Physicians more worried about drug safety: survey
• Drug Abuse • May 18 06
Seven in 10 doctors are more worried about the safety of drugs they prescribe after high-profile scares involving several medicines such as the withdrawal…
Caffeine helps preemies’ breathing
• Respiratory Problems • May 18 06
Caffeine therapy for the first few days of life helps resolve breathing difficulties in babies born prematurely, according to a report in this week’s…
Babies born in poor condition at risk for epilepsy
• Epilepsy • May 18 06
Newborns with low Apgar scores - indicating that they have serious physical difficulties - are more likely to develop epilepsy during childhood and early…
Screening Changes Could Help Detect Deaf Newborns
• Ear / Nose / Throat • May 18 06
Researchers have identified several changes that could be made to existing newborn screening tests for hearing defects that could advance the standard of care…
One in 50 teenagers still wet the bed
• Children's Health • May 17 06
One in 50 teenagers still wet the bed and almost half of 19 year-olds who have a problem are wetting the bed every night,…
FDA statement on Bausch & Lomb inspection
• Drug News • May 17 06
Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Bausch & Lomb a report detailing its observations at the conclusion of the inspection of the…
Parents in favor of research on children
• Children's Health • May 17 06
Many drugs are not tested on children because testing entails a risk -children are not just small but are also busy developing their bodies.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Linked to Serious Infections and Cancers
• Drug Abuse • May 17 06
A new meta-analysis of many previous studies of TNF- (tumor necrosis factor) blocking antibodies for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has confirmed a previously discovered…
Well-functioning lungs reduce risk of dementia
• Respiratory Problems • May 17 06
A middle-aged woman with well-functioning lungs runs less risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
A new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Goteborg,…
Who should get influenza vaccine?
• Flu • May 16 06
An American flu pandemic would present difficult and tragic choices: As many as 90 million people might become sick, and widespread shortages of vaccine…
NIH Ethicists Argue for New Bird Flu Priorities
• Public Health • May 16 06
An American flu pandemic would present difficult and tragic choices: As many as 90 million people might become sick, and widespread shortages of vaccine…
Kids with Sting Reaction Don’t Always Go to Hospital
• Children's Health • May 16 06
Only a fraction of children who are stung by insects and exhibit moderate to severe symptoms of an allergic reaction receive treatment at a…
Full Year of Treatment Helps Infants and Children with Toxoplasmosis
• Children's Health • May 16 06
The first long-term study shows that treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine (two anti-parasitic drugs) during the first year of life leads to a lasting…
Cardiovascular Disease Costs UK Economy £ 29 Billion a Year
• Public Health • May 16 06
Cardiovascular disease costs the UK economy £ 29 billion a year in healthcare expenditure and lost productivity, reveals research published ahead of print in…
Many Parents of Junior Athletes Adversely Affect Their Child’s Development
• Children's Health • May 16 06
“A significant number” of parents of junior athletes have a negative impact on their child’s development, suggests research published ahead of print in the…
Experts say Vioxx poses risks long after patients stop taking it
• Drug Abuse • May 16 06
According to a leading American cardiologist patients who have taken the drug Vioxx are still at high risk of heart attacks or strokes even…
Bird flu - the battle could be over
• Flu • May 16 06
Even though Dr. David Nabarro, chief pandemic flu coordinator for the United Nations says he is encouraged by how both Thailand and Vietnam had…
What is it about grapefruit juice that affects some drugs?
• Food & Nutrition • May 16 06
Researchers in the United States say they have identified the compound in grapefruit juice that affects how some drugs are absorbed in the body…
Studies Unclear Whether Spinal Cement Procedure Improves Back Pain
• Backache • May 16 06
A procedure that fills in fractured vertebrae with injected cement has not been shown to improve a person’s back pain or quality of life,…
Alcoholism boosts risk of severe pneumonia
• Infections • May 16 06
People who abuse alcohol are at elevated risk of developing a serious case of pneumonia, new research shows.
In a study of more than…
FDA sets strong warnings for asthma drug labels
• Drug News • May 16 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that product labels for three popular asthma medications have been updated to state that the…
FDA approves Pfizer drug to help smokers
• Drug News • May 12 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it approved Pfizer’s Chantix tablet to help cigarette smokers stop smoking. The active ingredient in…
US experts say rising infections cause for concern
• Infections • May 12 06
Reports of rare bacterial infections, including a handful of cases in women who have taken the controversial RU-486 abortion pill, are cause for concern…
Most adverse drug reactions not reported in UK
• Drug Abuse • May 12 06
A least one quarter of a million people in Britain are admitted to hospital each year because of a harmful reaction to a drug,…
Researchers improve delivery of health care for pediatric patients
• Children's Health • May 12 06
Having a young child scheduled for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan to diagnose a potentially serious condition can be…