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Pfizer Halts Phase III Trial On Obesity Drug Over US Rejection Fears
Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, on Wednesday
said it abandoned an obesity drug known...
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Sales of Sanofi’s Anti-Obesity Drug Acomplia Suspended In Europe
Warnings about Sanofi-Aventis’ anti-obesity
rimonabant (Acomplia) had always accompanied the drug,...
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Study Identifies New High-Risk Group for Suicide: Middle-Aged Whites
A new study shows that the worrying trend
of suicides among middle-aged white men and women really...
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Suicide Rates Go Up
A study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has releases some disturbing facts, after...
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U.S. Suicide Rate Rise For White, Middle-Aged Men And Women
Though the suicide rate dropped between
1986 and 1999, the number of suicides for white women age...
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Merck’s Discontinuation On Taranabant Development
Merck & Co. has decided to bring to an end the development the experimental obesity drug...
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Farewell To Development Of Obesity Drug Taranabant
Merck halted the research of the experimental obesity drug taranabant because of the dangerous side...
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US Youths More Likely to Be Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs
A study published online today in the
journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health...
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Suicide Rates among Teens Still High Compared to Previous Years
Though the youth suicide rate dropped in
2005 after a sharp rise in 2004, the number of suicides...
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Older fathers Are More Likely To Have Children With Bipolar Disorder
Older fathers are more likely to have
children with bipolar disorder, a mental illness also known...
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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...
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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...
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FDA Wants Black Box On Antibiotics, Epilepsy Drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requested black box warnings on fluoroquinolone antibiotics,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Merck Asthma Drug Questioned for Suicide Risk
The Food and Drug Administration has said that Merck's Singulair, which is the brand name for the...
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CDC: ‘Choking Game’ Turned out to Be Fatal for 82 Youths
At least 82 youths have died playing “the choking game”
since 1995, the U.S. Centers for Disease...
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Study: Epilepsy Drug Trileptal Fails to Prevent Migraine
The epilepsy drug oxcarbazepine (Trileptal) does not appear
to prevent migraine headaches as...
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FDA Seeks For Stronger Warning About Chantix
In a new advisory released yesterday, the US Food and Drug
Administration alerted health care...
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Epilepsy Drugs Linked to Suicidal-Thoughts Risk, FDA Warns
Commonly used antiepileptic drugs may increase the risk of
suicide among patients who take them,...
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Pfizer Updates Chantix Label
Pfizer updated the Chantix label in US by including a new
warning that says the patients who are...
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EU Says New Warnings Are Needed for Pfizer’s Champix
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) said Pfizer’s Champix,
a drug used for smoking cessation in...
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Study Identifies Veterans' Groups with Higher Suicide Rates
A recent study published online in the American Journal of Public Health revealed interesting...
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Suicide Rates Among US Girls Rise
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report a
worrying reverse in suicide trends among...
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Women With Breast Implants More Likely To Suicide
A recent study conducted by
researchers from the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre from...
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EU Health Officials Warn About Weight-Loss Drug
A European health watchdog has warned that taking weight-loss drug Acomplia bears a risk of...
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