Heartburn :: Heartburn drugs Prilosec & Nexium under safety review
The US Food and Drug Administration has received and is reviewing new safety data about two popular heartburn medicines – Prilosec (omeprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole).
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Kidney Cancer :: B.C. first to fund new drug therapies for kidney cancer
Patients with advanced kidney cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumours in British Columbia will be the first in Canada to benefit from coverage for the medication Sutent (sunitinib) or Nexavar (sorafenib), announced Health Minister George Abbott today.
Epilepsy :: Miniature implanted devices could treat epilepsy, glaucoma
Purdue University researchers have developed new miniature devices designed to be implanted in the brain to predict and prevent epileptic seizures and a nanotech sensor for implantation in the eye to treat glaucoma.
Newborn :: Sex differences in the newborn heart
Clinical studies in children have shown that girls are at higher risk for death than boys following cardiac surgery. A recent nationwide study in the US has found that females under 20 years of age are at a 31 percent greater risk of in-hospital death following heart surgery.
Pain :: New study counts the economic cost of persistent pain in Australia
Pain medicine experts are setting out to conduct the first ever study to determine the true economic cost of persistent pain in Australia in a project being funded by the MBF Foundation.
Heartburn :: Reviewing safety in patients taking Losec or Nexium, says Health Canada
Health Canada is advising consumers that it is currently reviewing new preliminary safety information regarding serious cardiac events in patients using Losec (omeprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole), two prescription drugs used to treat acid-related stomach disorders.
Breast Cancer :: Almac Diagnostics’ genetic research on ductal carcinoma in situ
Almac Diagnostics announced a major study analysing ductal carcinoma in situ tissue samples using its novel Breast Cancer DSA? microarray. DSA? research tools focus on the transcriptome of an individual disease, in this case breast cancer, and contain significant additional data, relevant to the disease of interest that is not available on other generic microarrays.
Breast Implants :: Breast implants linked to higher long-term suicide risk
The long-term risk of suicide is tripled for women who have undergone cosmetic breast implant surgery, concludes a study in the August Annals of Plastic Surgery, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. This long-term study further confirms the link between breast implants and a strikingly high risk of suicide and other related causes of death.
Breast Implants :: Breast implants linked to higher suicide rate
Women who undergo breast augmentation surgery are nearly three times as likely to commit suicide, according to a study published in the August issue of Annals of Plastic Surgery. This research confirms previously seen links between breast implants and a strikingly high risk of suicide, as well as deaths from alcohol or drug dependence.
Skin :: New technologies tighten skin from head to toe without surgery
If sagging skin is getting you down, recent advances in skin-tightening technologies can lift your spirits ? and your skin ? in a matter of a few office visits to your dermatologist. The beauty of these non-invasive procedures is their ability to treat loose skin virtually anywhere on the body without the risks and downtime associated with surgery.