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Weight loss drug Meridia has been taken off of the market in the U.S. Health authorities in Taiwan have ordered a recall of Meridia and all other weight-loss drugs that contain sibutramine because of increased risks of cardiovascular problems. Pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories voluntarily agreed to pull the drug after a U.S. Food and Drug [...]
The nationwide study found that the number of healthy days per year that Americans lose due to obesity has more than doubled over the past two decades, from about 7.5 in 1993 to 17 in 2008. “Over the past several decades, obesity has increased faster than anyone could have imagined it would,” CDC director Dr. [...]
BACKGROUND: The need for adequate pain control is an element of good medical practice. In this context, some persons suffering from pain need access to potent opioid drug products; however, inappropriate prescribing, addiction and death due to prescription opioid abuse and misuse have been increasing over the last decade. Federal health advisers said Friday a [...]
Today, FDA Panel say Avastin not for breast cancer, Avastin is not helpful in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. The recommendation does not affect the drug’s marketing for treatment of four other types of cancer. New trials failed to confirm initial studies indicating some benefit for breast cancer patients. A U.S.Food and Drug Administration [...]
A new report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the number of emergency room visits due to nonmedical use of opioid analgesics increased 111 percent, from 144,600 in 2004 to 305,900 in 2008. “The spikes in prescription drug abuse rates captured by this study are dramatic, pervasive, and [...]
Having a baby by Cesarean section, or simply “c-section” has become more popular in the past 10 years. While c-sections are often performed in the best interest of the mother or baby, many of these c-sections are voluntary. Moms-to-be like the idea of controlling when their baby will be born, like the idea of avoiding [...]
FRIDAY,U.S. Weighs Lifting Ban on Gay Men as Blood Donors. A high-level federal public health committee Friday declined to recommend a change in restrictions on blood donations by gay men, but it proposed research that could eventually allow some currently barred men to give blood.
The China Daily said china had 32,000 new reported infections in May alone, including two deaths. The latest reports show 30 percent increase in syphilis infections each year.
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