Press Release/12 March 2010 With medicine prices going down, the DOH is now reminding our public to use medicines rationally and to complete their prescribed treatment regimen.  Local and international trends are geared towards wellness.  Rather than be burdened with the high costs of treatment, especially of hospitalizations, people tend to prefer to invest in the prevention of diseases and the promotion of healthy lifestyles and environments.  This wellness concept saves money and improves quality of lives. “Engaging in sports promotes Wellness.  Like sports and healthy lifestyles, compliance to medicines regimen is also Wellness.  If you take your prescribed medicines rationally and correctly, you will feel better, live longer, be more productive, and have a good quality of life,” Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral stated.    read more

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) is expanding a March 5, 2010 recall to include additional “Best By” dates of products manufactured with HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, Nevada, because the ingredient has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. “Consumption of products containing Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems…