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...does this happen? Mix-ups, pill sharing and people using expired prescriptions contribute, but at least part of the problem is the way doctors are trained. Pediatrics is mandatory in all U.S. medical schools, but geriatric care tends to get glossed over. In pediatric rotations, I was told over and over that kids are not little adults. They are treated differently and get different drugs and dosages...
There's no pill to keep you completely safe from the effects of a nuclear attack, but that hasn't stopped a lot of people from behaving as if there were. If the anthrax scares taught us a lot about how to respond to a public health emergency--and how not to--the potential threat of nuclear terrorism could teach us even more...
...underground, get out of town or at least run upwind. In the years since Chernobyl and Three Mile Island--and the months since Sept. 11--the advice has got a good deal more sophisticated. The safety measure generating the most buzz lately is potassium iodide--a widely available pill that, so the stories go, can help prevent people exposed to radioactivity from developing cancer. The stories are true--up to a point...
...authorities recommend evacuation, car windows and vents should be closed and a first-aid kit packed. FEMA provides more suggestions on its website, www.fema.gov The advice may not be as appealing as a panacea pill, but to an increasingly jittery public, almost any advice is welcome...
That prompted Cephalon, the biotech firm that markets the drug in the U.S., to begin studies to determine whether the pill could prove useful for a wider variety of problems, including obstructive sleep apnea, a condition in which various breathing problems make restful sleep nearly impossible. (Even after successful treatment of the breathing problem, some people with sleep apnea still feel extremely drowsy during the day.) Last week Cephalon announced plans to acquire--for $450 million in cash--the small French pharmaceutical company from which it licenses Provigil...