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Health

Epilepsy Drug Valproate Tied to Lower IQs in Babies

Epilepsy Drug Valproate Tied to Lower IQs in Babies

Using anti-seizure drug valproate during pregnancy was associated with a higher risk of impaired...
» read full story April 16th, 2009 - 13:55
Teva Gets FDA Approval for Marketing Topamax Tablets

Teva Gets FDA Approval for Marketing Topamax Tablets

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said the Food and Drug Administration has given its approval...
» read full story March 29th, 2009 - 13:27
FDA Includes More Weight-Loss Products on Its Risk List

FDA Includes More Weight-Loss Products on Its Risk List

The Food and Drug Administration expanded its list of tainted weight loss products that consumers...
» read full story March 21st, 2009 - 15:00
Epilepsy Drug Zonegran Tied to Metabolic Acidosis

Epilepsy Drug Zonegran Tied to Metabolic Acidosis

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday cautioned that epilepsy drug zonisamide (Zonegran)...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 16:24
FDA Warns about Skin Numbing Drugs

FDA Warns about Skin Numbing Drugs

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday released a statement warning consumers about the...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 16:08
WellPoint Suspends Enrollment Of New Members In Medicare Health Plans

WellPoint Suspends Enrollment Of New Members In Medicare Health Plans

WellPoint, parent company to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin, and one of the largest...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 12:41
Sick Pelicans Worry Californians

Sick Pelicans Worry Californians

The high number of sick pelicans that continue to appear all along the coast of California has...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 17:06
FDA Releases Warning For Diet Pills

FDA Releases Warning For Diet Pills

The FDA has issued an alert after finding that undeclared drugs in seventy diet products could...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 13:54
Fifteen-Year-Old Dies From Bacterial Meningitis

Fifteen-Year-Old Dies From Bacterial Meningitis

  Ashley Andreasen, a 15-year-old girl, died on Friday from bacterial meningitis, barely a...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 14:21
FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicide Risk Warning

FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicide Risk Warning

The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 12:36
Physical Brain Injuries In Veterans Have Long-Term Effects

Physical Brain Injuries In Veterans Have Long-Term Effects

For years, it was believed that the shell-shock syndrome experienced by many Vietnam War veterans...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 18:47
Report Calls For More Screening Of Brain Injury In Military Personnel

Report Calls For More Screening Of Brain Injury In Military Personnel

A report released Thursday by the Institute of Medicine, a government advisory group that studies...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 12:29
Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy Increases Autism Risk

Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy Increases Autism Risk

Pregnant women taking valproate, a drug used to treat epilepsy, may significantly increase their...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 15:46

Lawsuit: Ind. Teen with HIV Bullied at School

The mother of a 14-year-old girl is suing an Indianapolis School district saying that...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 15:30

Banzel Approved by the FDA to Treat Severe Epilepsy

A new drug called Banzel (rufinamide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 14:45
Gardasil Gets FDA Approval for Two Types of Cancer

Gardasil Gets FDA Approval for Two Types of Cancer

Friday, the Food and Drug Administration informed that Merck’s Gardasil vaccine, which prevents...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 13:56
Case of Deadly Brain Infection Prompts Labeling Revisal for Rituxan

Case of Deadly Brain Infection Prompts Labeling Revisal for Rituxan

The labeling for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis drug Rituxan is being revised after the US Food...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 15:38
Controversial Ads for Chantix, Ambien Indirectly Name the Drugs

Controversial Ads for Chantix, Ambien Indirectly Name the Drugs

The controversial ad campaign initiated by Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest pharmaceutical...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 15:12
Texas Girl, 6, Leaves Hospital Walking after Half of Brain Removed

Texas Girl, 6, Leaves Hospital Walking after Half of Brain Removed

A Texas girl was brought back home and is in a safe state after she had half her brain removed in...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 18:18
Elsinore Boy’s Death from Amoeba Prompts Officials’ Warnings

Elsinore Boy’s Death from Amoeba Prompts Officials’ Warnings

Riverside County health officials issued a warning on Tuesday urging residents to take precautions...
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 17:02
FDA Approves Depakote to Treat Epileptic Seizures, Migraine…

FDA Approves Depakote to Treat Epileptic Seizures, Migraine…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic versions of Depakote...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 13:50

Mom Charged with Poisoning Her Son to Get Psychiatric Treatment

A mother accused of deliberately injecting her 4-month-old son with salt water will be sent to a...
» read full story July 25th, 2008 - 13:57
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
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 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

Aledo Girl Has Hemispherectomy, Recovering Well

A 6-year-old girl from Aledo, Texas is recovering very well after undergoing surgery on...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 16:13
FDA: Heartworm Drug ProHeart 6 To Return to US Market

FDA: Heartworm Drug ProHeart 6 To Return to US Market

ProHeart 6, a heartworm drug manufactured by Fort Dodge Animal Health, will be reintroduced to the...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 17:49
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
Research on New Bug Repellents Has Promising Results

Research on New Bug Repellents Has Promising Results

Following the increased risk of West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, researchers...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 10:33
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Business

Eli Lilly’s Symbyax Approved By FDA For TRD Treatment

Eli Lilly’s Symbyax Approved By FDA For TRD Treatment

Eli Lilly’s Symbyax won FDA’s approval for the treatment of treatment-resistant...
» read full story March 23rd, 2009 - 18:04
Epilepsy Drugs To Carry Suicide Warning

Epilepsy Drugs To Carry Suicide Warning

The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 08:46
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U.S.

Somali pirates rush to help comrades in US Navy face-off

   Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates were on Saturday rushing to the aid of their...
» read full story April 11th, 2009 - 12:14

Standoff continues as Somali pirates foil escape attempt

Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates recaptured the captain of a US-operated ship after he jumped...
» read full story April 10th, 2009 - 19:22

Somali pirates seize ship, 21 American crew members

Nairobi - Somali pirates on Wednesday seized a Danish-owned container ship with 21 American crew...
» read full story April 08th, 2009 - 18:25

Madoff's waterfront Florida home, three boats seized

Washington - Prosecutors started seizing the property of the fraudster-financier Bernard Madoff on...
» read full story April 03rd, 2009 - 09:22
FDA Says Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicide Warnings

FDA Says Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicide Warnings

The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 20:10
1-Year-Old and Crew of 3 Die as Medical Helicopter Crashes Near Chicago

1-Year-Old and Crew of 3 Die as Medical Helicopter Crashes Near Chicago

A tragedy happened in suburban Chicago. A medical helicopter that was carrying an infant patient...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 22:11
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Movies

Movie Review: The Incredible Hulk

Movie Review: The Incredible Hulk

If there was any doubt left that the latest cinematographic trend is to bring superheroes to life...
» read full story June 13th, 2008 - 13:15
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Specials

Epilepsy Drug Could Impair Your Baby’s Cognitive Function

Epilepsy Drug Could Impair Your Baby’s Cognitive Function

The use of anti-seizure drug valproate while pregnant may cause your baby harm, US researchers said...
» read full story April 17th, 2009 - 13:49
Severe Hypoglycemia in Older Diabetics Tied to Dementia

Severe Hypoglycemia in Older Diabetics Tied to Dementia

Type 2 diabetics who suffer hypoglycemia crises serious enough to need emergency care may be at...
» read full story April 15th, 2009 - 14:27
University of Pennsylvania on High Alert Over Meningitis Cases

University of Pennsylvania on High Alert Over Meningitis Cases

University of Pennsylvania students are on high alert following three cases of meningococcal...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 15:31
Tom Cruise: It’s “Horrific” that Travoltas Lost Jett

Tom Cruise: It’s “Horrific” that Travoltas Lost Jett

As the private memorial service has been held in Florida for John Travolta’s 16-year-old son...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 15:37
Travolta’s Son’s Ashes Return to Florida

Travolta’s Son’s Ashes Return to Florida

Tuesday, a Bahamian lawmaker informed that the body of 16-year-old Jett Travolta, actor John...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 20:32
John Travolta Did CPR to His Son, but in Vain

John Travolta Did CPR to His Son, but in Vain

Actor John Travolta reportedly did everything he could to save his 16-year-old son’s life,...
» read full story January 04th, 2009 - 12:42
John Travolta’s 16-Year-Old Son Died in the Bahamas

John Travolta’s 16-Year-Old Son Died in the Bahamas

John Travolta’s teenage son, Jett, died on Friday in the Bahamas after suffering a seizure...
» read full story January 03rd, 2009 - 14:32

4 Die in Strange Helicopter Crash

A medical helicopter carrying 1-year-old Kirstian Blockinger of Leland and heading for Children's...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 00:35
Air Angels Medical Helicopter Crashes, Four Dead

Air Angels Medical Helicopter Crashes, Four Dead

Aurora, Illinois – A medical helicopter transporting a girl to Chicago Hospital crashed on...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 19:20
David Blaine Puts His Life At Risk. Again.

David Blaine Puts His Life At Risk. Again.

United States illusionist and daredevil David Blaine has started another endurance challenge,...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 20:26

8-Year-Old Hailed as Hero for Saving Mom’s Life

An 8-year-old boy from Dorchester was hailed as hero on Tuesday after saving the life of his...
» read full story July 16th, 2008 - 13:44
ProHeart 6 Returns on the US Market

ProHeart 6 Returns on the US Market

ProHeart 6, a drug that prevents dogs from getting a heartworm, has been approved by the Food and...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 21:43
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
Health Officials on Alert after CMU Student Dies of Meningitis

Health Officials on Alert after CMU Student Dies of Meningitis

Health officials are trying to identify all persons who were in close contact with the 26-year-old...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 16:26
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Technology

Court Rules: No Reason Is Needed To Search Laptops At Border

Court Rules: No Reason Is Needed To Search Laptops At Border

The U.S. Court of Appeals made a controversial ruling on laptop search by customs officers, who...
» read full story April 23rd, 2008 - 16:29
Online Privacy Prevails as NJ Court Demands Valid Subpoena

Online Privacy Prevails as NJ Court Demands Valid Subpoena

New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled that a valid subpoena is required to demand ISPs to reveal the...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 22:06
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Music

Gnarls Barkley Vid Revised Because of Epileptic Risk

Gnarls Barkley Vid Revised Because of Epileptic Risk

Gnarls Barkley teamed up with Justin Timberlake for their new song “Run” but the video’s strobe...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 14:30
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World

Undaunted Somali pirates seize four more boats

Nairobi - Undaunted Somali pirates have seized a total of four ships - among them two cargo ships -...
» read full story April 14th, 2009 - 19:40

Somali pirates demand ransom as US Navy sends more ships

Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates, holding a US ship captain in a lifeboat and surrounded by two...
» read full story April 11th, 2009 - 12:07
Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Treated For Mild Seizure

Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Treated For Mild Seizure

US Senator Edward Kennedy, who is undergoing treatment for brain cancer, received hospital...
» read full story September 27th, 2008 - 10:50
Medically Unfit Truckers Roam the Highways and Authorities Know It

Medically Unfit Truckers Roam the Highways and Authorities Know It

According to an US safety study presented by The Associated Press, there are over 500,000...
» read full story July 21st, 2008 - 20:55
Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor

Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor

The doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced today that Senator Edward...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 22:13
Supreme Court To Rule On Vehicle Search

Supreme Court To Rule On Vehicle Search

On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to rule when police officers can search a car of an arrested...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 11:43
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People

Paramedic Charged in Travolta Extortion Case

Paramedic Charged in Travolta Extortion Case

E! Online has reported earlier this month that a paramedic in the Bahamas was charged on Monday...
» read full story January 27th, 2009 - 11:53
Three Retained In Travolta Extortion Plot

Three Retained In Travolta Extortion Plot

Police in the Bahamas have arrested three people in connection with the alleged plot to extort...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 11:04
Private Memorial Service for Jett Travolta

Private Memorial Service for Jett Travolta

John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, organized a private memorial service on Thursday in the...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 14:42
Small, Private Memorial Service for Jett Travolta

Small, Private Memorial Service for Jett Travolta

Hollywood is again in mourning, after John Travolta’s 16-year-old son, Jett, passed away on...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 19:21
Jett Travolta’s Death, Medically Unclear

Jett Travolta’s Death, Medically Unclear

The life and death of John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s son, Jett, is still a mystery for...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 14:20
Autopsy Completed on Jett Travolta

Autopsy Completed on Jett Travolta

John Travolta’s 16-year-old son, Jett, died last week on Friday after he had suffered a...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 14:09
John Travolta Devastated by Son Jett’s Death

John Travolta Devastated by Son Jett’s Death

 John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, both actors, said that they were heartbroken by the...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 13:41
John Travolta and Kelly Preston Devastated by Son Jett’s Mysterious Death

John Travolta and Kelly Preston Devastated by Son Jett’s Mysterious Death

Authorities said that John Travolta’s teenage son, Jett, passed away on Friday in the Bahamas...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 12:34
Autopsy On John Travolta's Son Planned For Monday

Autopsy On John Travolta's Son Planned For Monday

Two pathologists will perform an autopsy in the Bahamas for actor John Travolta's 16-year-old son,...
» read full story January 03rd, 2009 - 23:13
John Travolta’s Son Died at 16

John Travolta’s Son Died at 16

The authorities spread the saddest piece of news for the beginning of 2009. Jett Travolta, the...
» read full story January 03rd, 2009 - 09:51
John Travolta's 16-year-old Son Dies After Violent Seizure

John Travolta's 16-year-old Son Dies After Violent Seizure

The eldest of actor John Travolta's children with wife Kelly Preston, Jett Travolta, died suddenly...
» read full story January 03rd, 2009 - 00:11
Update: Hang In There, David Blaine!

Update: Hang In There, David Blaine!

Hanging upside down over New York’s Central Park may offer a stunning view, but it’s just not...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 14:51
Brain Surgery Allows Woman To Listen Sean Paul’s Music Again

Brain Surgery Allows Woman To Listen Sean Paul’s Music Again

After years of suffering numerous, unpredictable epilepsy seizures triggered by Sean Paul’s music,...
» read full story January 19th, 2008 - 22:24
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