WARNING: Emergency contraception - also known as the "morning-after pill"
Usually a progestin-only product, i.e. it is an estrogen-free drug.
Used in case of unprotected sexual intercourse, contraceptive failure, missed birth control pill, or broken condom.
It does not protect against sexually-transmitted infections, including AIDS.
Emergency contraception should only be used in exceptional cases, not in place of regular contraception.

NCL - New Clicks Holdings - Acquisition of stake in Direct Medicines
New Clicks Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of SA)(Registration number 1996/000645/06)
JSE share code: NCL ISIN: ZAE000014585 ("New Clicks")
NEW CLICKS ACQUIRES 60% STAKE IN DIRECT MEDICINES
New Clicks has acquired a 60% stake in leading courier pharmacy business, Direct

CERVARIX GlaxoSmithKline's recombinant Human Papilloma Virus vaccine has now been allocated Schedule 2 status.

Cervarix is indicated in females from 10 years of age onwards for the prevention of cervical cancer caused by oncogenic Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). In February 2008 it was registered by the Medicines Control Council as a Schedule 4(S4) product but after a successful appeal it can now legally be sold as Schedule 2(S2) product.

Golfers Live Longer Than Other People

People, who play golf, can expect to increase their life expectancy up to five years, scientists suggest.

The study conducted at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden found that irrespective of the sex, socioeconomic status and age, golfers show 40 percent lower death rate in comparison to other people.

By Michael Kahn

LONDON (Reuters) - A once-a-day pill significantly shrank tumors in men with advanced prostate cancer who had not responded to other treatments, researchers said on Tuesday.

Cougar Biotechnology Inc's drug abiraterone delayed a worsening of the disease by a median of 400 days, according to the Phase I clinical trial results published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Breakthrough Drug 'Could Halt' Alzheimer's

British researchers report that a new drug could effectively halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Rember™ is the first drug to act on the Alzheimer's tau "tangles," which form inside nerve cells in the brain. According to Aberdeen University researchers, the drug works by dissolving these tau fibers to prevent a build up of tangles which destroy nerve cells and neurons critical for memory.

Packaging error leads to recall of two batches of ARVs
Adcock Ingram Limited has today issued a product recall to all customers and healthcare professionals to withdraw with immediate effect two of its ARV products, Adco-Nevirapine® Tablets (Batch number 1J, expiry Jan 2009) and Adco-Zidovudine® Tablets (Batch number 1Z, expiry Nov 2008).

Medicines Control Council notice

The Minister of Health has in terms of Section 22A(2) and Section 37A of the Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965) on recommendation of the Medicines Control Council amended the schedules of the substances pseudoephedrine, d-nor-pseudoephedrine and ephedrine and has limited the maximum pack size of these products due to:

Don't neglect property insurance

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2008/01/28

One of the lesser known aspects of the new National Credit Act is confirmation that you are not obliged to obtain your homeowner's insurance (HOC) from the bank that advanced your home loan.

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Definition of Allopathic medicine:

The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the disease under treatment. Medical Doctors (MD) practice allopathic medicine. Also called conventional medicine.