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Pioglitazone: The Last TZD Standing
The introduction of the thiazolidenediones (TZDs) some years back had brought with it the initial promise of addressing the many metabolic defects associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) which were deemed beyond the efficacy of the then current armamentarium. However, a succession of industry pullouts for troglitazone (severe liver side effects) and rosiglitazone (cardiovascular effects) had left pioglitazone as “the last TZD standing.”
“Will it also fall by the wayside like its two predecessors?” asked Dr. Augusto D. Litonjua, fo |
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The right act against asthma
“It is like a normal person trying to breathe through a straw,” — that is how pulmonologist Daniel Tan described how patients with uncontrolled asthma feel every single day of their lives. “They suffer at most times even th |
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| Greenpeace: "Toxic" toys sold in China, HK
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Greenpeace said that some children’s toys sold in mainland China and Hong Kong contain dangerous chemicals, as it urged government officials to ban their use.
The environmental group said it hired an independent laboratory which found phthalates, chemicals used to soften plastic and said to cause hormone malfunctions and reproductive problems, in 21 out of 30 toy samples purchased in four Chinese cities. The samples were all toys produced by mainland Chinese factories, it added. |
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| POGS rejuvenates campaign on cervical-cancer awareness
by Grace Roxas Morrissey |
The country’s biggest professional society of obstetricians and gynecologists is stepping up its advocacy activities on cervical cancer to promote preventive measures and early diagnosis of the condition and its premalignant precursors.
“Women First” is a cervical-cancer lay-awareness campaign spearheaded by the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS) with support from the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists of the Philippines, Philippine Society of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy, Cervical Cancer Prevention Network and GlaxoSmithKline. |
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| Meeting of Minds
The psychiatrist as doctor and counselor by Glecy G. Gamboa, Contributing Writer |
“I think people become mentally ill when they’re somehow not too happy— [it’s] not just after you’ve won the lottery you go crazy. It’s when you don’t win the lottery… Some decisions that might not have been the most rational. Times I didn’t follow the norm, thought differently. But I can see there’s a connection between not following normal thinking and doing creative thinking. I wouldn’t have had good scientific ideas if I had thought more normally. One could be very successful in life and be very normal, but if you’re Van Gogh or artists like that, you may be a little off.”
—John Nash, mathematician and Nobel Prize winner, in a 2005 interview following the release of the movie A Beautiful Mind |
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