GlaxoSmithKline receives NDA for Coreg CR
• Drug News • Mar 18 06
GlaxoSmithKline has announced that the new drug application (NDA) for Coreg CR has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
FDA grants Cerexa fast track designation
• Drug News • Mar 18 06
Cerexa has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for PPI-0903, a next-generation, broad-spectrum, cephalosporin antibiotic, for…
A new strategy to tuberculosis
• Infections • Mar 18 06
A new strategy to fight one of the world’s leading killers - tuberculosis (TB) - was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The…
Low-carb diets can be unhealthy, doctors warn
• Dieting • Mar 17 06
Low carbohydrate, high protein diets may help to shed weight quickly but researchers warned on Friday that they can be unhealthy.
The diets can…
Israel finds H5N1 in birds
• Flu • Mar 17 06
Israel detected its first cases of H5N1 bird flu on Friday, saying the virus had killed thousands of turkeys and chicken on two farms,…
Vaccine reduces pneumonia deaths: US study
• Respiratory Problems • Mar 16 06
A pneumonia vaccine seems to save the lives of older adults who become so ill that they are hospitalized, even if does not prevent…
Roche aims for 400 million Tamiflu doses by end 2006
• Drug News • Mar 16 06
Swiss drug maker Roche is boosting output of its flu drug Tamiflu by a third in order to meet increased demand from governments building…
Technique of urethroplasty for female stricture disease described
• Urine Problems • Mar 16 06
The incidence of obstruction from any cause occurs in approximately 2.7% to 8% of women presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms.
The most common…
Cleaner air equates to a longer life
• Respiratory Problems • Mar 16 06
Researchers in the U.S. say reductions in fine particulate air pollution appears to have an affect on mortality.
The Harvard Six Cities study (1979…
Parents win high court battle to keep their baby alive
• Public Health • Mar 16 06
The parents of an 18-month-old boy with a terminal muscle-wasting disease, won a High Court legal battle to stop doctors turning off the ventilator…
Stray dog dies of bird flu in Azerbaijan
• Flu • Mar 16 06
Health officials say a stray dog has died of bird flu in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
The deadly H5N1 strain of the virus…
Warning on caffeine loaded sodas and sports drinks
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 16 06
According to researchers at the University of Florida (UF) some carbonated sodas and energy drinks are so loaded with caffeine they can give an…
Older people are far more likely to successfully quit smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 15 06
Older women appear to quit smoking and stay off cigarettes in higher numbers than men in their age group, and older men and women…
10.2 million plastic surgery procedures performed in the U.S. in 2005
• Surgery • Mar 15 06
More than 10.2 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed in the United States in 2005, up 11 percent from 2004, according to statistics…
Small birthweight and premature births associated with higher risk of child abuse
• Children's Health • Mar 15 06
Small birthweight and premature birth may be associated with a higher risk of child abuse and neglect, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology…
Denmark finds first case of H5 bird flu
• Flu • Mar 15 06
Denmark has found its first case of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus in a wild buzzard but tests were still being conducted to…
Sweden confirms first cases of H5N1 bird flu
• Flu • Mar 15 06
Swedish authorities said on Wednesday that tests had confirmed that two wild ducks found on its east coast carried the H5N1 strain of bird…
Antibiotic use in infants may double asthma risk
• Children's Health • Mar 14 06
Children exposed to at least one course of antibiotics in their first year of life may have an increased risk of developing childhood asthma.
…
Blood pressure drugs may combat Alzheimer’s
• Neurology • Mar 14 06
Medications used to combat high blood pressure appear to be linked to a lower incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published on…
‘Baby blues’ linked to poorer parenting
• Children's Health • Mar 14 06
New mothers who suffer from depression after giving birth - sometimes known as the baby blues - are more likely to have unfavorable parenting…
Strategies help keep memory fit in elderly
• Brain • Mar 13 06
Believing that you can retain a good memory even in your twilight years is the first step to achieving that goal. Those who believe…
Myanmar reveals its first case of H5N1 bird flu
• Flu • Mar 13 06
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma has found the H5N1 bird flu virus in chickens in what is believed to be the country’s first case…
Healthy meniscus important in knee arthritis
• Arthritis • Mar 10 06
Damage to the meniscus - a cartilage disk that cushions the knee joint - increases the risk of cartilage loss in patients with osteoarthritis…
Thalidomide helps older blood cancer cases: study
• Drug News • Mar 10 06
Thalidomide can stem the advance of blood cancer in elderly patients when used with a combination of other drugs, researchers said on Friday.
Thalidomide…
Tool may improve pain management in nursing homes
• Public Health • Mar 10 06
An experimental “Pain Medication Appropriateness Scale” (PMAS) appears to be a useful tool for assessing the suitability of prescribing practices in nursing homes and…