The US FDA has issued a Public Health Advisory notifying health care providers and consumers about reports of intussusception following rotavirus, live, oral, pentavalent vaccine (RotaTeq) administration.
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act would lower patient drug costs for drugs used to treat diseases like cancer, diabetes, AIDS.
FDA warns consumers not to eat certain jars of peter pan peanut butter and great value peanut butter. Product may be contaminated with salmonella.
Children in population-dense regions who live around green parks and lawns may be less likely to be overweight, according to a study appearing in the March/April issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion.
The US Federal regulators – FDA has narrowed the approved uses and indications of the controversial Sanofi-Aventis’ antibiotic Ketek.
The UK Food Standards Agency investigation into Avian flu (bird flu) has said that it has gathered sufficient information to conclude that product held temporarily in the Bernard Matthews cold stores at Holton and Chesterfield does not contain meat from a restricted zone in Hungary, which would have made it illegal to enter the food chain.
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.
According to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, the incidence of heart disease and associated fatalities are higher for people who live in poor neighborhoods verses those who live in more affluent areas.
Federal legislation aimed at fighting the No. 1 killer of American women — heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases — today received the endorsement of several leading women’s heart and health care organizations.
The contaminant bisphenol-A (BPA) — widely used to make many plastics found in food storage containers and dental products — can have long-term effects in female development, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.