The Baltimore Sun has started a new health story on situation in Iraq. In its first of a three-part series, titled Dangerous remedy, it highlighted that military doctors in Iraq say that Factor VII saves wounded soldiers, but other doctors and medical research suggest that it can cause fatal clots.
Novartis announced today a positive opinion supporting European Union approval of Exforge? (valsartan/ amlodipine besylate) as a new treatment option for patients with high blood pressure.
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today expanded the approved use of Herceptin, a biological cancer drug. The new indication is for Herceptin, in combination with other cancer drugs, for the treatment of HER2 positive breast cancer after surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy). FDA granted priority review to the supplemental application for Herceptin.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced plans to hold a public hearing to solicit comments and information on the electronic submission of product information. The Agency is also interested in hearing the public’s perspectives on issues related to creating an electronic information exchange platform. Information provided at the hearing will help FDA shape a modern paperless submission process and help facilitate the effective use of submitted information, including drug safety information.
After rigorous scientific review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the marketing of silicone gel-filled breast implants made by two companies for breast reconstruction in women of all ages and breast augmentation in women ages 22 and older. The products are manufactured by Allergan Corp. (formerly Inamed Corp.), Irvine, Calif., and Mentor Corp., Santa Barbara, Calif.
James L. Hargrove, associate professor of foods and nutrition in the University of Georgia, said many nutritionists aren’t even sure of the true origin of the Calorie — or why it’s supposed to be capitalized.His findings are detailed in a study to be published in the December issue of the Journal of Nutrition.
US Forest Service research in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas suggests that decades of fire suppression have reduced the area’s food supply for migrating monarch butterflies, and that restoration efforts that include prescribed burning can reverse this trend.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., will outfit low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in over 500 U.S. stores with a GE ecomagination-certified, light-emitting diode (LED) solution from GELcore, LLC, a GE Consumer & Industrial business (GE).
While exercise and weight loss are equally effective ways to lose weight, exercising helps to maintain muscles, new research finds.
New research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that certain inhaled asthma medications — as well as similar chemicals our bodies produce during times of high stress — may worsen diseases such as asthma, heart failure and lupus that involve inflammation.