Malaria Progress Threatened By Increasing Drug Resistance And Inadequate Treatment
Although there has been considerable progress made in malaria control over the past 10 years, these global efforts are now under threat due to increasing drug resistance and inadequate treatment. According to the researchers, approximately 42% of malaria drugs examined in Southeast Asia were fake, while around 33% of antimalarial drugs in sub-Saharan Africa contained either too much or too little of the active ingredient. The study is published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

New Risks Found for Epilepsy Drugs
The FDA warned that 11 drugs used to treat epilepsy doubled the risk of suicidal thinking or behavior. The drugs include JJ's Topamax, GSK's Lamictal, Pfizer's Lyrica, and Novartis's Tegretol and Trileptal. (FDA statement) (Source: WSJ.com: Health)div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Please support the a href=http://www.doctorsinchains.org/ target=_blankDoctors In Chains/a campaign for the a href=http://www.doctorsinchains.org/medics/a tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in a href=http://www.doctorsinchains.org/Bahrain/a. a href=https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23FreeDoctors#FreeDoctors/a/p/div