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Health

Genetic Variation Linked To Muscle Pain Due To Statins

Genetic Variation Linked To Muscle Pain Due To Statins

A genetic variation might be responsible for a rare but serious side effect of...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 15:05
Viagra Helps Depressed Women Get Sexual Mojo Back

Viagra Helps Depressed Women Get Sexual Mojo Back

Viagra is also good for improving the sex life of depressed women, a new study found. Sildenafil...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 21:34
Reserch: Viagra Could Improve Women’s Sexual Satisfaction As Well

Reserch: Viagra Could Improve Women’s Sexual Satisfaction As Well

Women who lose their sexual appetite as a side effect of taking antidepressant could easily gain...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 12:15
Epilepsy Drug Topamax Could Increase Birth Defect Risk

Epilepsy Drug Topamax Could Increase Birth Defect Risk

British researchers report in the July 22 issue of the journal Neurology that pregnant women who...
» read full story July 22nd, 2008 - 12:30
GSK Signs 3 Billion Swiss Franc Deal for Actelion’s Sleeping Pill

GSK Signs 3 Billion Swiss Franc Deal for Actelion’s Sleeping Pill

British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline on Monday announced a deal to pay as much as 3...
» read full story July 14th, 2008 - 14:57
FDA Expert Panel Rejects Black Box Warning for Epilepsy Drugs

FDA Expert Panel Rejects Black Box Warning for Epilepsy Drugs

In a push for a black box warning on epilepsy drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 22:10
FDA Panel Says No To Black Box Warning On Epilepsy Drugs

FDA Panel Says No To Black Box Warning On Epilepsy Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recommendation to add a “black box” warning to some 11...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 10:12
FDA Wants Black Box On Antibiotics, Epilepsy Drugs

FDA Wants Black Box On Antibiotics, Epilepsy Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requested black box warnings on fluoroquinolone antibiotics,...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 23:17
FDA: Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicidal Warning

FDA: Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicidal Warning

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says epilepsy drugs should carry a “black box”...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 13:51
VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects

VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects

Pfizer’s Chantix is once again in the center of attention but not in a good way, following the...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 15:21
FDA Warns About Risks Linked With Older Antipsychotics

FDA Warns About Risks Linked With Older Antipsychotics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned physicians that prescribing certain...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 15:12
FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicidal Behavior Warnings Soon

FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicidal Behavior Warnings Soon

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced it is working on adding new labels to 11...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 20:07
Family History Adds to People’s Chances to Survive Colon Cancer

Family History Adds to People’s Chances to Survive Colon Cancer

People with a family history of colon cancer may now breathe relieved, as scientific research...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 11:59
Pfizer Fights Back Chantix Criticism with Advertising Campaign

Pfizer Fights Back Chantix Criticism with Advertising Campaign

Following the negative publicity surrounding Chantix lately, its manufacturer Pfizer Inc. is...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 15:39
FAA: Pilots, Air Controllers No Longer Allowed to Use Chantix

FAA: Pilots, Air Controllers No Longer Allowed to Use Chantix

Pilots and air traffic controllers are no longer allowed to use popular anti-smoking drug Chantix...
» read full story May 22nd, 2008 - 11:11
Sexual Problems May Precede Heart Disease in Diabetics

Sexual Problems May Precede Heart Disease in Diabetics

Not only that erectile dysfunction is something often met in men with type 2 diabetes, but also...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 11:57
Viagra May Protect Heart in Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Viagra May Protect Heart in Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Besides being used to treat erectile dysfunction, Viagra may actually protect the hearts of people...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 16:01
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Inefficient in Preventing Alzheimer’s

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Inefficient in Preventing Alzheimer’s

Just one week after researchers from Boston University School of Medicine stated in a study that...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 11:45
Viagra Ad Not Mentioning Health Risks Prompts FDA Warning

Viagra Ad Not Mentioning Health Risks Prompts FDA Warning

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Pfizer Inc. on Monday for not mentioning the risks of...
» read full story April 23rd, 2008 - 16:17
FDA: Boehringer’s Lung Drug Spiriva May Increase Risk of Stroke

FDA: Boehringer’s Lung Drug Spiriva May Increase Risk of Stroke

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that data submitted by the German drug maker...
» read full story March 19th, 2008 - 13:26
Novartis’ Femara Significantly Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence

Novartis’ Femara Significantly Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence

Novartis AG’s breast cancer pill Femara can significantly reduce the risks that a woman’s cancer...
» read full story March 11th, 2008 - 11:56
Wyeth, Pfizer to Appeal Verdicts in Arkansas Woman’s Case

Wyeth, Pfizer to Appeal Verdicts in Arkansas Woman’s Case

Giant drug maker Wyeth announced Thursday that it would appeal court’s decision to pay about $27...
» read full story March 08th, 2008 - 08:44
Depression Medication Not Much Better than Placebos

Depression Medication Not Much Better than Placebos

A study in the journal PLoS Medicine found that popular antidepressants aren't much better at...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 21:55
Pfizer to Buy Encysive and Its Thelin Lung-Disorder Drug

Pfizer to Buy Encysive and Its Thelin Lung-Disorder Drug

Drug manufacturer Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that it would buy biopharmaceutical company Encysive...
» read full story February 20th, 2008 - 16:58
FDA Seeks For Stronger Warning About Chantix

FDA Seeks For Stronger Warning About Chantix

In a new advisory released yesterday, the US Food and Drug Administration alerted health care...
» read full story February 02nd, 2008 - 15:42
Supreme Court To Shield Drug And Tobacco Companies From Lawsuits

Supreme Court To Shield Drug And Tobacco Companies From Lawsuits

Smokers watch out: the Supreme Court announced on Friday it will decide whether consumers will...
» read full story January 20th, 2008 - 09:08
Pfizer Updates Chantix Label

Pfizer Updates Chantix Label

Pfizer updated the Chantix label in US by including a new warning that says the patients who are...
» read full story January 18th, 2008 - 22:25
Negative Antidepressant Studies Less Likely To Be Published

Negative Antidepressant Studies Less Likely To Be Published

What is the truth about antidepressant drugs? A recent inquiry revealed that over a third of...
» read full story January 17th, 2008 - 11:14
New Strain of Drug-Resistant Staph Is Hitting Gay Men

New Strain of Drug-Resistant Staph Is Hitting Gay Men

Methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus also known as MRSA may have become a sexually...
» read full story January 15th, 2008 - 10:35
Is Fibromyalgia a Real Disease?

Is Fibromyalgia a Real Disease?

Is Fibromyalgia a real disease? It seems so, as Lyrica, the first medicine to treat this health...
» read full story January 14th, 2008 - 21:38
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Specials

Viagra Might Help Depressed Women Get Sexual Mojo Back

Viagra Might Help Depressed Women Get Sexual Mojo Back

Viagra is also good for improving the sex life of depressed women, a new study found. Sildenafil...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 07:44
FDA to Run a Second Safety Review on Chantix

FDA to Run a Second Safety Review on Chantix

Following the negative publicity surrounding Chantix lately, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 14:45
Truckers Banned Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix As Well

Truckers Banned Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix As Well

Following the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ban use of anti-smoking drug Chantix...
» read full story May 23rd, 2008 - 16:22
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Science

Scientists May Have Found Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s

Scientists May Have Found Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s

A team of German scientists has devised a new drug to fight the most common form of dementia -...
» read full story April 25th, 2008 - 12:00
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Business

Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine

Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine

A newly released cancer vaccine which reportedly doubles the survival time of people with brain...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 22:35
Eisai Closes $3.9 Billion Deal with MGI Pharma

Eisai Closes $3.9 Billion Deal with MGI Pharma

The Japanese drug company Eisai Co. announced on Monday the acquisition of MGI Pharma Inc. (whose...
» read full story December 10th, 2007 - 15:58
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World

Court Rejects 12-year-old Killer’s Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday the appeal of a youth who killed his grandparents when...
» read full story April 14th, 2008 - 20:25
Nigeria Files $7 Billion Lawsuit Against Pfizer

Nigeria Files $7 Billion Lawsuit Against Pfizer

Nigeria has filed a $7 billion lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over clinical trials...
» read full story June 05th, 2007 - 13:45
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