San Antonio will observe World AIDS Day on Monday with a variety of events, from candlelight vigils to awareness programs to free HIV testing at various locations.
“Prevention is power,” said Michelle Durham, executive director of BEAT-AIDS Coalition Trust. “Prevention is going to be the only way we’re going to eradicate the epidemic.”
BEAT-AIDS is just one of the many organizations in the city participating in the 20th Read the rest of this entry »
DEERFIELD, IL and OSAKA, JAPAN –
Takeda Pharmaceutical
Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
North America, Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approved KAPIDEX(TM) (dexlansoprazole) delayed release
capsules for the once-daily, oral treatment of heartburn associated with
symptomatic non-erosive Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), the healing
of erosive esophagitis (EE) and Read the rest of this entry »
Historically, January is the single biggest month for new
membership enrollment at health clubs, according to the
International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association. Many
fitness centers introduce some of their best deals, hoping to
entice new members and lock them into a year-long or even longer
contract.
The number of gym memberships dropped 3 percent to 41.5 million
between 2006 and 2007, according to the association. At the same
time, the Read the rest of this entry »
At least seven people in Maryland have been sickened by a strain of salmonella sweeping the country.
So far, 388 people in 42 states have become infected by Salmonella typhimurium, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
People started getting sick between Sept. 3 and Dec. 29, and most of the illnesses started after Oct. 1, the CDC said. Eighteen percent of the people have been hospitalized.
Seven cases with the same DNA Read the rest of this entry »
says Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., is working on universal health care legislation that he plans to introduce when the new Congress meets in January.
“The wide-ranging talks have taken place behind closed doors on Capitol
Hill and have been monitored by Kennedy through daily telephone updates
from his staff, said his aides and several participants,” the
reports. “The discussions, which started in June, included 14
roundtable meetings in the Dirksen Read the rest of this entry »
tomorrow.
With Nemanja Vidic suspended and Gary Neville and Wes Brown both ruled out through injury, Ferguson seemed to be facing a defensive crisis when Evans limped out of Saturday’s win over
with an ankle injury, joining O’Shea, who has a sore heel, on the sidelines.
While the fitness of neither Irishmen can be guaranteed, the mere fact they were able to make the journey this morning suggested Ferguson is optimistic he will be able to call Read the rest of this entry »
The Food and Drug Administration has a new Web page intended to provide one-stop shopping for postmarket drug safety information. Many physicians say the agency has, to a large extent, succeeded in its mission.
The site provides links to an array of data, including information on drug labels; medications that have risk evaluation and mitigation strategies; postmarket studies; information from MedWatch; and quarterly reports on drugs being evaluated Read the rest of this entry »
MONDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) — Doctors may not always have
complete or clear information when they prescribe cancer
medications for uses beyond what the drugs have been approved for,
a new study finds.
According to the report, published in the Feb. 17 online issue
of
, the online and hard-copy
resource used by oncologists and pharmacists, known as the
compendia, does not always contain clear or updated information on
using medications for Read the rest of this entry »
MONDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — The sedative dexmedetomidine (Precedex) reduces the time patients stay on ventilators and results in less delirium than other more commonly used drugs for patients in intensive care units, a new study finds.
For patients in ICUs, delirium is a common side effect of being sedated for an extended period; it can affect as many as 85 percent of ICU patients. Some of these patients can have lingering mental problems Read the rest of this entry »
EL PASO — Army medical officials have spoken with nearly 300 patients at risk of developing blood-borne illnesses, including hepatitis and HIV, because of improper insulin injections at a West Texas army hospital.
Officials at the Army’s William Beaumont Army Medical Center announced that as many as 2,114 diabetes patients treated at the hospital since August 2007 could have been infected because of an improper procedure for injecting Read the rest of this entry »