A retrospective analysis of a large U.S. managed care database showed that patients who took Pfizer’s cholesterol-lowering medicine Lipitor? (atorvastatin calcium) Tablets had a significant 14 percent reduction in the risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and strokes, compared with patients who took simvastatin.
A Delhi Court has expressed its anguish over large number of quacks practising in the “every nook and corner” of the capital city right under the nose of law enforcement agencies, reports PTI.
Lt Gen Saibal Mukherjee has taken over as the Director General of Army?s Medical Services, here. An alumnus of Government Medical College, Nagpur he was commissioned into the Army Medical Corps in May 1970.
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced that the UK Government is accepting the 2007 pay review body recommendations for NHS staff and GPs. In line with the rest of the public sector, the implementation of awards over 1.5 per cent will be staged, with 1.5 per cent paid from 1 April and the remainder being paid from 1 November.
Erectile dysfunction drugs may be better than nitroglycerin in protecting the heart from damage before and after a severe heart attack, Virginia Commonwealth University researchers report today.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final guidance that describes FDA?s current approach to communicating drug safety information, including emerging safety information, to the public.
Following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), regarding the safety and efficacy of over-the-counter pediatric cough and cold medicines:
Public health officials throughout Missouri will gather next week to learn more about their roles and responsibilities during a public health emergency.
A national series of interventions designed to improve the quality of care in health centers for three prevalent chronic conditions has improved processes of care for these conditions but did not improve intermediate clinical outcomes, according to results of a study collaboratively supported by the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Health Resources and Services Administration and complemented by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.
Universal rules are needed for doctors playing the “Good Samaritan” to members of the public who fall ill outside hospital, says an experienced medic.