Diet :: Diet drug pill may pose a risk – Xenical – orlistat
GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Xenical diet pill may pose a risk if people take it without a prescription or a doctor’s supervision, federal regulators said.
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Alternative Medicine :: Fears over alternative medicine use
More than half of Australians use alternative medicines, wrongly believing a government agency has tested them before being sold, a study suggests.
Trichotillomania :: What is trichotillomania or tricholomania
Trichotillomania (TTM) is an impulse control disorder characterised by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, nose hair, ear hair, eyebrows or other body hair. It is believed to be related to obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Diet :: Brazilian Diet Pills Found to Contain Active Drug Ingredients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to use two unapproved drug products that are being marketed as dietary supplements for weight loss. Emagrece Sim Dietary Supplement, also known as the Brazilian Diet Pill and Herbathin Dietary Supplement may contain several active ingredients, including controlled substances, found in prescription drugs that could lead to serious side effects or injury.
Diet :: Seizure of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids
At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed a Complaint for Forfeiture against Lipodrene, a dietary supplement that contains ephedrine alkaloids. The U.S. Marshals, seized the dietary supplement Lipodrene located at ATF Fitness Products, Inc., in Oakmont, PA.
Neurofibromatosis :: Potential Treatment for Learning Disability in Neurofibroma
Researchers studying learning disabilities associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, or NF1, have traced the problem to excessive activity of a crucial signaling molecule and have successfully reversed the disabilities in mice by giving them an experimental drug. The findings provide hope that these learning problems may one day be treatable in humans.
Dermatitis :: Defining Urticarial Dermatitis
In a study Steven Kossard, FACD; Ian Hamann, FACD; Barbara Wilkinson, BSc, concluded that urticarial dermatitis may represent a useful term for a subset of a reaction pattern designated most commonly as dermal hypersensitivity by pathologists. The term is not commonly used, and requires definition to determine whether it is clinically relevant.
Lupus :: Genelabs for additional trial of lupus drug Prestara
Genelabs Technologies Inc. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked for additional Phase III clinical trial of its experimental lupus drug Prestara.
Lupus :: Evista Aids Bone Health in Lupus Patients
A small study has shown that the osteoporosis drug raloxifene, sold as Evista, helps maintain bone mineral density (BMD) in menopausal women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who are on corticosteroids.
Osteosarcoma :: Zoledronic acid reduces Osteosarcoma lung metastases
Treatment with zoledronic acid can reduce lung metastases and improve survival in mice inoculated with an osteosarcoma cell line, according to a report in the December 22nd issue of Cancer.