US’ largest HIV/AIDS Healthcare provider says Pfizer?s direct-to-consumer ads for Viagra encourage recreational use and contributes to increased incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including HIV.
Scott Minick, longtime executive and board member of leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has been elected as the new Chair of the Board of Directors for California Pacific Medical Center.
A new case of variant-Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD ) associated with a blood transfusion has recently been diagnosed.
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center analyzed the data from 22 randomized clinical trials, and have found significant differences between antihypertensive drugs. ACE-inhibitors and the newer angiotensin receptor blockers, or ARBs prevent people from getting diabetes, and the older diuretics or beta-blockers, increase the chance that a person becomes diabetic, compared to either placebo (inactive sugar-pills) or calcium channel blockers according to a study published in the January 20, 2007 issue of the Lancet.
GlaxoSmithKline announced the initiation of the first study of its kind designed to compare the immunogenicity of its cervical cancer candidate vaccine, CERVARIX?, versus Gardasil?.
People born with a hole between the two smaller chambers of the heart ? known as atrial septal defect ? or with other heart and circulatory conditions, accounted for a third of the 139,100 hospital admissions for birth defects in 2004, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Some newer antipsychotic medications approved to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are being prescribed to millions of Americans for depression, dementia, and other psychiatric disorders without strong evidence that such off-label uses are effective, according to a new analysis by the Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, through its Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), is expanding its educational efforts today aimed at making uninsured Americans aware of programs that are available to help them better afford their prescription medicines and finding healthcare services in their community.
A new report shows that US states are making significant progress in the fight against cervical cancer, but still face dramatic racial disparities in cervical cancer incidence, mortality and screening rates, and a lack of access to care for low-income women.
Research conducted by CQU’s (Central Queensland University) International Program for Psycho-Social Health Research (IPP-SHR) has found that administrative issues are blocking the Patient Transport Assistance Scheme (PTAS) from providing equitable access to cancer treatments for rural, remote and regional Queenslanders.