Posted in Diseases on Oct 01, 2011
According to the FDA’s advisers, drug makers for osteoporosis are now required to explain the period on which the patients must take in famous treatments so that to avoid side effects that is harmful.
Those drugs are recognized as biphosphonates, which included best selling brands such as Boniva, Atelvia, Actonel, Reclast and Osamax. The Food and Drug Administration will be …
Posted in Beauty & Wellness on Aug 08, 2011
Yale University will be given by Medtronic Inc. an amount of $2.5 million grant in order to accomplish an independent and ambitious review of the controversial spine treatment named Infuse Bone Graft’s effectiveness and safety.
The university is open to choose two teams from other organizations that will do the research and perform the data’s separate analyses. Within the terms …
Posted in Diseases on Jul 22, 2011
The German government is now experiencing more and more criticisms from its country and abroad as they are accused of mismanaging a crisis involving the outbreak of E.coli which has already killed at least 20 people.
However the government is making its move to solve this problem. The health officials, on the other hand, say that the rate of the …
Posted in Health News on Jun 12, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration, in their atypical move, has ordered all the producers of a famous category of an artificial hip to undertake the studies of the hip implant. This is in connection to its association with the high early failure rates and severe health effects in some patients.
According to the FDA order, the so-called “metal-on-metal” hip producers …
Posted in Diseases on May 28, 2011
French researchers suggest that surgery is still the most effective treatment in curing appendicitis. This is in contrast to some researchers believing that antibiotics can cure appendicitis.
The researchers say that uncomplicated appendicitis may be treated with antibiotics alone, but complicated appendicitis cannot be treated by just antibiotics. Since the appendicitis is perforated because of complications, then it requires surgery. …
Posted in Diseases on Jan 06, 2011
Older women who are diagnosed with diabetes and depression altogether are at a higher risk of dying from all causes, this includes heart disease, for only a period of six years, a new study reports.
In addition to this, the new study suggested that symptoms of depression affect between one-fifth and one-fourth of patients having diabetes. This rate is said …
Posted in Diseases on Dec 27, 2010
A research conducted by a large national group study reports that patients with the chronic inflammatory skin disease psoriasis may be at an increased risk for the metabolic syndrome, especially to women patients.
Psoriasis, a skin disease characterized by red, scaly patches of skin topped by silvery flakes, is believed to be “an autoimmune reaction that abnormally increases skin cell …
Posted in Health News on Dec 24, 2010
Recent studies shows that Avastin (bevacizumab – Genentech) have put researchers in doubt due to its lack of safety and efficacy. This further led FDA to announce their recommendation regarding the removal of this drug.
FDA had reviewed four clinical studies on women with breast cancer using Avastin as medication. After reviewing those cases, the group determined that Avastin “does …
Posted in Health News on Apr 25, 2010
H1N1 alerts may have slowed down but the vaccine for this disease has yet to prove its worth that it is safe for use. Excite a schadenfreude and watch it slobber.
A report from the Washington Post informed that “latest analysis of data has detected what could be a somewhat elevated rate of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which can cause paralysis and …
