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Glaxo adds safety restrictions to Avandia label
ReutersWASHINGTON (AP) -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it has updated the labeling of its diabetes pill Avandia to include safety restrictions ordered by federal health authorities because of the drug's links to heart attack. The Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Health, Food and Drug Administration, European Union, IMS Health Incorporated, Physical Conditions
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Lupus education event in Orlando
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelLupus is a challenging disease that often leaves patients feeling alone and misunderstood. While many patients might not “look” sick, they may be silently managing the debilitating pain, fatigue and other symptoms associated with lupus. This... -
Doctors draw payments from drug companies
Follow drug company money in Illinois, and it leads to the psychiatry department at Rush University Medical Center, a prominent headache clinic on the North Side of Chicago, a busy suburban urology practice and a psychiatric hospital accused of...Tags: Health, Psychiatry, Eric Campbell, Health and Safety at School, University of Illinois at Chicago
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NIH: Herpes vaccine doesn't help women
Reuters(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline's herpes vaccine failed to protect women against the virus in a trial, the U.S. National Institutes of Health said Thursday, and the company said it was stopping development of the product. The test of 8,000 women in the U.S....Tags: Health, Cold Sores, Medical Procedures and Tests, Genital Herpes, Physical Conditions
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Men taking erectile dysfunction drugs risk STDs
Reuters Life!Men who took erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra were more likely to become infected with sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, U.S. researchers have reported. This infection rate was higher even in the year before the men got their...Tags: Erectile Dysfunction, Internists, Health, Internal Medicine, Physical Conditions
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Looking beyond Avandia for diabetes treatment
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe safety of most diabetes drugs are time-tested — insulin was discovered in the early 1920s, and two of the other most commonly prescribed, metformin and sulfonylurea, have been around since the 1950s. Avandia is different. The drug landed with a...Tags: Health, Heart Attack, Pancreas, Pharmaceuticals, Insulin
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Drug may cut prostate cancer risk
Los Angeles TimesMen at an above-normal risk of prostate cancer may be able to reduce their risk of developing the disease by taking a drug already on the market. In research reported recently, the drug dutasteride, currently used to shrink enlarged prostates, was...Tags: Health, Washington (U.S. state), Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Biopsy
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Swine flu seems to be trailing off -- for now, at least
Booster ShotsThe current wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza infections is trailing off a little, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this morning, and other indicators seem to confirm that diagnosis. In particular, the numbers of prescriptions written for... -
Nearly 8,000 H1N1 flu deaths worldwide, WHO says
Booster ShotsAt least 7,826 people worldwide have died from laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza, an increase of more than 1,000 in the last week, but the actual number is probably much larger than that, the World Health Organization said today....... -
'Listening to Prozac' author feels 'vindicated' by new antidepressant study
Booster ShotsPeter D. Kramer, the psychiatrist and author of the path-breaking 1993 book "Listening to Prozac," said in an interview today that he felt "vindicated" by a newly published study ("Personality Change During Depression Treatment," by Tony Z. Tang et al)...... -
The Morning Fix: Drug company really wants to produce! Warner Bros. wants you to wait. Justice to review Comcast-NBC. Avatar heading to FX
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before deciding if it'll be Alabama or Texas. (Hint: Texas) Warner Bros. wants you to wait. Hoping to boost DVD sales, Warner Bros. struck a deal with Netflix in which the online-DVD-rental powerhouse will agree to wait...... -
Consumer Confidential: Chevron profits, Wells penalty fee, nurdle rights
Money & CompanyHere's your frosted-flakes Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- Well, all I can say is, "Thank goodness!" Our friends at Chevron are pleased to report that their quarterly profit more than tripled to $5.4 billion from......
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