Drugs :: Bill to create clear pathway for generic biologic drugs
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act would lower patient drug costs for drugs used to treat diseases like cancer, diabetes, AIDS.
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Salmonella :: Peanut butter contaminated with salmonella
FDA warns consumers not to eat certain jars of peter pan peanut butter and great value peanut butter. Product may be contaminated with salmonella.
Asthma :: Drug reduces unscheduled trips to doctor for childhood asthma attacks
Young children with attacks of sporadic, recurring asthma who were treated with the prescription drug montelukast by their parents had fewer unscheduled trips to the doctor, missed less days from school or childcare, and caused their parents to take fewer days off work for their care.
Heart :: LifeMasters provides healthy tips for people living with heart conditions
In recognition of American Heart Month, LifeMasters — a national leading provider of disease management programs and services — encourages Americans to join the fight against heart disease by providing tips for people living with congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease and hypertension. Individuals can empower themselves or their loved ones to manage their heart disease by taking action.
Counseling :: What prevents doctors from counseling their patients to lose weight, exercise and quit smoking?
This study examined the reasons why, although 99 percent of physicians think it is important to counsel their patients to live a healthier lifestyle, very few actually do it.
Health Care :: Doctors still deny older patients tests and treatment
Doctors are still denying older people the sorts of tests and treatment they would offer to younger patients, reveals a survey in Quality and Safety in Health Care.
Heart Attack :: Poor people worse off following heart attack
People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who suffer a heart attack come to the emergency department more often, are less likely to be treated aggressively and have higher mortality rates a year after the attack, says new University of Alberta research that has important implications for access to cardiac care.
Multiple Sclerosis :: Benign multiple sclerosis may not remain benign
People who have multiple sclerosis (MS) for 10 years and have few of the disabling symptoms of the disease are often told they have “benign MS” and that their symptoms will likely not ever occur to the same extent as other people with MS.
Love :: 14 Ways to Show Love for Your Child This Valentine’s Day
The following are Valentine’s Day tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Please feel free to excerpt these tips or use them in their entirety for any print or broadcast story with appropriate attribution of source.
Abortion :: Doctors’ stand against abortion – NEJM
Majority of doctors “reported objections to abortion for failed contraception” and see the value in explaining their own moral convictions to patients, revealed by a New England Journal of Medicine article — Religion, Conscience, and Controversial Clinical Practices.