|
Insurance & Litigation
•
|
Tools & Information
•
•
•
|
|
 Back to Medical News Today Archives
Medical News Today: 12-19-2004
Eli Lilly and Company announced today that it has added a bolded warning to the product label for Strattera, an attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication... click link for more info.
The home may be a safe haven, but not necessarily when it comes to slips and falls... click link for more info.
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) has announced that actor Daryl "Chill" Mitchell has agreed to serve as a spokesperson for the Center and its recently-launched Minority Communities Outreach Campaign... click link for more info.
With over 30 published clinical trials and a 25-year history of helping dieters lose weight and keep it off, Slim-Fast introduces the new Slim-Fast Optima Diet, a balanced and sustainable approach to weight loss that will help dieters achieve success over the long-term... click link for more info.
Consumer attorney Guerry R Thornton, Jr, an Atlanta lawyer who handles Vioxx cases, favors new regulatory reforms in the wake of news about heart attack risks with Celebrex, Pfizer's blockbuster drug... click link for more info.
Prevent Blindness America (PBA) applauds the U... click link for more info.
Over the last two decades, fertility of women in their thirties and forties has increased while that of women in their twenties or younger has decreased, according to detailed statistics on births and fertility published today by the Office for National Statistics... click link for more info.
The Health Survey for England is a series of annual surveys designed to measure health and health related behaviours in adults and children living in private households in England... click link for more info.
This Statistical Report provides information for England and individual Councils with Social Services Responsibilities (CSSRs) on the numbers of people registered with councils as deaf or hard of hearing at 31 March 2004... click link for more info.
This bulletin is an annual publication which summarises information about people detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act in NHS facilities, including high security psychiatric hospitals, and independent hospitals... click link for more info.
Natural killer cells are part of the body's immune system and help protect the body against infection and some cancers, particularly leukemia... click link for more info.
An early study of the drug rolipram in mice shows promise for possible use in treating Alzheimer's disease in people say researchers according to a new study... click link for more info.
A new study shows a diet rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may enhance response to the drug tamoxifen in breast cancer patients... click link for more info.
After the announcement that the supply of inactivated influenza vaccine available to the U... click link for more info.
With the co-operation of Customs and Excise, the MHRA seized a potentially illegal consignment of 90,000 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) tablets earlier this month which reportedly contained the toxic herbal ingredient, Aristolochia... click link for more info.
We have today been informed of new clinical trial data for celecoxib (Celebrex), showing an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death (relative to placebo)... click link for more info.
A previously unpublished internal survey of Food and Drug Administration scientists points to potentially dangerous gaps in the approval and marketing of prescription drugs, according to documents jointly released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)... click link for more info.
Previous studies have shown a connection between health and socioeconomic status (SES), demonstrating higher instances of heart disease, cancer and other evidence of poor health in those lower in the economic scale... click link for more info.
For the first time, Harvard Health Publications has compiled some of its most compelling medical stories of the year into a single volume, The Year in Medicine 2004... click link for more info.
The announcement that Celebrex, a popular pain drug in the same family as Vioxx, has been found to pose an increased risk of heart problems is bound to leave many pain patients stunned, confused and worried... click link for more info.
Recent revelations of a failure to report several cases involving heart patients who died after surgery by the same doctor illustrate defects in the current system in which medical malpractice must be reported to the directors and other administrators of hospitals... click link for more info.
A dermatology team at Sheffield Children's Hospital have been crowned Healthcare Professionals of the Year in the National Eczema Society's 2004 awards... click link for more info.
Eating leafy green vegetables may help prevent cataracts, according to a new study in the December 2004 edition of the Journal of Nutrition... click link for more info.
Smoking is illegal on Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama beaches in Sydney's east from today... click link for more info.
Australian Medical Association (AMA) president Bill Glasson says there is no need to pull the anti-inflammatory medication Celebrex from the Australian market, if doctors continue to prescribe it responsibly... click link for more info.
Dosing in Long-Term Cancer Studies Suspended Due to Increased Cardiovascular Risk in One Study; Preliminary Analysis of Second Long-Term Cancer Study Shows No Increased Cardiovascular Risks - Pfizer Inc said it received new information last night about the cardiovascular safety of its COX-2 inhibitor Celebrex (celecoxib) based on an analysis of two long-term cancer trials... click link for more info.
Today's announcement by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of the PM2... click link for more info.
More than 500 gynecologists from around the world this week gathered in Cotonou, Benin, for a three-day seminar organized by the African Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics to discuss the "extremely high rate" of maternal mortality in Africa, AFP/Washington Times reports... click link for more info.
The Boston Globe on Thursday examined the increased number of Canadian Internet pharmacies that have established warehouses abroad, such as in the Caribbean... click link for more info.
States' financial situations continued to improve this year, but states' full recovery from the "worst fiscal crisis in six decades" has been stymied by "soaring health care costs," according to a new report from the National Governors Association... click link for more info.
The Wall Street Journal on Friday looked at recently nominated HHS Secretary and former Utah Gov... click link for more info.
The Emmy Noether Programme supports young researchers in achieving independence at an early stage of their scientific careers... click link for more info.
A novel approach to cell therapy has won a federal award and a new patent for a team of researchers from Saneron CCEL and the University of South Florida... click link for more info.
In wound care treatment bandages and dressings may become archaic tools of the past... click link for more info.
Hospital will create inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric unit - The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation has awarded $5 million to University Hospitals of Cleveland to create an inpatient psychiatric unit, including a crisis management team, for children and adolescents at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital... click link for more info.
A Cardiff scientist has been named the first European recipient of a prestigious American award for achievement in genetic science... click link for more info.
Adults aged 50-64 and close contacts of persons in high-risk groups will be eligible for influenza vaccination in areas where vaccine supply is sufficient to meet demand - Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) expanded the list of priority groups recommended to receive inactivated influenza vaccine this flu season, depending on the availability of influenza vaccine in state or local health jurisdictions... click link for more info.
Thabo Mbeki's ruling party of South Africa, the ANC (African National Congress), has attacked top US officials and accused them of using African women and babies as human guinea pigs to promote nevirapine, a controversial AIDS drug... click link for more info.
Sepracor Inc (Nasdaq: SEPR) today announced that the US FDA has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for LUNESTA(TM) brand eszopiclone, formerly referred to as ESTORRA, 1 mg, 2 mg and 3 mg tablets for the treatment of insomnia... click link for more info.
WHO has received reports of a significant, ongoing outbreak of typhoid fever in Kinshasa... click link for more info.
|
|
