Insidermedicine in 60 - August 22 2007

Description: From Ottawa - The move to have pharmacists prescribe is meeting opposition. The Canadian Medical Association has voted against a motion that would have pharmacists be able to prescribe medicines. From Los Angeles - Exhaust fumes plus genetic predisposition raises risk for asthma. Researchers studying over 3000 children with asthma noted a 9 fold risk for asthma in children who lived close to major highways and who had a mutation in a gene that codes for an enzyme that assists in the removal ...