A major new report Orphan Drugs in Asia-Pacific: From designation to pricing, funding and market access focuses on five developed markets in the region: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia. Each has passed specific measures to promote the development, registration and/or commercialisation of rare disease treatments. Singapores Medicines (Orphan Drug) Exemption Order of 1991 was the first legislation anywhere to follow the US...more
Speciality medicines (specialty in the US) have become one of the main drivers of pharmaceutical industry growth. High tech, high touch products with premium prices targeted at chronic, complex diseases, often requiring special storage and handling, with help with dosage administration, close monitoring and ongoing support for the patient needed.Manufacturers of speciality medicines seek a competitive advantage through distribution optimisation,...more
Just based on my experiences, and that includes speaking to hundreds of thousands of students, one of the reasons this problem goes undetected by most parents and teachers is that so many kids only try it once or a few times. That might not be enough for signs to be noticeable in class or at the supper table. Drugs are bad, true, but just as bad is stigmatizing people who are addicted to them. Perhaps some people are beyond help, but there is always a significant proportion who would accept help if it were offered in the most genuine spirit. Many drug addicts don't have anyone to lean on and that can make it difficult to get the motivation every day to stay away from their chemical security blanket. Overdose of heroin is extremely dangerous and can easily kill the user depending on how much they have taken, and how much their body is used to. Effects can include muscle weakness, lack of consciousness and respiratory depression; these effects can, in the modern world, often be reversed by the opioid antagonists naloxone and naltrexone. If you are truly serious about giving up on alcohol, you will surely have serious reasons for doing so: maybe your stomach lining has been eroded by...more
Medical assistants perform routine tasks of office and clinics to maintain efficiency in offices of physicians, chiropractors, podiatrists and others. They are different from physician. A medical assistant require investigation, diagnosis and treatment of patients under the supervision of a physician. Many factors affect the duties of medical aide...more
A Diagnosis is sometimes made by process of elimination. This is called a "differential diagnosis". Through investigation of symptoms and consultations with other doctors or physicians, they are able to tell what you do not have, thus leaving them with your most likely disease.Medical diagnosis refers both to the process of attempting to determine...more
I think most of the people will always take the good old method of diagnosis that running to the nearest hospital, but generally speaking, a total new trend of self-diagnosis has spread out and gained prominence. With the large number of home health test kits, patients are offered a quicker result, relevant for a specific physical condition. Probably the best known and the first to find wide acceptance on the market were the home pregnancy tests, but that was just the beginning. Now, one can test for a huge range of illnesses and ailments from urinary tract infections, heart disease, diabetes and food allergies to HIV, drug addiction, cholesterol and fertility.What are the real advantages of self-diagnosis using the diagnosis sets? First of all, given the fact they carry some form of medical certification, home health test kits provide 99% accuracy provided that all usage conditions are met. Then, the user benefits from low costs, confidentiality and the comfort of not going straight to the doctor. Inhibition is a key-factor when trying to explain and understand the success of home health test kits; many people could be embarrassed by a specific health problem, and before exposing...more
What is diagnosis?It is the technique and process used to create or attempting to determine the identity of a possible cause of a disease or disorder and to concur to an opinion reached by this process. The term diagnostic criteria designate from a...more
All weight loss drugs and drugs are subject for criticism which can be needed to have the ability to weigh and evaluate the medication that they will most likely choose. Fat loss diet plan tablets are quite controversial partly since lots in the...more
What is drug addiction?The definition in medical terms is as follows: drug addiction is defined as the uncontrollable consumption of a substance regardless of the harmful consequences. Drug addiction refers to the act of using a drug or drugs in...more
Are You Unsure if You Have a Problem With Addiction?If you are not sure if you need drug and/or alcohol addiction treatment, a quick way to find out is to arrange an addiction assessment to be performed by an addiction specialist counselor. During...more
According to Dr. Collins, drug and/or alcohol abuse can be classified by the circumstances that first lead addiction, including: * Alcohol abuse at a young age. Alcohol abuse usually falls into one of two groups: those who begin drinking at an...more
No one really wants to be labeled as different. And certainly, no one wants to create that label and apply it to him or herself. But many medical conditions require some form of identification indicating that such a condition exists and must be...more