The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revving up its campaign against illegal supplements including weight loss, muscle-building, and sexual enhancement pills. The agency said that the proliferation of affordable health supplements in the market may pose a danger to public health because some of the products contain toxic ingredients. The FDA warned manufacturers to […]
Pot use has risen among American teenagers but drinking has dropped, a new study released on Tuesday by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) shows. The NIH 2010 Monitoring the Future Survey says that pot use in high school seniors rose from 5.2 percent in 2009 to 6.1 percent this year. Those in 10th […]
The ancient Chinese treatment of acupuncture has been shown in a small study to be effective in treating lazy eye in children, but the researchers said a larger study should validate their findings. Also called amblyopia, lazy eye is a condition where there is poor vision of one eye because the other one is favored […]
Liver damage has been noted during the clinical trial of the new Pfizer blood pressure drug Thelin, prompting the pharmaceutical firm to withdraw it from the market. Thelin or sitaxsentan, was available in Australia, Canada and Europe and was medically indicated to lower blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. Pfizer, based in New York City, […]
Rolaids soft chews are being recalled by manufacturer Johnson & Johnson after it received multiple complaints from consumers of finding foreign material such as wood and metal in the antacid chews. The products covered by the recall are Rolaids Extra Strength Softchews, Rolaids Multi-Symptom plus Anti-Gas Softchews and Rolaids Extra Strength plus Gas Softchews. In […]
Newborn deaths in France have been found to be as much as five times higher than what official statistics say, a French team of scientists have said. The study by the National Institute of Health and Medical Research authored by John Cook and Anne Tursz looked at data from 26 French districts covering the period […]
E-cigarettes may be imported into the United States and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has no authority to block their entry into the U.S. market if they are not promoted as a treatment, a U.S. court ruled on Tuesday. The FDA sought an appeal earlier of a court decision saying that the agency lacks […]
Food allergies affect many Americans and a new set of guidelines released by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAD) may be helpful for doctors and patients to identify them more easily. The new list recommends that physicians document an exhaustive medical history of the patient to detect food allergies. Additionally, the […]
Medicare coverage cuts have caused a noticeable drop in the number of low-risk prostate cancer treatments using androgen suppression therapy, according to a survey published today in the online edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Those with advanced stage prostate cancer received the same number of treatments in spite the cuts. The […]
Dengue fever kills thousands of people around the world mostly in tropical regions, but a vaccine may be available within five years if researchers get the necessary funding from governments and the private sector. This was the statement made Lam Sai Kit of the University of Malaya who is the chairman of the forum Dengue […]
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