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Health

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
FDA Bans Importation of 28 Drugs from Indian Drugmaker

FDA Bans Importation of 28 Drugs from Indian Drugmaker

The Food and Drug Administration has banned the importation of 28 drugs made by giant Indian...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 19:42
FDA Study: Statins Don’t Pose Risk Of Lou Gehrig’s Disease

FDA Study: Statins Don’t Pose Risk Of Lou Gehrig’s Disease

Cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins do not increase the incidence of amyotrophic lateral...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:30

Gastric Bypass Surgery: Not so Good for Everyone

Diabetics who undergo gastric bypass surgery could be at disadvantage compared to other patients,...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 17:00
FDA Issues an Import Alert for 30 Generic Drugs Made by Ranbaxy

FDA Issues an Import Alert for 30 Generic Drugs Made by Ranbaxy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration barred Ranbaxy from importing more than 30 medicines made in...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 16:57
FDA Bans Drugs From Two Ranbaxy's Plants

FDA Bans Drugs From Two Ranbaxy's Plants

The US health officials has decided to ban certain drugs made by the Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 04:52
Both Newer and Older-Generation Antipsychotics Have Side Effects

Both Newer and Older-Generation Antipsychotics Have Side Effects

It appears that newer antipsychotics, such as Zyprexa from Eli Lilly and Risperdal from Janssen...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 14:59
The Efficacy Of Gastric Bypass Surgery In Diabetics Questioned

The Efficacy Of Gastric Bypass Surgery In Diabetics Questioned

Contrary to other studies, a new study found that people with diabetes did not lose as much weight...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 14:00
Newer Antipsychotics Put Children At Greater Risks Than Older Ones

Newer Antipsychotics Put Children At Greater Risks Than Older Ones

New research by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health published...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 16:33

This Year’s Lasker Awards for Medical Research: Top Five

Akira Endo, a Japanese scientist who discovered the first cholesterol-lowering statin drug, was...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 14:00
Five Prominent Scientists Win U.S. Medical Awards

Five Prominent Scientists Win U.S. Medical Awards

Akira Endo, a 74-year-old Japanese of Biopharm Research Laboratories in Tokyo, won the clinical...
» read full story September 14th, 2008 - 18:27
Five Renowned Researchers Honored with This Year’s Lasker Awards

Five Renowned Researchers Honored with This Year’s Lasker Awards

Akira Endo, 74, of Biopharm Research Laboratories in Tokyo was one of the five scientists awarded...
» read full story September 14th, 2008 - 14:13
Questions About The Link Between Vytorin And Cancer Remain Unanswered

Questions About The Link Between Vytorin And Cancer Remain Unanswered

According to The New York Times, the benefits and risks a cholesterol-lowering drug poses are still...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 14:54

Possible Link Between Vytorin And Cancer, Say Experts

Vytorin is a “best-selling” and heavily promoted cholesterol lowering drug. It is a composite of...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 14:45
Controversy over Pfizer’s Lipitor’s Ad Campaign Ends, New Ad Available

Controversy over Pfizer’s Lipitor’s Ad Campaign Ends, New Ad Available

In the new television ad for Pfizer’s Lipitor, the world’s top selling drug, the endorser is an...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 13:12
Vytorin’s  Effectiveness Questioned, Debate over Cancer Risk Continues

Vytorin’s Effectiveness Questioned, Debate over Cancer Risk Continues

The debate over Vytorin’s cancer risk continues as results of a controversial Vytorin study,...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 14:23
Study Finds that Vytorin Might Cause Cancer

Study Finds that Vytorin Might Cause Cancer

The Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) trial found out that the drug Vytorin, used...
» read full story August 24th, 2008 - 19:59
Getting Rid Of Your Cholesterol Might Not Cause You Cancer

Getting Rid Of Your Cholesterol Might Not Cause You Cancer

Even though a study conducted last year announced that there might be connection between...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 15:19
Stent Surgery Showed Similar Results Compared With Drugs

Stent Surgery Showed Similar Results Compared With Drugs

Angioplasty or stent surgery may provide more short-term relief for some patients that suffer from...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 14:01
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Specials

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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U.S.

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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Science

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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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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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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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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