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Statins May Reduce Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer
According to new studies presented at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting...
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Erectile dysfunction often early sign of cardiovascular disease
Wiesbaden - Impaired sexual potency can be an early sign of cardiovascular disease, according to...
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Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
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Study Blames 10 Genes for Sudden Cardiac Death
Scientists at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine together with an...
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US Prescription Drug Sales Continue to Be Slow in 2008
According to market research firm IMS Health Inc., sales of prescription drugs...
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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...
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Ranbaxy Laboratories Falsified Data
The Food and Drug Administration says India's largest drugmaker has falsified test results for some...
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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...
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Control Your Cardiovascular Risk Factors for a Healthy Heart!
Protecting your heart is easier than you might think! High blood pressure, high cholesterol...
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Newer Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk
The findings of a new study add to the growing number of studies criticizing the class of newer...
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Two Existing Drugs May Help Obese People Lose Weight
Two drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration together with hormone leptin may...
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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...
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Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax May Raise the Risk for Jaw Infection
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday warned that Merck’s popular osteoporosis drug...
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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...
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FDA Approves Abbott’s Cholesterol Medicine TriLipix
Federal regulators approved Abbott’s
TripLipix for stand-alone treatment and combo use to lower...
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New Gene Mutation Linked To Low Cholesterol
Medical research can take the oddest turns in the struggle to develop new drugs, treatments and the...
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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...
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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...
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Harvard’s Renowned Psychiatrist under Investigation for Drug Earnings
A Congressional investigation led by Sen.
Charles Grassley revealed in June that a world-renowned...
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Crestor and Its Effects
The drug Crestor, e new comer designed to lower cholesterol, has also been proven to lower the risk...
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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...
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Study: Statins Have Beneficial Effects for Healthy People Too
Sunday,
during a New Orleans meeting
of the American Heart Association, researchers revealed that...
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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...
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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...
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Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates
More and more children in the United States are prescribed
medication for chronic diseases,...
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FDA Issues Warning over Aspirin to Bayer
Tuesday,
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Bayer that two of their aspirin
medicines...
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Update: Bayer Warned over Aspirin Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent
a warning letter to Bayer Health Care saying the...
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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...
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Cost Of Diabetes Care Has Doubled In Six Years
Americans with diabetes nearly doubled their
spending on drugs and expensive treatments for...
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Early HIV Treatment Shows 70% Improvement in Survival
HIV patients who began treatment earlier than is currently recommended lived longer compared to...
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