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POPSDiet Pill, Linked To Suicide, For Sale In India Between this and the recent decision that Gleevec, one of the most innovative cancer drugs of the past 20 years, it's hard to see how one can argue that India is offering even a modicum of patent protection. It would be ironic if this is what torpedoed Acomplia, which was unanimously rejected by an FDA panel. But it is hard to believe that will happen. Side effect monitoring is difficult in the U.S., but it is nonexistent in India. Expect lots of cheap Acomplia knockoffs to be sold in the Internet, where a drug the FDA's advisors universally acknowledged would not be safe will now be available on the gray market.
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POPSGirls entering puberty by the age of six - but are drugs the answer?
"Early puberty has even been linked to watching too much television. A few years ago, Italian scientists found that children who watched three hours a day produced less of the sleep hormone melatonin - low levels of the hormone play an important role in the timing of puberty. But perhaps more worrying is the theory that it's exposure to environmental chemicals which is causing the drop in the age of puberty. These chemicals mimic the effect of hormones, disrupting the normal timing of sexual maturing. Whatever the cause, growing numbers of children are being deprived of childhood and are turning, physically, into mini-adults at an increasingly young age. But without the emotional maturity to deal with these changes, they are vulnerable to exploitation. In Britain, it is now estimated that up to at least one in six children under ten is affected. Indeed, there is a belief that schoolgirls as young as six are entering puberty".
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