgery 18 years ago, after reporting a stomachache that was nearly two decades in the making.
Jan 3, 2017