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FDA panel recommends continued Avandia sales, with restrictions
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted to keep the diabetes drug Avandia on the market with a slate of restrictions on its use, and suggested that although evidence of the drug's safety problems may have been overblown,...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Cardiologists, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Research
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PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - June 3
ReutersJune 3 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * Government officials, drug companies and medical experts are considering options...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Smithfield Foods, The New York Times, SAC Capital Advisors, Drugs and Medicines
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Wall Street drops in late slide, but ends May with gains
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks sold off in late trading to close sharply lower on Friday, with the S&P 500 posting consecutive weekly losses for the first time since November, as investors retreated after a seven-month run of gains. Traders attributed...Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Smithfield Foods, Westport, SLM Corporation, Ben Bernanke
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Glaxo anti-cancer cocktail gets regulatory approval
The Baltimore SunAfter her melanoma, Cheryl Stratos is mostly back to a normal life, running a business and driving her teenage son to weekend events, but there are reminders that it could all come back: The sores all over her body, the high fevers, the hair loss --...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Oncology, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Medical Specialization, Skin Cancer
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Quit-smoking treatments safe, effective: review
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Popular smoking cessation treatments - such as nicotine replacements and antidepressants - improve people's chances of kicking the habit without much risk, according to a review of past research. "It seems very clear that...Tags: Chantix (drug), Tobacco Addiction, Prescription Drugs, Drugs and Medicines, Quitting Smoking
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Resistencia de nueva gripe aviaria a fármacos genera preocupación
ReutersPor Ben Hirschler LONDRES (Reuters) - La nueva cepa de gripe aviaria que causó la muerte de 36 personas en China ha mostrado por primera vez resistencia al medicamento Tamiflu, algo que los científicos calificaron como "preocupante". Los expertos...Tags: China, Viral Diseases and Infections, Tamiflu (drug), Flu
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Avandia review by FDA examines whether dangers were overdrawn
Three years after the Food and Drug Administration was taken to task for overlooking safety problems with the diabetes drug Avandia, a panel of FDA advisors met Wednesday to open a two-day review of the research that guided the agency's actions. The...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Healthcare Provider, Cleveland Clinic, Cardiologists, Hospitals and Clinics
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Infertility due to old eggs? An anti-aging pioneer ponders solutions
One of the many ways in which humans' evolved characteristics clash with a fast-changing post-industrial society can be seen in the female egg. Even before a woman passes the age of 30, the quality of the oocytes she carries begins a downturn in...
Tags: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Infertility, Chemical Industry, Science
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FDA approves two Glaxo melanoma drugs and companion diagnostic
ReutersMay 29 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Wednesday approved a pair of GlaxoSmithKline Plc drugs to treat advanced melanoma - the deadliest form of skin cancer - in patients with specific genetic mutations, along with a diagnostic test to detect the...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Skin Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests
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FDA approves skin cancer drugs and genetic test
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced its approval of two new drugs and a diagnostic test that can be used to treat advanced or inoperable melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin disease. Advanced melanoma has joined a wide range...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, High Blood Pressure, Cancer, Chemotherapy, General Practitioners
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