Merck & Co.’s
(MRK) cervical cancer vaccine,
Gardasil, has received regulatory approval for the prevention of vulvar and
vaginal cancer, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
Gardasil, approved in 2006 to prevent a virus called the human papillomavirus,
or HPV, has brought in billions of dollars in sales for
. But recently
lower-than-expected use of the vaccine among women 19 to 26 has stalled sales.
The FDA’s expanded approval is Read the rest of this entry »
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an expedited approval of a supplemental application that allows for changes in the manufacturing of Sucraid (sacrosidase) Oral Solution. The approval will prevent a product shortage by allowing the sole manufacturer of the drug, QOL Medical, to obtain Sucraid’s active ingredient from a different manufacturer.
Sucraid provides drug replacement therapy for patients that Read the rest of this entry »
– Dana Radcliffe is a Day Family senior lecturer of business ethics at the Johnson School at Cornell University. The views expressed are his own. —
Are a CEO’s health problems a private matter? Or does he or she have an obligation to disclose them to investors and other stakeholders?
These are questions Apple and its iconic co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs have had to face ever since he was diagnosed with a rare form of Read the rest of this entry »
05:43 PM CST on Saturday, January 17, 2009
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A month after a man waited 19 hours for treatment and then died in Parkland Memorial Hospital’s emergency department, a national accreditation group showed up there for an unannounced spot-check.
Though officials at the taxpayer-funded charity hospital refuse to discuss that visit, the accreditation group has released a list of 11 standards that Read the rest of this entry »
The study also identified a gene that may influence potassium’s effects on blood pressure.
The findings, based on a Texas heart study done on the urine samples of 3,300 people, support previous studies that made similar conclusions about potassium and blood pressure.
The new study was to be presented Saturday at the American Society of Nephrology’s annual meeting, in Philadelphia.
“The lower the potassium in the urine, hence the lower the potassium Read the rest of this entry »
Saturday, October 11th 2008, 10:20 AM
man who shot his hospitalized wife and then himself in an apparent mercy killing-suicide has died, authorities said.
, 88, was pronounced dead about 12 hours after Friday’s bloodshed at Community Medical Center in
.
, 87, who had suffered a stroke and suffered from other medical problems, was killed instantly in the shooting.
Both were shot in the head.
reported that Charles Mason left a note in the Read the rest of this entry »
AUBURN, Calif., Oct 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital today announced it will become the first
healthcare facility within the Sutter Health system to install solar
power. Sutter Auburn Faith has plans for a 736-kilowatt (kW DC) solar
electric system that will meet about 50 percent of the hospital’s
power needs. SPG Solar, a leading California solar installer, will
design and construct Read the rest of this entry »
Out of sight, out of mind — unless it’s the sugar-sweetened sodas that many high school students crave.
Over the past year and a half, middle and high schools have removed regular pop from vending machines and have replaced it with diet pop, water and sometimes juice or sports drinks.
The goal: slow childhood obesity by changing what’s available to students during the school day. A 20-ounce bottle of Mountain Dew — a favorite at many Read the rest of this entry »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Martin Delaney, who led the movement to grant AIDS patients access to experimental drugs and headed early education efforts about the disease, died Friday. He was 63.
Delaney died of liver cancer at his home in San Rafael, said Dana Van Gorder, executive director of Project Inform, the San Francisco-based AIDS treatment advocacy and education organization that Delaney co-founded in 1985.
Earlier this week, Delaney was Read the rest of this entry »
St. Jude Medical reveals FDA Approval of Industry’s First Connector System Designed to Simplify Implant Process for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
(RTTNews) -
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ:
) said Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the industry’s first medical device system that allows a single defibrillation lead connection between a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator Read the rest of this entry »