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News You Can Use: FDA issues safety alert for diabetes drug
News You Can Use: FDA issues safety alert for diabetes drug
posted by kmarshall 252 days 4 hours 26 minutes ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert for the diabetes drug Avandia after a study in Monday’s New England Journal of Medicine reported that the drug increases the risk of heart attacks and possibly death.
Read more...Blood pressure rising among U.S. children
Blood pressure rising among U.S. children
posted by tnelson 253 days 20 hours 6 minutes ago
Blood pressure levels among American children are on the rise, an alarming trend linked to climbing obesity rates that reverses decades of decline, researchers reported on Monday.
Read more...Injuries, Deaths Tied to Consumer Drugs Rise Sharply
Injuries, Deaths Tied to Consumer Drugs Rise Sharply
posted by kmarshall 254 days 4 hours 6 minutes ago
The number of serious adverse drug events more than double between 1998 and 2005 in the United States, as did the number of related deaths, a new study found.
Read more...Study Finds Black Women More Likely Than White Women To Have More Aggressive, Less Treatable Form Of Breast Cancer
Study Finds Black Women More Likely Than White Women To Have More Aggressive, Less Treatable Form Of Breast Cancer
posted by tnelson 254 days 23 hours 31 minutes ago
A large analysis of racial differences in rates of estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer finds that black women in the United States are more likely than white women to have breast tumors that are ER-negative, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center report.
Read more...Food Additives Could Fuel Hyperactivity in Kids
Food Additives Could Fuel Hyperactivity in Kids
posted by kmarshall 255 days 3 hours 19 minutes ago
Some common food colorings and preservatives appear to increase the risk of hyperactive behavior among children, British researchers report.
Read more...Depression more damaging than some chronic illnesses
Depression more damaging than some chronic illnesses
posted by tnelson 255 days 3 hours 28 minutes ago
Depression is more damaging to everyday health than chronic diseases such as angina, arthritis, asthma and diabetes, researchers said on Friday.
Read more...Suicide Rises in Youth; Antidepressant Debate Looms
Suicide Rises in Youth; Antidepressant Debate Looms
posted by kmarshall 258 days 3 hours 32 minutes ago
In a finding that is likely to revive a debate of many years about the safety of drugs prescribed for depression, health officials reported yesterday that the rate of suicide in Americans ages 10 to 24 increased 8 percent from 2003 to 2004, the largest jump in more than 15 years.
Read more...Senators Seek Public Listing of Payments to Doctors
Senators Seek Public Listing of Payments to Doctors
posted by kmarshall 258 days 3 hours 31 minutes ago
Makers of drugs and medical devices would be required to report publicly nearly all payments and gifts to doctors under legislation introduced Thursday in the Senate.
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