Physician and DTP
Insurer Signals Confidence in Criticized Cholesterol Drug
The UnitedHealth Group, the largest United States insurer, is recommending that patients stay on the cholesterol pill Vytorin because the company has found "no safety issues",
Date:
04/03/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
BLOOMBERG NEWS
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/business/03drug.html?ref=health
Gastroenteritis: FDA Approves New Vaccine to Prevent Gastroenteritis Caused by Rotavirus
...approval of Rotarix, the second oral U.S. licensed vaccine for the prevention of rotavirus, an infection that causes gastroenteritis (vomiting and diarrhea) in infants and children.
Date:
04/03/2008
, Publication:
FDA News
, Author:
FDA
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01814.html
Study: Coffee May Reduce Risk of Dementia
According to a study in the Journal of Neuroinflammation, caffeine reduces the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body.
Date:
04/03/2008
, Publication:
Fox News
, Author:
Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,345531,00.html
Study: AIDS Drug Lifts Heart Attack Risk
LONDON (AP) -- A commonly used AIDS drug appears to nearly double the risk of a heart attack, researchers said Tuesday.
Date:
04/02/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
AP
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-AIDS-Heart-Attack.html?ref=health
FDA Makes Recommendations on Medical Devices That Treat Blocked Heart Arteries
....announced that the agency has issued draft guidelines to aid the development, testing and manufacture of coronary drug-eluting stents, devices used to treat blocked heart arteries
Date:
03/26/2008
, Publication:
FDA News
, Author:
FDA
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01810.html
Study Details Effects of Prostate Cancer
One of the first large quality-of-life studies on today's prostate cancer treatments suggests...
Date:
03/20/2008
, Publication:
Fox News
, Author:
AP
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339688,00.html
Risks of Anemia Drugs for Patients With Cancer to Get More Scrutiny
But in 1990 Dr. Anagnostou published some of the first evidence suggesting that Amgen&8217;s then brand-new anemia drug, Epogen, might fuel the growth of tumors. Few people paid heed.
Date:
03/12/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
ANDREW POLLACK
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/business/12anemia.html?ref=health
Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls
The two most common sexually transmitted diseases, or S.T.D.&8217;s, among all the participants tested were HPV, at 18 percent, and chlamydia, at 4 percent...
Date:
03/12/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/science/12std.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogi
FDA Issues Alert on Tussionex, a Long-Acting Prescription Cough Medicine Containing Hydrocodone
Agency gives new safety information on proper use of Tussionex as a cough suppressant
Date:
03/11/2008
, Publication:
FDA News
, Author:
FDA
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01805.html
Drug Tied to China Had Contaminant, F.D.A. Says
Federal drug regulators said Wednesday that a critical blood thinner ...produced in China contained a possibly counterfeit ingredient
Date:
03/06/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
GARDINER HARRIS and WALT BOGDANICH
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/health/06heparin.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=sl
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