Boom, boom, boom, boom. Reports of four experimental drugs held up at the FDA emerged in the first two days of this week. There’s almost certainly a bit of coincidence at work here, but it also seems to be one more sign of the tough safety climate at the agency these days. Here’s the rundown:
(hydrocodone with acetaminophen),
Monday. By issuing a “complete response letter,” FDA basically signaled it wasn’t going to Read the rest of this entry »
No one was wearing a safety belt in Sunday’s deadly car accident in San Jose, the California Highway Patrol said Monday, and five of six people inside the Ford Explorer that rolled over on its roof were ejected onto the highway.
The 9:15 p.m. Sunday accident on Highway 237 west of North First Street claimed the lives of the Ford’s driver, 18-year-old Fernando Valencia of East Palo Alto, and his 12-year-old passenger from Milpitas, whose identity Read the rest of this entry »
Two Food and Drug Administration officials who work in the safety division of the FDA said four popular asthma drugs raise the death risk of users with the highest incidence in children. The four drugs in question are GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Serevent and Advair, Novartis AG’s and Schering-Plough Corp.’s Foradil and AstraZeneca PLC’s Symbicort. These drugs fall into a class of medications known as long-acting beta-agonists, or LABAs, and have been the Read the rest of this entry »
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A survey of Asian migrants in Christchurch has found that less than one in five is happy with the care they receive from their GPs.
For Asians migrants, being told by a doctor to take a paracetamol and wait and see, does not quite cut it. In Asia, a patient can expect – and get – a quick remedy.
“You don’t have to book, you wait your turn and when you see the doctor, the doctor will give you injection,” Simon Tam says.
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a night will do more than enhance a great meal or put you to sleep: it can reduce production of “bad” cholesterol, boost “good” cholesterol and reduce blood clotting, all of which will help reduce the risk of heart disease. But recent studies are showing that wine aficionados may also reap even more benefits, from inhibiting tumor development to helping form nerve cells. Here’s a roundup of four recent studies that might encourage you to uncork that Read the rest of this entry »
Four Bay Area residents were arrested in Fairfield on Saturday night in connection with drugs and guns.
Around 9:40 p.m., officers saw “a criminal act involving some individuals in a vehicle” in the parking lot of an apartment complex off East Tabor Avenue and investigated, police said. They reportedly seized three firearms and hundreds of tablets of Ecstasy.
Arrested and booked into Solano County Jail in connection with drug charges and illegally Read the rest of this entry »
The pursuit of flat abdominal muscles is an American tradition that, let’s face it, is the subject of way too many infomercials. To save you money and free up late-night or weekend TV time to, uh, maybe get some sleep or be more active — both of which will help you flatten your abs — here are four steps to looking and feeling slimmer around the waist. Feel free to pick and choose what works in your life; there is no right order.
With props to Read the rest of this entry »
(NaturalNews) Truly raw olives can be a little hard to come by, though the processed and heated kind are found everywhere. This doesn`t help those of us on a raw food diet very much, as the heated kind can wreak havoc on a body that is accustomed to eating raw. So should you make the effort to procure the raw kind? Is it worth it? Decide for yourself…here are some benefits which the inclusion of raw olives into your diet can bring to you.
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Ontario Provincial Police say they have arrested four men from the Kanesatake Mohawk community after their car was pulled over and found to be carrying a stash of illegal guns and drugs. The OPP stopped a car for speeding on Highway 17 at Dryden, about 350 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay. Stewart Conway, 40, Alan Harrington, 34, Leo Lazore, 49, and Robert Gabriel, 43, were charged with possession of illegal drugs and several counts of carrying Read the rest of this entry »
No one was wearing a safety belt in Sunday’s deadly car accident in San Jose, the California Highway Patrol said today, and five of six people inside the Ford Explorer that rolled over on its roof were ejected onto the highway.
These are some of the latest details revealed today, hours after a tragic accident at 9:15 p.m. Sunday on Highway 237 west of North First Street, which claimed the lives of the Ford’s driver, 18-year-old Fernando Valencia Read the rest of this entry »