Solving the puzzle of drug-induced liver injury
Antibiotics are the first line of defense against many infections. But for some individuals, treatment with certain antibiotics can bring on a new set of health problems, including serious liver damage.
Medical research
Sep 13, 2012 |
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US agency accuses L'Oreal of misleading marketing
US regulators accused French cosmetics giant L'Oreal of misleading claims in marketing its Lancome line of anti-aging products, according to a letter released Tuesday.
Medications
Sep 12, 2012 |
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Consumer group sues FDA over Aricept safety
(AP)—A consumer group pressing the Food and Drug Administration to remove the highest dose of an Alzheimer's disease drug from the market is suing the agency for "foot-dragging."
Medications
Sep 05, 2012 |
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CA officials: 73 people sickened with salmonella
(AP)—California health officials say they are investigating a foodborne illness outbreak associated with salmonella-tainted mangoes that has sickened 73 people.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Bristol-Myers ends hepatitis C drug development
(AP)—Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has scrapped a potential hepatitis C treatment after a patient participating in a test of the drug died of heart failure.
Medications
Aug 24, 2012 |
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Experts say ethical dilemmas contribute to 'critical weaknesses' in FDA postmarket oversight
Ethical challenges are central to persistent "critical weaknesses" in the national system for ensuring drug safety, according to a commentary by former Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee members published today in the ...
Medications
Aug 22, 2012 |
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UN agency launches action plan against 'hidden' hepatitis
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday measures to fight the "hidden epidemic" of hepatitis which kills more than one million people a year.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Some 8,000 French women have faulty breast implants removed
French health authorities said Monday that nearly 8,000 French women had followed a government recommendation to have faulty breast implants that sparked a global health scare removed.
Surgery
Jun 04, 2012 |
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Drug-monitoring programs needed to cut dangers linked to 'pharmaceuticalization' of 21st century
Individual use of prescription opioids has increased four-fold since the mid-1990s, in part due to increased awareness of pain control for chronic conditions such as low back pain and fibromyalgia and a Joint Commission mandate ...
Medications
May 30, 2012 |
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New tool helps decide what drugs to include in health care formularies
A new tool that could provide a useful framework for deciding what medicines to include in drug formularies is presented in this week's PLoS Medicine by the experts from Harvard Medical School and the University of Illino ...
Medications
May 22, 2012 |
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India probes charges of violations by drugs regulator
India's Health Ministry said Thursday it was examining charges that the government's top drug regulatory agency had colluded with pharmaceutical firms to approve drugs without proper clinical trials.
Medications
May 10, 2012 |
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US animal feed, beef safe from mad cow: FDA
US food safety authorities on Thursday called a new case of mad cow disease in California "atypical" and said they were confident in measures to prevent the disease from spreading via animal feed.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 26, 2012 |
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China suspends sale of drugs in unsafe capsules
(AP) -- China's State Food and Drug Administration has suspended the sale of 13 drugs that it says are believed to have been made with capsules that contain excessive chromium.
Medications
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Certain birth control pills may carry higher blood clot risk: FDA
(HealthDay) -- U.S. health officials announced Tuesday that birth controls pills containing drospirenone -- a man-made version of the hormone progesterone -- may be associated with a higher risk of blood clots ...
Medications
Apr 10, 2012 |
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FDA rejects call to ban BPA from food packaging
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has rejected a petition from environmentalists that would have banned the plastic-hardening chemical bisphenol-A from all food and drink packaging, including plastic bottles and canned ...
Health
Mar 30, 2012 |
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