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Weight loss pill Qnexa wins panel vote and awaits approval
news-medical.net — “The drug was rejected in a 10-6 vote the first time it came before a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel, in 2010, due to safety concerns. However when the medication returned for another review in February, the advisory committee gave it near-unanimous approval (20-2). Because the FDA often follows the advisory panel's advice, Qnexa is likely to get FDA approval, probably by mid-April.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Doctors must consider their patients' voices | Pacific Daily News | guampdn.com
guampdn.com — “I recently saw a middle-age man in my primary care clinic who asked whether he should continue his cholesterol medication. He was reacting to new Food and Drug Administration warnings on statins, a class of drugs taken by more than 20 million Americans to lower their cholesterol.” View full resource at guampdn.com
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Consumer Reports Warns of Lax Testing for Medical Devices - ABC News
abcnews.go.com — “Consumer Reports advises patients to do their homework before having medical devices implanted in their bodies. Companies that sell defibrillators, stents or other such products can get approval from the Food and Drug Administration without their undergoing rigorous testing, Consumer Reports warned in a new report. The FDA collects information on medical device malfunctions that lead to death. Data highlighted by Consumer Reports show 686 deaths from 2009 to last year connected to automate” View full resource at abcnews.go.com
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Ob/Gyn Visit a Good Time to Screen for Heart Disease: Study - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “during routine visits to obstetrics and gynecology clinics, a new study suggests. Researchers from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City found that heart” View full resource at drugs.com
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Treating Gum Disease May Help Diabetics Avoid Complications - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “Treating gum disease in people with diabetes reduces their medical costs and hospitalizations, new research shows. The three-year study included diabetes patien” View full resource at drugs.com
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New Device Approved for Lingering GERD - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: FRIDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- The LINX Reflux Management System has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat people with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who continue to have chronic symptoms, despite taking maximum medication and making recommended lifestyle changes.” View full resource at news.yahoo.com
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Treating Gum Disease May Help Diabetics Avoid Complications - Drugs.com MedNews
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Markey targets Boston Scientific and other vaginal mesh manufacturers in new bill - Daily Dose: A Boston Globe blog with health news, advice, and information.
boston.com — “Representative Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, introduced legislation to tighten regulations for medical devices such as vaginal mesh implants that are similar to products known to cause medical problems. It would give the Food and Drug Administration more authority over approval of new devices based on older models that have proven to be unsafe. But so far, the legislation hasn’t received support from Republicans.” View full resource at boston.com
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New drug promises relief from aspirin-related ulcers - chicagotribune.com
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Alzheimer's drug sharply criticized by medical experts - latimes.com
latimes.com — “Aricept 23 mg, a higher-dosage form of donepezil, is no more effective than alternatives and is more likely to cause stomach upset, two medical investigators write in the medical journal BMJ.” View full resource at latimes.com
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Efficacy of Atypical Antipsychotics Overblown? - QualityPoint Technologies
qualitypointtech.net — “The apparent efficacy of second-generation antipsychotic drugs may be enhanced by selective reporting, a new study suggests. Medscape Medical News” View full resource at qualitypointtech.net
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Study shows gender gap in medication management
news-medical.net — “Women use more prescription drugs than men; yet they are not prescribed proper amounts. In a new study presented at Women's Health 2012: The 20th Annual Congress by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) women are prescribed more drugs than men, have poorer adherence rates to using the drugs than men, and, perhaps most surprisingly, lag behind men in receiving the appropriate drugs for their documented diseases.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Study provides clues for designing new anti-addiction medications, March 21, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
nih.gov — “Scientists are now one step closer to developing anti-addiction medications, thanks to new research that provides a better understanding of the properties of the only member of the opioid receptor family whose activation counteracts the rewarding effects of addictive drugs. The study was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse(NIDA), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and the National Institute of Mental Health, all components of the National Institutes of Health.” View full resource at nih.gov
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