Botox Manufacturer: $600 Million Poorer, But closer to New UsesThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:31AMAllergan, the maker of Botox, will pay $600 million in fines and civil settlements after pleading guilty to marketing their product for uses for which it hasn't been FDA approved. The Justice Department accused Allergan of encouraging doctors to use the powerful neurotoxin through kickbacks and by teaching them how to forge drug reports. "The [...]
KEEPING UP WITH MYSELF: Editor has near-death experience from birth control pills, blood disorderWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:06PMTara Jones is a senior magazine journalism major and writes ‘Keeping Up with Myself’ for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.
KEEPING UP WITH MYSELF: Editor has near-death experience from clotting disorderTuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:21PMTara Jones is a senior magazine journalism major and writes ‘Keeping Up with Myself’ for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.
Camel milk? Pull the udder oneTuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:21PMMost of us drink it in some form or another some of the time: over cereal, in our tea, in our bedtime hot chocolate. And we cook with it: scrambled eggs, cake, lasagne, custard. Milk occupies a curious place in the national psyche. It is vaguely romantic, conjuring up images of pastures green. Take away our milk and risk national outrage, as Margaret Thatcher learned to future governments' peril.
Herpes meds not linked to birth defects: studyTuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 1:18PMWomen who took medication to treat herpes infections during pregnancy weren't more likely to have a baby with birth defects than women who didn't take these drugs in a study of over 800,000 babies born in Denmark.