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GAITHERSBURG, Md. -(Dow Jones)- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner
Andrew von Eschenbach on Friday said a highly critical review of the agency’s
stance on a chemical found in plastic food and drink containers raises important
questions.
A review released Wednesday was sharply critical of the FDA’s view that the
chemical Bisphenol-A, or BPA, is safe at current levels found in plastic food
containers, saying the agency relied too heavily on Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2008)
— Infantile spasms are a severe and potentially devastating epilepsy condition affecting children aged typically 4-8 months. In a new study appearing in Epilepsia, researchers have found that the ketogenic diet, a high fat, low carbohydrate diet more traditionally used for intractable childhood epilepsy, is an effective treatment for this condition before using drugs.
The study is the first description of the ketogenic Read the rest of this entry »
03:39 PM CDT on Wednesday, September 10, 2008
By DAN X. McGRAW / The Dallas Morning News
A 22-year-old Dallas man accused of driving while intoxicated and causing an accident that killed a newlywed couple a week ago has been released from the hospital and moved to the Dallas County Jail, authorities said.
Uriel Perez Palacios was booked into the jail this afternoon and placed in a cell, said Kim Leach, a Dallas Read the rest of this entry »
“If your goal is to get protection from ‘all-cause mortality,’ it’s fine,” says Ethel Frese, an associate professor of physical therapy with
.
All-cause mortality includes death from illnesses that can be affected by eating right and exercising, such as heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and certain cancers.
“It’s different from someone who wants fitness like an athlete might,” Frese said. “A lot of people have the idea that you have to be Read the rest of this entry »
As estimated 4 million Americans take the drugs, about half of them women, researchers said. Rosiglitazone is sold under the brand name Avandia by GlaxoSmithKline. Pioglitazone is sold as Actos by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
The researchers combined results from 10 clinical trials that included 13,717 diabetics. They found that the drugs reduced bone density in the spine and hips of the elderly women, increasing the risk of fractures.
The exact Read the rest of this entry »
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February 24, 2009 ·
In the past few years, a battle has been raging over how to regulate the 3,500 compounding pharmacies across the United States.
These pharmacies mix drugs to individual specifications on site, but many people don’t know that they even exist. Those relying on compounded drugs face significant challenges: Some have allergies to additives in mass manufactured drugs or need doses of medications that may only be in testing Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON – As Barack Obama prepares to spend billions on health information technology as part of his plan to revive the US economy, some specialists are warning against investing too heavily in existing electronic recordkeeping systems.
In a recent open letter to the president-elect, a top technology adviser to the American Academy of Family Physicians said that current systems are expensive, cumbersome to use, and cannot easily exchange information Read the rest of this entry »
Dronedarone (Multaq(R)) is an investigational treatment and the only Anti-Arrhythmic Drug (AAD) to have shown a significant reduction in morbidity and mortality in AF/AFL patients with a favourable safety profile as evidenced by a low incidence of pro-arrhythmia (including torsades de pointes) and extra-cardiac organ toxicity. Dronedarone, discovered and developed by sanofi-aventis, has been studied in a clinical development program including more Read the rest of this entry »
GARY — Tony Boone, 11, and Alex Carter, 10, never played soccer before Saturday when they participated in the annual North Shore Amateur Sports Academy’s youth sports camp.
“It was kind of hard at first because you can’t use your hands,” the two Gary boys agreed during a break. “But it was fun to play,” Alex said.
This is the second year for the free camp, geared for children ages 5 to 18.
Former professional baseball player Wallace Johnson, Read the rest of this entry »