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BioClinica Advances Standards Support At DIA 2009
Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: BITI) d/b/a BioClinica, a global provider of clinical trial services with more than two decades of experience and a thorough understanding of standards, is challenging the industry to increase standards implementation for clinical trials at the Drug Information Association (DIA) 45th Annual Meeting on June 21-25 in San Diego (booth #315). Standards support has quickly become a key focus for the life science industry to streamline the clinical trial process and reduce costs. However, the complexity of the task and the re requirements put implementing standards on the "someday list" for many companies.
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Successful Initial Safety Tests For Genetically-modified Rice That Fights Allergy - Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry
In a first-of-its-kind advance toward the next generation of genetically modified foods - intended to improve consumers" health - researchers in Japan are reporting that a new transgenic rice designed to fight a common pollen allergy appears safe in animal studies. Their report is in the current issue of ACS" Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication.
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Fluoride Supplements: Another Ineffective Drug With Unwanted Side Effects

"There is weak and inconsistent evidence that the use of fluoride supplements prevents dental caries [cavities] in primary teeth," according to a systematic review of fluoride supplement research published in the November 2008 Journal of the American Dental Association. The authors could find only one study, from China, showing any fluoride cavity-preventing benefit to primary teeth and that study was probably biased with a high withdrawal rate, the authors write. Mild -to-moderate dental fluorosis (white spotted and/or yellow teeth) is a significant fluoride supplement side effect, they report. Fluoride supplements, although a prescription drug, were never FDA [Food and Drug Administration] tested for safety or effectiveness because sodium fluoride was on the market pre-1938 before FDA testing laws were enacted.(1) In 2007, the American Dental Association (ADA) reported on its website that fluoride supplements put children six and under at significant risk of permanently discolored teeth; but never shared that information with the American public, pediatricians or MD"s who still prescribe fluoride supplements to toddlers. (2) "This review confirmed that, in non-fluoridated communities, the use of fluoride supplements during the first 6 years of life is associated with a significant increase in the risk of developing dental fluorosis, write researchers Ismail & Bandekar and first published in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, February 1999, (3) but posted to the ADA"s website July 2007. Fluoride supplements sought to achieve a similar effect as fluoridation of the water supplies when it was believed that ingested fluoride reduced tooth decay. However, the Centers for Disease Control now reports that fluoride"s purported beneficial effects are topical (4). Swallowing fluoride only exposes children to fluoride"s adverse health effects (http://www.FluorideAction.Net/health ), such as dental fluorosis. "So there is no good reason to swallow fluoride via supplements or the water supply," says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. Studies link dental fluorosis to children"s kidney damage (5) and bone fractures (6). "While fluoride ingestion is proclaimed a significant cavity reducer, there is no valid science to support that," says Beeber. Up to 48% of school children sport dental fluorosis, the outward sign of fluoride toxicity, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (7) In the Fall 1999 Journal of Public Health Dentistry, dental researcher and former dental journal editor Brian A. Burt, Ph.D., M.P.H., B.D.Sc., University of Michigan Emeritus Professor, writes: "It is therefore concluded that the risks of using supplements in infants and young children outweigh the benefits. Because alternative forms of fluoride for high-risk individuals exist, fluoride supplements should no longer be used for young children in North America."(8) References 1) August 2000 letter from NJ Assemblyman Kelly to Senator Robert Smith http://www.fluoridealert.org/fda.htm 2) http://www.ada.org/prof/res/ebd/reviews/fluoride_supplements.asp 3) "Fluoride supplements and fluorosis: a meta-analysis," Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 1999 Feb;27(1):48-56, by Ismail & Bandekar . See here 4) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5014a1.htm 5) "Dose-effect relationship between drinking water fluoride levels and damage to liver and kidney functions in children," Environmental Research,2007 Jan;103(1):112-6. Epub 2006 Jul 10, by Xiong, et. al http://tinyurl.com/34lj92 6) "Dental and Early-State Skeletal Fluorosis in Children Induced by Fluoride in Brick-Tea," Fluoride 2005;38(1):44-47 Cao, et. al http://www.fluorideresearch.org/381/files/38144-47.pdf 7) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/figures/s403a1t23.gif 8) "The case for eliminating the use of dietary fluoride supplements for young children," Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Fall 1999, by Burt New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc


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