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Health

Statins May Reduce Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer

Statins May Reduce Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer

According to new studies presented at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting...
» read full story April 26th, 2009 - 20:33

Erectile dysfunction often early sign of cardiovascular disease

Wiesbaden - Impaired sexual potency can be an early sign of cardiovascular disease, according to...
» read full story April 06th, 2009 - 09:44
Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer

Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 15:07
Study Blames 10 Genes for Sudden Cardiac Death

Study Blames 10 Genes for Sudden Cardiac Death

Scientists at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine together with an...
» read full story March 23rd, 2009 - 17:56
US Prescription Drug Sales Continue to Be Slow in 2008

US Prescription Drug Sales Continue to Be Slow in 2008

According to market research firm IMS Health Inc., sales of prescription drugs...
» read full story March 20th, 2009 - 16:50
FDA to Ask Outside Panel about Extended Use of Seroquel

FDA to Ask Outside Panel about Extended Use of Seroquel

  The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will ask an outside panel of medical...
» read full story March 04th, 2009 - 16:47
Ranbaxy Laboratories Falsified Data

Ranbaxy Laboratories Falsified Data

The Food and Drug Administration says India's largest drugmaker has falsified test results for some...
» read full story February 26th, 2009 - 00:12
The Number of Kids in Need of Statins Lower than Expected

The Number of Kids in Need of Statins Lower than Expected

Fewer than 1 percent of American kids need cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new study...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 14:00

Control Your Cardiovascular Risk Factors for a Healthy Heart!

  Protecting your heart is easier than you might think! High blood pressure, high cholesterol...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 16:40
Newer Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk

Newer Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk

The findings of a new study add to the growing number of studies criticizing the class of newer...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 14:42
Two Existing Drugs May Help Obese People Lose Weight

Two Existing Drugs May Help Obese People Lose Weight

Two drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration together with hormone leptin may...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 12:53
National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate

National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate

According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 11:20
Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax May Raise the Risk for Jaw Infection

Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax May Raise the Risk for Jaw Infection

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday warned that Merck’s popular osteoporosis drug...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 15:30
Chemicals in Olive Oil Could Hold the Key to New Breast Cancer Therapies

Chemicals in Olive Oil Could Hold the Key to New Breast Cancer Therapies

Olive oil has been known for years as an “elixir’” for the human body...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:18

FDA Approves Abbott’s Cholesterol Medicine TriLipix

Federal regulators approved Abbott’s TripLipix for stand-alone treatment and combo use to lower...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 12:22
New Gene Mutation Linked To Low Cholesterol

New Gene Mutation Linked To Low Cholesterol

Medical research can take the oddest turns in the struggle to develop new drugs, treatments and the...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 21:43
Gene Mutation Keeps Some People Away from Heart Disease

Gene Mutation Keeps Some People Away from Heart Disease

The presence of a gene mutation in the human body appears to lower levels of “bad” cholesterol and...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 11:57
Some People Have All The Luck, Don’t They?

Some People Have All The Luck, Don’t They?

The study of 809 members of the Old Order Amish community found that there are some carriers of a...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 00:14

Harvard’s Renowned Psychiatrist under Investigation for Drug Earnings

A Congressional investigation led by Sen. Charles Grassley revealed in June that a world-renowned...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 14:21
Crestor and Its Effects

Crestor and Its Effects

The drug Crestor, e new comer designed to lower cholesterol, has also been proven to lower the risk...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 18:20
A Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Heart Disease

A Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Heart Disease

A regular medical exam could soon contain a simple, low-cost blood test, which could help assess...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 14:42
Study: Statins Have Beneficial Effects for Healthy People Too

Study: Statins Have Beneficial Effects for Healthy People Too

Sunday, during a New Orleans meeting of the American Heart Association, researchers revealed that...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 21:25
Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too

Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too

Heart attacks and strokes may be cut by roughly 50 percent among patients who receive preventive...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 11:00
More U.S. Children Take Medications For Chronic Diseases

More U.S. Children Take Medications For Chronic Diseases

The number of U.S children who take medications for chronic diseases is growing dramatically, a...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 13:20
Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates

Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates

More and more children in the United States are prescribed medication for chronic diseases,...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 14:10
FDA Issues Warning over Aspirin to Bayer

FDA Issues Warning over Aspirin to Bayer

Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Bayer that two of their aspirin medicines...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 21:04
Update: Bayer Warned over Aspirin Products

Update: Bayer Warned over Aspirin Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Bayer Health Care saying the...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 15:50
Statins May Cut Pneumonia Death Risk, New Study Shows

Statins May Cut Pneumonia Death Risk, New Study Shows

According to the results of a new study featured in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 13:40
Cost Of Diabetes Care Has Doubled In Six Years

Cost Of Diabetes Care Has Doubled In Six Years

Americans with diabetes nearly doubled their spending on drugs and expensive treatments for...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 11:17
Early HIV Treatment Shows 70% Improvement in Survival

Early HIV Treatment Shows 70% Improvement in Survival

HIV patients who began treatment earlier than is currently recommended lived longer compared to...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 15:59
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U.S.

National Health Spending Is Slowly Rising

National Health Spending Is Slowly Rising

According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 14:02
Gene Mutation Said To Combat Obesity

Gene Mutation Said To Combat Obesity

The presence of a gene mutation in the human body appears to lower levels of “bad” cholesterol and...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 15:53
Statins Good for People with Normal Cholesterol Levels Too

Statins Good for People with Normal Cholesterol Levels Too

Statins have long been prescribed for people diagnosed with high levels of bad cholesterol in...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 16:00
Drug Prescriptions For Children Rising At Alarming Rates

Drug Prescriptions For Children Rising At Alarming Rates

More and more children in the United States are prescribed medication for chronic diseases,...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 12:26
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Technology

Spammers, Watch Out: World’s Largest Spam Gang Busted!

Spammers, Watch Out: World’s Largest Spam Gang Busted!

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that, in collaboration with authorities in New...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 14:31
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Specials

‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half

‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half

Researchers present at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 14:14

FDA Expands List of Risky Weight-Loss Products

Millions of people confront themselves with the No. 1 threat to their health, namely obesity....
» read full story March 23rd, 2009 - 15:29

Low-Glycemic Diet Helps Diabetics

  People suffering from type 2 diabetes may keep their disease under control if they follow a...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 15:30
Gene Mutation Protects against Heart Damage

Gene Mutation Protects against Heart Damage

The presence of a gene mutation in the human body appears to lower levels of “bad” cholesterol and...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 16:14
Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!

Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!

Half of heart attacks and strokes happen among apparently healthy men and women with normal or low...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 14:10
Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well

Statins of cholesterol-lowering drugs have been known to reduce heart risk in people with...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 14:30
FDA Panel Recommends New Arthritis Drug Approval

FDA Panel Recommends New Arthritis Drug Approval

An FDA panel voted Tuesday 10 to 1 for the approval of a new drug that fights against rheumatoid...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 20:09
Safety of Statin Use for Children Questioned

Safety of Statin Use for Children Questioned

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ decision to change its guidelines regarding children and...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 15:13
8-Years-Olds to Get Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs If Obese

8-Years-Olds to Get Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs If Obese

Kids as young as 8 are recommended cholesterol-lowering drugs if diet alone fails to work in order...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 10:42
High Levels of HDL Cholesterol Cut Risk of Dementia in the Elderly

High Levels of HDL Cholesterol Cut Risk of Dementia in the Elderly

New study in the July issue of the American Heart Association’s journal Arteriosclerosis,...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 16:11
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World

Biden Shares Medical Records with the World

Biden Shares Medical Records with the World

To avoid speculations upon his health, Democratic US vice president nominee Joe Biden on...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 15:00
Two Expensive Cholesterol Drugs May Be Ineffective

Two Expensive Cholesterol Drugs May Be Ineffective

U.S. spent $1.5 billion in 2006 on Vytorin, a cholesterol drug that actually does not work better...
» read full story March 31st, 2008 - 15:03
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Business

Ranbaxy Shares Drop 10% on FDA Import Ban

Ranbaxy Shares Drop 10% on FDA Import Ban

Ranbaxy Laboratories saw its shares plunge more than 10% on Wednesday as a consequence of the ban...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 19:48

Vytorin Sales Drop for Schering and Merck, Due to Ineffectiveness

Shares of Merck and Schering-Plough dropped greatly on Monday, after a research revealed that the...
» read full story March 31st, 2008 - 17:11
Abbott Laboratories Sued in 18 States for Blocking Competition

Abbott Laboratories Sued in 18 States for Blocking Competition

Iowa recently joined 17 other states that sued Abbott Laboratories for blocking generic...
» read full story March 19th, 2008 - 13:34
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Science

National Health Spending Continues To Rise

National Health Spending Continues To Rise

According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 07:54
Study Says Gene Mutation Might Protects Against Heart Damage

Study Says Gene Mutation Might Protects Against Heart Damage

The presence of a gene mutation in the human body appears to lower levels of “bad” cholesterol and...
» read full story December 13th, 2008 - 11:59
Gene Mutation Reduces Level Of Triglycerides

Gene Mutation Reduces Level Of Triglycerides

The study of 809 members of the Old Order Amish community found that there are some carriers of a...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 11:31
HIV Treatment Is Most Efficient when Started Earlier, Study Says

HIV Treatment Is Most Efficient when Started Earlier, Study Says

US and Canadian researchers suggests that starting HIV treatment earlier than currently...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 14:30
Diabetes Drugs from the Past Work in the Present Too

Diabetes Drugs from the Past Work in the Present Too

Researchers at John Hopkins University have found out that old medicines used to treat type 2...
» read full story July 17th, 2007 - 17:28
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