More patients on Pfizer drug stop due to death-FDA
• Drug News • Sep 05 06
Twice as many patients who stopped taking a Pfizer Inc. anti-blood-clotting drug in a trial of cancer patients died, compared with those taking another…
Indonesia to vaccinate 300 mln birds against H5N1
• Flu • Sep 05 06
Indonesia plans to begin vaccinating about 300 million poultry next month against bird flu, an official said on Tuesday, amid criticism over the country’s…
McClellan to resign as Medicare chief
• Public Health • Sep 05 06
The Bush administration’s point person for the giant Medicare and Medicaid health programs, Dr. Mark McClellan, is stepping down, the White House said on…
Device may help alleviate tunnel vision
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 05 06
A new approach that permits wider visual perception in patients with severely restricted peripheral field allows quicker and more accurate ability to detect…
Maltreatment common for U.S. children
• Children's Health • Sep 05 06
A substantial percentage of young U.S. adults say they suffered some form of neglect or abuse as children, researchers reported Tuesday.
Of nearly 15,200…
Pertussis booster seen needed later in childhood
• Children's Health • Sep 05 06
Protection against whooping cough, also known as pertussis, appears to wane a few years after immunization with pertussis vaccine during infancy. Therefore, booster vaccination…
Takeda diabetes drug slashes risk of second stroke
• Stroke • Sep 05 06
Patients with type 2 diabetes who have already suffered a first stroke have 47 percent less risk of having a second one if they…