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Re: Canadian Counterfeit And Thermodynamics ... From: Dean Huffman . (dean@thehuffpeople.net) Sun Sep 3 10:35:48 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: FRI: Re: One layer uterine closure" Previous message: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: One layer uterine closure" .. When I was in the Air Force in the mid 1970's, they got a "Too Good To Be True" contract for reading PAP smears for all their overseas bases. Turns out it WAS too good to be true. The laboratory apparently used the "swirl test"*. They had to collect EVERY pap smear slide, have their own technicians and pathologists review them, and attempt to contact EVERY woman with the corrected results, especially those whose corrected results were abnormal. They ended up spending many many times the money they thought they were saving by getting this great contract. * Swirl test: A laboratory procedure in which that which is to be tested is poured into the sink. If it swirls clockwise, it is POSITIVE. If it swrils counter-clockwise, it is NEGATIVE. If it does not swirl, the test is reported as EQUOVICAL. - - - - Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 09:19:49 -0500 From: evsono@pipeline.com (art fougner, md) Subject: Re: Canadian Counterfeit The first law of thermodynamics: you can't get more than what you pay for. If a deal seems too good to be true, there's probably a reason. Caveat emptor. Art At Sat, 02 Sep 2006, Joe wrote: > >Gail: Just a little history albeit just mine. 1967 ! Quantico Navy >Hospital. Pitocin , made in Italy . Wouldn't stimulate a mouse's uterus. >Tested and found to be saline. Don't know how much U.S gov had bought. >Capitalism has its ugly side. Joe C > >GIN11153@aol.com wrote: >> Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Americans shouldn't buy prescription drugs from >> Web sites linked to Canada's biggest mail-order pharmacies because the >> medicines may be contaminated or ineffective, U.S. regulators said. >> >> Laboratory tests of intercepted drug shipments found counterfeits of >> some of the top-selling treatments for cholesterol, blood pressure, >> heartburn and pain, the Food and Drug Administration said today. An >> international probe involves Mediplan Global Health and Mediplan >> Prescription Plus Pharmacy in Manitoba and Web sites including >> Canadiandrugstore.com, Canada- pharmacy.com and RxNorth.com, the agency >> said. >> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aYForJXvHvak&refer=canada >> <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aYForJXvHvak&refer=canada> >> >> Gail Neuman RNC CPHW SNP LNC >> student nurse practitioner and student midwife >> listowner of LegalNurseConsulting@yahoogroups.com >> certified high risk OB/legal consultant >> Notary Public/Certified Loan Signing Agent >> PrePaid Legal Sales Associate >> Perinatal Nurse Associates >> Santa Ana, CA >> -- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: FRI: Re: One layer uterine closure" Previous message: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: One layer uterine closure"

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