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Benefits of hormones unclear
For Tribune NewspapersIn a quest to look younger, be healthier and feel more vital later in life, increasing numbers of men, just like Jeffry Life, are turning to testosterone and human growth hormone. Use of both hormones is controversial. Read on: Testosterone: "Older men ....Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health, David Geffen School of Medicine, Education, Cancer
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Diet drugs face tough test
Tribune NewspapersThere has never been a magic prescription to help millions of obese Americans lose weight. Whether one is any closer to reality is now under scrutiny. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will decide Wednesday whether the diet drug Meridia...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health, Meridia (drug), Health Organizations, Education
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'Female Viagra' Falls Short
The Associated PressA pink pill designed to boost sex drive in women - the latest attempt by the drug industry to find a female equivalent to Viagra - fell short in two studies, federal health regulators said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration is considering...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Health, Drugs and Medicines, Viagra (drug), Education
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Tylenol Could Soon Require a Prescription
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON -- Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet. The Food and Drug...Tags: Health, Drugs and Medicines, Colleges and Universities, Duke University, Health and Safety at School
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FDA: Avandia Should Stay With Restrictions
Los Angeles TimesFaced with conflicting and less-than-conclusive scientific evidence, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Wednesday that the controversial diabetes drug Avandia remain on the market — but with tighter supervision and increased...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology, Health, Los Angeles Times, Elections
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The FDA requires a black-box warning on anti-clotting drug Plavix
Booster ShotsThe Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it will require a new black-box warning on the label of the popular anti-clotting drug Plavix to indicate that some patients do not metabolize the drug properly and may receive little benefit...... -
Use of atypical antipsychotics for lesser disorders is gaining ground, despite safety concerns
![About a year ago, patients began trooping into the office of UCLA psychiatrist Andrew Leuchter, asking whether an antipsychotic drug called Abilify "might be right for them." Few appeared to be delusional, plagued by hallucinations or suffering fearsome mood swings. Mostly, they were depressed or anxious, and frustrated by the pace of their recovery.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-11/50484356-13162414.jpg "About a year ago, patients began trooping into the office of UCLA psychiatrist Andrew Leuchter, asking whether an antipsychotic drug called Abilify "might be right for them.\" Few appeared to be delusional, plagued by hallucinations or suffering fearsome mood swings. Mostly, they were depressed or anxious, and frustrated by the pace of their recovery.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAbout a year ago, patients began trooping into the office of UCLA psychiatrist Andrew Leuchter, asking whether an antipsychotic drug called Abilify "might be right for them." Few appeared to be delusional, plagued by hallucinations or suffering fearsome...Tags: AstraZeneca Plc, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Depression, Los Angeles Times
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Sleeping pill use grows as economy keeps people up at night
Lost jobs and lost careers. Promising businesses in shambles. The college acceptance letter returned to its envelope. This is how President Obama recently described the effect of the tanking economy on ordinary Americans -- and the stresses keeping them...Tags: Health, Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Colleges and Universities, Health Organizations
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: Eaton Corp.; Mattel Inc.; Novellus Systems Inc.; Sensient Technologies Corp. Tuesday: -- June producer price index -- June industrial production -- Earnings: AMB Property Corp.; Coca-Cola Co.; CSX Corp.; Forest Laboratories Inc.;...Tags: Danaher Corporation, AptarGroup Incorporated, Ben Bernanke, Abbott Laboratories, Sherwin-Williams Co.
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Generic could be painful to heartburn-drug firms
Prescription heartburn drugs, which have been burning a hole in consumers' wallets for years, could be in for another price break. Patients who take the popular brand-name proton-pump inhibitor known as Protonix, sold by New Jersey drug giant Wyeth,...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lawmakers Take FDA to Task on Antidepressants
Times Staff WriterMembers of Congress on Thursday accused the Food and Drug Administration of suppressing information, for as long as eight years, about the increased risks of suicidal thought and behavior in children and teenagers taking antidepressants. "There is...Tags: Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Columbia University, Education
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