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Reuters Health News: 01-17-2005
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to overhaul and open up its drug safety monitoring system, already viewed as one of the better schemes worldwide, in the wake of recent scandals over the side effects of some medicines. Patients will in future be able to view anonymous data on suspected adverse drug reactions on the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) Web site, Health Minister Lord Warner said Monday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women's rights groups seeking easier access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S. regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a non-prescription "morning-after" pill.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis has won U.S. approval to sell a new vaccine designed to give longer protection against meningitis, a potentially fatal bacterial infection.
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck & Co. Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor because of doubts the medicine could be used safely without a doctor's guidance.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Early tests are raising hopes that a new device can help people who've injured their spinal cord.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amgen Inc. has added a warning to its anemia drug, Aranesp, for kidney dialysis and cancer patients after studies on similar drugs showed higher doses can cause blood clots and death, the company said a letter released on Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who take multiple blood pressure medications can also take Viagra without risking additional problems, according to a new study.
FRANKFURT/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have demanded more clinical studies of a new substance designed to produce clearer MRI pictures of clogged arteries, Germany's Schering AG and U.S. partner Epix Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Symptoms of anxiety may speed the progression of certain physical disabilities in older women, new research suggests.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Family history and iron deficiency appear to play important roles in childhood restless legs syndrome, according to a new study.
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