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New Study Suggests Number Of Pills Not A Factor When It Comes To Daily Adherence To Medication
There is no correlation between the daily number of pills a patient is prescribed to take and how well a patient will adhere to a dosing regimen, suggests a new study presented recently at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) held in San Diego (April 11-14).
Avian Influenza Detected In Saskatchewan, Canada
Highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza has been detected in a commercial poultry operation in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced recently. This virus is not the same as the strain circulating in Asia, Africa and Europe, which has been associated with human illness. H7N3 is not normally associated with serious human illness. Avian influenza viruses do not pose risks to food safety when poultry and poultry products are properly handled and cooked.
Sandia And FDA Ensure A Safer Food Supply
Like Johnny Appleseed of yore, the Food and Drug Administration is scattering food-defense programs across the US so that the country's million or so food processors can better secure their food against possible contamination by terrorists.A team from Sandia National Laboratories led the effort to computerize the FDA program so that it will be distributed as widely as possible.Sandia is a National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory.