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Novartis says its new oral MS drug prevents relapses
Geneva - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said Wednesday that 80 to 83 per cent of patients in a year-long...
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FDA Approves Simponi for Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved rheumatoid arthritis drug golimumab marketed...
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Immunotherapy against pollen allergy can help prevent asthma
Hamburg, Germany - Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere - and with it, a time of...
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Acid Reflux Drugs Do Not Improve Asthma
A new study in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine suggests that treating...
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FDA Warns 14 Drugmakers for “Misleading” Ads on the Internet
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday faulted 14 pharmaceutical companies for...
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FDA Clears Ixiaro for Japanese Encephalitis
The Us Food and Drug Administration said Monday it approved Ixiaro, a vaccine designed to prevent...
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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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Polypill Could Dramatically Reduce Heart Disease Risk One Day
A new five-in-one “polypil” could reduce the risk of heart attack one day, according...
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Cholesterol Drug Crestor Reduces Risk of Vein Clots As Well
Besides reducing the incidence of heart attacks and stroke, AstraZeneca’s cholesterol drug...
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Teva Gets FDA Approval for Marketing Topamax Tablets
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said the Food and Drug Administration has given its approval...
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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...
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FDA Panel Backs J&J, Bayer Anticlotting Drug
A panel of cardiology experts of the Food and Drug Administration voted 15 to 2 on Thursday in...
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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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Older Men Should Consider Drugs That Prevent Prostate Cancer
Recently, medical groups have issued guidelines recommending healthy older men to consider...
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Baldness Drug May Help Healthy Men Prevent Prostate Cancer
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Urological Association on Tuesday...
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Lilly, Daiichi Blood Thinner Prasugrel Gets European Approval
The European Commission on Monday gave its approval for blood-thinning drug Efient for heart...
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Brain Stimulator Approved for OCD Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Medtronic’s Reclaim Deep Brain...
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Commonly Used Pain Drug May Treat Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal
People addicted to heroin and prescription drugs such as codeine and morphine may be able to...
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Panel Unanimously Votes For Lilly, Daiichi Blood Thinner Prasugrel
An advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday voted unanimously to...
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FDA Panel Backs Ely Lilly’s Blood Thinner Prasugrel
Blood thinner prasugrel, made by Eli Lilly and Co. in a joint with Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., is...
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Approval of Lilly Blood Thinner Is About To Happen
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the drug, called prasugrel (also known as Effient),...
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Weight Loss Improves Urinary Incontinence In Women
Doctors often advise patients to lose weight if they’re at risk of developing certain...
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Steroids Don’t Help Kids Wheezing from Colds, May Even Harm Them
Two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveal that giving steroids to...
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Antidepressants Help Older Adults with Anxiety Disorder
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have completed a three-month...
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FDA Warns about Skin Numbing Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday released a statement warning consumers about the...
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Kellogg Recalls 16 Products Due To Deadly Salmonella Outbreak
Kellogg officials said the company is recalling 16 products which contain peanut butter. The...
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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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New Antipsychotics Also Raise Heart Failure Risk
The medical world is forever focusing on developing new treatments, medications and searching for...
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Newer Antipsychotics Increase Heart Risk
The latest generation of antipsychotic drugs appears to be twice as likely to cause sudden...
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FDA: No Evidence so Far to Support Link between Suicide and Asthma Drug Singulair
Merck’s & Co.’s asthma drug Singulair and related treatments were not associated...
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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...
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Neither Viagra nor Cialis Causes Vision Damage
Neither Viagra nor Cialis taken on daily basis for sexual impotence damage men’s vision,...
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Dundreon Shares Soar on Prostate Cancer Vaccine Success
Shares of Seattle-based Dendreon Corp. soared Tuesday on the news that its experimental vaccine for...
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FDA Wants 14 Drugmakers to Stop Misleading Ads
The Internet is full of promotional ads of drugs and I am sure you thought at least once in your...
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‘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...
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FDA Advisory Panel Supports J&J, Bayer Anticlotting Drug Rivaroxaban
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend that the agency...
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Medtronic’s Brain Stimulator Gets FDA Approval for OCD Patients
Patients suffering from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that has not responded to medication...
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New Gout Drug Uloric Gets FDA Clearance
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. won US approval to sell the first new treatment option for chronic...
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Zoloft, Lexapro – Significantly Better Than Other Antidepressants
New research published online Jan. 29 in the journal The Lancet concluded that Pfizer Inc’s...
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FDA Approves Gelnique, the First Gel to Treat Overactive Bladder
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Gelnique, the first topical gel used to treat an...
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FDA: No Evidence So Far To Support Link Between Suicide And Singulair
Merck’s & Co.’s asthma drug Singulair and related treatments were not associated...
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Vicks VapoRub Might Harm Your Child!
No kid under the age of four should be given the controversial cough and cold medicines, the...
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Antipsychotics in Alzheimer’s Patients – Potentially Fatal After Extensive Use
First of all, Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease with no known cure. Except for...
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First US Face Transplant Completed
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic have
performed the nation’s first partial face transplant. The...
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Vivus’ Qnexa Proves Efficient in Obesity Trial
As more and more people fight obesity, drug makers are trying to find solutions to help them. This...
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Are Popular Asthma Drugs Safe? FDA Panel to Decide on Their Safety
A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical
experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
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Brain-Stimulating Drugs: Should Healthy People Be Allowed to Take Them?
Should healthy people take prescription
drugs to boost their brain strength? A panel of medical...
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FDA Advisory Panel Supports Approval Of Eyelash Fertilizer
An FDA advisory panel supported approval of
Latisse, a drug traditionally used to treat glaucoma,...
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New Cure For Jet Lag May Improve The Quality Of Your Sleep
A new experimental drug that mimics the
effects of the hormone melatonin could be very helpful for...
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Chemical In Our Stomach Might Help Us Fight Obesity
As more and more people suffer from obesity and,
consequently, obesity-related diseases,...
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Can AIDS Epidemic Be Stopped?
How to manage the HIV epidemic is a question that appears to
be more frequent than ever nowadays....
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The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life
November 20 marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great
American Smokeout, a day encouraging...
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Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!
Half of heart attacks and strokes happen
among apparently healthy men and women with normal or low...
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Drug Company Wyeth Sued By Vermont Musician
Drug company Wyeth has been sued by a Vermont musician after an injection with an anti-nausea drug...
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New Drug for Overactive Bladder Approved: Toviaz
Overactive bladder patients can now find relieve in Toviaz,
a drug made by Germany’s
Schwarz...
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Toviaz Gets FDA Clearance For Overactive Bladder
US regulators on Friday approved Toviaz (fesoterodine fumarate) for patients suffering from...
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Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts
More girls in the United States are vaccinated with
Gardasil, the vaccine designed to prevent...
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Supreme Court Hears Case on the Effects US Navy Sonar Has on Whales
On
Wednesday, a Supreme Court weighed the pros and cons of a federal
judge's decision to limit...
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Cough, Cold Meds to Have New Labels Banning Use in Kids under 4
No kid under the age of four should be given the
controversial cough and cold medicines! At least...
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FDA Expected to Make a Decision on Kids’ Cough Meds
The American
Academy of Pediatrics is
urging the Food and Drug Administration to demand...
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Movies
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“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” –To Watch or Not to Watch?
“Stars Wars: The Clone Wars” is meant to attract younger
fans..even kids, so it’s unfair for older...
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: A New “Mummy” Awakens
Why doesn’t anybody learn from their past mistakes? The
first movie ok, I get it ..he didn’t...
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'Bigger, Stronger Faster*' Explores the World of Steroid Use
Chris Bell, the creator of "‘Bigger, Stronger, Faster", is part of a family which grew up...
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Movie Review: The Forbidden Kingdom
Fans of martial-arts movies will be delighted to discover a
movie that premieres this weekend,...
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Shia LaBeouf Travels "The Dark Fields"
Shia LaBeouf has been announced as the star of upcoming thriller “The Dark Fields,”...
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Relief: Patrick Swayze Responding Well to Treatment
Actor Patrick Swayze says he is “thrilled” with the positive
response he has shown to...
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Autism: The Musical Reveals Effect of the Disorder on Parents
The new HBO documentary called "Autism: The Musical" reveals the dramatic effects on the...
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Patrick Swayze Marches On Despite Terminal Cancer
Actor Patrick Swayze seems determined to live his life despite the tragic pancreatic cancer...
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Patrick Swayze Responds Well To Treatment, Doctor Says
"Dirty Dancing" star, Patrick Swayze who has been diagnosed
with pancreatic cancer is...
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And Four Oscars Go To “No Country For Old Men”
As we (and not only we) anticipated, the Academy Award for
Best Motion Picture went to the Coen...
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Ashley Tisdale Debuts Her New Nose
"High School Musical" hottie Ashley Tisdale showed off her new nose on Friday at the Z100...
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Will Smith Survivor in ‘I Am Legend’
Will Smith’s new movie “I Am Legend” is the third adaptation
of Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel of...
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Science
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Update: Antarctic Bridge that Was Holding Wilkins Ice Shelf Ruptures
The rupture of the ice bridge that was holding Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf in place will...
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Antarctic Bridge that Was Holding Wilkins Ice Shelf Ruptures
An ice bridge that was holding an ice shelf (that has been disintegrating since the 1960s) in place...
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Zoloft, Lexapro Are Significantly Better Than Other Antidepressants
New research published online Jan. 29 in the journal The Lancet concluded that Pfizer Inc’s...
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Newer Antipsychotics Double Heart Risks
The latest generation of antipsychotic drugs appears to be twice as likely to cause sudden...
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Non-Profit Group Seeking Nationwide Ban On Cell Phone Use While Driving
The National Safety Council is supporting a ban on cell phone use while driving across the United...
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New Method Of Treatment Could Lower Prostate Cancer Death Rate
Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
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Study: Drivers More Distracted by Cell Phones than by Passengers
Researchers have longtime warned about the effects of cell
phones on driving performance, whether...
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Study Bashes Violent Video Games, Links Them to Aggressive Behavior in Kids
Despite their huge popularity among young and adult players,
video games continue to remain a...
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HIV Treatment Is Most Efficient when Started Earlier, Study Says
US and Canadian researchers suggests that starting HIV
treatment earlier than currently...
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Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
The tobacco plant could actually aid
patients with follicular B-cell lymphoma, US researchers...
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Congress Report: Bush Administration Changed Environmental Policy
A new congressional report reveals that the Bush administration changed their initial standing on...
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Scientists: Watermelon Has Viagra-Like Benefits for ED, No Side Effects
Scientists with the Texas A&M's Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center have found that an...
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Anesthesia Found to Elevate Post-Surgical Pain
Anesthesia drugs used for cutting pain during surgery may paradoxically
increase pain and...
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Study: Melanoma Cured 100% through Blood Cell Therapy
The results of a new study conducted by a research team at
the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
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Update 1: Phoenix Made Its First Dig, Collects A Soil Sample
Phoenix
has collected a sample of Martian soil, after it made its first dig. The sample
will be...
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Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies
The U.S researchers have discovered a new technology to
identify and clone human antibodies...
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Cooling The Planet…Not A Solution For Global Warming, Study Finds
While some scientists suggested
that by injecting sulphate compounds into the upper atmosphere,...
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NASA Releases Largest Collection of Hubble Images
In celebration of the 18th anniversary of Hubble’s launch, NASA
released a series of 59 new images...
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Nature: Scientists Are Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs
An informal survey conducted by the journal Nature about the
usage of drugs that “boosts the brain...
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Another Side of The Story: Nature Responsible For Global Warming
Now that we’ve all been warned
we should prepare for global warming and that it’s imperative to...
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Study Finds Global Warming To Reduce Atlantic Hurricanes
What do we know about global
warming in terms of positive effects? Not much, as the possible...
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Caffeine May Prevent Memory Loss In Women
Probably you know already about some of the effects of
caffeine, but it seems there are still...
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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...
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