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NEW ROBOTIC SURGERY ARM APPROVED BY FDA
...rance was based on a review of clinical studies of safety and effectiveness submitted by the manufacturer an...was comparable to standard laparoscopic surgery in safety and effectiveness. Because of the expected learning curve with the new system, Intuitive Surgical is...A prescription cream for unwanted facial hair
...rected, post-release experience often modifies the safety profile for new drugs....Inhaled Steroids Safe & Effective for Children with Asthma
...evidence regarding the long term effectiveness and safety of inhaled corticosteroids for children. Physicians, other health care professionals, and parents should feel comfortable using them to help children with mild to moderate asthma participate fully in childhood activities." Another study published i...Gene Therapy shows promise in treating Hemophilia
...reatment. The study was designed only to test the safety and not the effectiveness of the treatment of hemophilia. This disease is genetically transmitted and is characterised by excessive bleeding. Researchers belive this study could some day be applied to treat other diseases such as diabetes. For tho...ZD1839 Proves Effective - A Breakthrough in fighting Lung Cancer
...se inhibitor, has confirmed, durable responses and safety in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as monotherapy and in combination with standard chemotherapy agents after segmental scrutinization in two different studies. Vincent Miller, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center i......irus, there is still "justified concern" about the safety of injecting the virus directly into the brains of people according to Dr. Matthias Gromeier, of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina . It is unknown whether this treatment may "unleash" harmful properties of the virus or lead to ...Alerts for safety of heart device
...g sometimes.There has been a rise in the number of safety warnings concerning devices that regulate the hear...igham and Women's Hospital in the US have surveyed safety warnings on heart devices issued by the Food and Drug Administration over a ten year period from 199......medicine.There is a dearth of hard evidence on the safety of complementary and alternative medicine(CAM). ...two reports, they provide one of the first serious safety assessments on acupuncture. In the first, 78 doctors and physiotherapists carrying out acupuncture a...Hemochromatosis Patients' Blood is Safe
... body tissues, do not pose a greater risk to blood safety than other donors, according to the results of a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). // Hemochromatosis patients are treated with periodic phlebotomies or "blood letting" to remove excess iron from their body. Bec...Fluoride Found Effective in Osteoporosis
...imulate new bone formation, but concerns about its safety have limited its use in the elderly, according to Dr. Craig D. Rubin from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and others who contributed to the research.// There is no FDA-approved drug for osteoporosis that increases bone form...FDA attacks American Red Cross for blood violations
...erican Red Cross in contempt of court for repeated safety violations in its blood collection program. FDA is...es much more seriously its role as guardian of the safety of the nation's blood supply, which is essential to the public health. // Despite a promise made b...More Elderly Take Inappropriate and Harmful Medications
...patients and researchers conducting studies on the safety and efficacy of drugs. Clinical trials usually exclude elderly people, especially those who have more than one condition. Doctors caring for elderly patients may not have special training in geriatric care, and patients may demand certain medications...Fresh approach to TB treatment
...ounds where there is knowledge about toxicological safety or at least provides strong leads for drug development - means that these drugs could be suitable to combat TB many years before an entirely new type of drug can be discovered. Thes ecompounds should be considered urgently,” added Professor Kelly. ...Awakening call for fall prevention
...ippery rugs or high heels, and consider installing safety grab bars in the bath. It is also important not to let yourself become housebound . If you feel vulnerable, enlist the help of a physical therapist to teach 'safe walking' and to assist in the selection of walking aids. Older adults are more likely t...Fluoride proves effective against fractures
...omen. The UT researchers set out to determine the safety and efficacy of treating osteoporosis using sodium fluoride as a bone-forming agent over the course of a 42-month study that followed 85 women who were 65 years and older and had one or more nontraumatic fractures. The study group was treated with ...Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty
... used the drug fluvastatin because it has a proven safety record as patients would be expected to continue t...esterol-lowering agents, might not have as solid a safety record. In LIPS, he said there were no indications of any worrisome liver abnormalities or muscle p......n June 2001. The cause for concern, however, was a safety update on the site of British regulatory body, Med...ll it across world markets, he said. Endorsing the safety profile of Zyban, GSK said: “Death (the 57 reported deaths) was most commonly due to cardiovascular ...Ultrasound helps stroke treatment
... however, the pilot study was designed to test the safety not efficacy of the approach. "We did prove that u...o doubt that sound waves can (break-up) clots, but safety is a concern." While Alexandrov's study, which was designed as a safety trial, found no safety prob...Lactobacillus Supplements shorten the duration of diarrhoea
...er dietary supplements are not subject to the same safety and effectiveness standards that medications face. And children with diarrhoea should see a doctor if they have loose stools for more than 5 days, the stools contain blood or mucus, or the children show signs of dehydration such as dry mouth or infre...Hyperactivity Drug Can Be Added to Food
...dren, and larger studies are needed to confirm the safety of taking the drug in powder form, the authors add.......drugs said there were too many questions about the safety of the drug, which is made by ViroPharma Inc., to allow its widespread use merely to treat an ail-away by itself. The drug, known as Picovir, has attracted attention because it directly attacks a family of viruses, known as picornavirus, that cause h...Status of some prescription drugs
...es and cholesterol medications. However, they cite safety concerns in objecting to making other drugs, such as birth control pills, more readily available.......tings with consumers conducted 2 years ago to test safety messages about mercury and fish. Some women in the focus groups said they ate a can of tuna daily while pregnant. Of the five most popular seafoods - shrimp, trout, salmon and catfish are the others - only tuna has worrisome mercury levels. A tuna i...New methods to prevent injury of patients
..., Dallas, new ways should be adopted for patients' safety in hospitals. You can get injured in hospital, jus...be that some of the more recent approaches to road safety can help people in hospital too.// Doctors at the Hopkins University suggest that what's needed is a...FDA may speed review of new drugs
...t would allow some of that money to go to improved safety monitoring of new drugs// - allowing the FDA to ev...the risks of newly sold therapies. But drug safety advocates say some of the proposal is worrisome. In wake of a dozen drugs pulled off the market beca...Compressed DNA aids gene patients
...of cells than DNA-carrying liposomes. Now basic safety trials have begun involving human patients, suffering from cystic fibrosis also. This disorder, which involves faulty production of the mucus which lines the lungs, is caused by a single faulty gene.......k through for quality vision. So right away it’s a safety issue that you are not touching the part that you are most using,” Asbell said. br>...Grapes, Melons Implicated in Outbreaks
... for Infectious Diseases. She concurred basic food safety steps -- such as washing food -- could reduce the ...However, Larry Beuchat, research professor of food safety at the University of Georgia, Athens, found the treatment also apparently facilitates growth of List...FDA panel refuses anti-viral cold remedy
...The FDA's Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee cited safety concerns of the drug pleconaril, which it said were not balanced by the drug's "modest" benefits in treating an illness that is not life-threatening. // Pleconaril prevents the infection of cells by a group of germs called picornaviruses, which are...FDA changes rules on testing drugs for children
...suspending a rule that lets the government require safety testing of adult medicines commonly given to child...ommonly given to children without studies of their safety or proper dosing because doctors have no alternative. Drug makers have used the financial incentives......medicine.There is a dearth of hard evidence on the safety of complementary and alternative medicine(CAM). A...two reports, they provide one of the first serious safety assessments on acupuncture.// In the first, 78 doctors and physiotherapists carrying out acupuncture......e to nausea induced by it.However the efficacy and safety of the drug has to be analysed before the drug can be put to use.......er than six months. These researchers measured the safety and effectiveness of the cream in a 25-week study, which was followed by an additional 26-week period in which participants were allowed to continue using the cream while being followed by the researchers. In the first study period, about 573 subjec...Barcodes to become newborns' ID
...s mother. Parents are naturally worried about the safety of their child when not under their direct care and though there are not many mix-ups reported, they happen nevertheless. Therefore,with this system there is a much-reduced risk of any mistake being made, though the initiative may involve lots of tim...Something to relieve the pain in your neck!
...is belayer, the person whose job it is to keep the safety rope taut, had stopped looking up, due to the stra...gh patented, are yet to make an impact in the many safety retailers market, where it has been already been distributed, as the makers have not been able to co...New standards for Human Research Safety
... announced plans to set up a program to review the safety of clinical tests// in humans. This announcement came close on the heels of U.S. officials moving to suspend gene therapy studies pending an investigation of side effects in a French study, which found a cure for "bubble boy disease". Bubble boy dise...Research on Celiac Disease in children
...nd oats. The aim of the study was to determine the safety of adding a moderate amount of commercially-available oats to the diet of celiac children. Quaker Oats provided their standard product for the study as there were no GF oats available in the market. 14 children, aged 8 to 16, with normal growth and n...Treatment for fibroids with "Abortion Pill"
...al in Boston cautioned that there may be long-term safety issues connected with Mifepristone as almost a third of the women in Eisinger's study had developed hyperplasia of the lining of the uterus. Though, it is not a cancerous lesion, hyperplasia can become cancerous over many years' time....New ways to help children with trauma
...f Pittsburgh researchers are currently testing the safety of hypothermia as a treatment for children with traumatic brain injury. Hypothermia treatment has been shown to be effective for stroke and hypoxic ischemia in children, but its effectiveness in treating children with traumatic brain injuries has not......ool of Public Health has caused concerns about the safety of soya. The scientists have called for urgent research into the impact of soya on unborn children following tests on rats which suggest a chemical in soya can damage the male reproductive organs. Though there is no evidence to suggest it has a simil...Curbing medication errors with new rules
...osed two new rules that would help improve patient safety by reducing medication errors. Medication errors a...edications and improved reporting requirements for safety problems that involve medicine. The barcode rule would apply to all prescription drugs, over-the-co...A drug in vogue to deccelerate the course of Alzheimer's
... The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing its safety and efficacy for possible U.S. sale of this drug. Approval could happen by this fall. Findings from a randomized, double-blind study of the drug in 252 patients were published in the April 3 New England Journal of Medicine. Patients who took Memanti...Once-Daily Cipro(R) XR for Treating Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
...raditional Cipro 500mg twice daily. This indicates safety and efficacy profile of once-daily Cipro(R) XR is Comparable to Conventional CIPRO(R) in treating Complicated Urinary Tract Infections....Brain Temperature Tunnel dicovered
...ublic health implications. Not only can it enhance safety and performance of athletes, military personnel, firefighters, and outdoor recreationists, but it can also provide continuous brain temperature monitoring in hospitals without the need of nurse intervention. Important purposes for the devices include...Pfizer unveils anti-smoking drug
... negligible so far, and the drug has "an excellent safety profile," said Pfizer's spokeswoman. Varenicline is currently in the final phase of widespread human clinical trials, but there's no timeline for when the anti-smoking drug might hit the market. The company, however, cautioned that the results of......t the results show both improved effectiveness and safety and perhaps they will alter the future of coronary treatments.......s and colon. In a study, researchers compared the safety and efficacy of azelaic gel versus metronidazole gel in rosacea patients. They found the azelaic gel was better at reducing the number of lesions associated with rosacea and better at reducing the redness in patient’s faces than the metronidazole gel...... calling for a government //investigation into the safety of that and other high-protein, low-carbohydrate weight loss plans. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine states that a 41-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl died from sudden cardiac arrest while on the Atkins diet. The group wants the...Antidepressants Harmful for Kids
...r recommendation. They say a review of data on the safety and effectiveness of SSRIs -- the most commonly prescribed antidepressants -- shows the drugs’ benefits do not outweigh their risks when prescribed to children. SSRIs are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Regulators say the drugs’ effectivenes......of the infectious agent.” Noting rNAPc2 has a good safety profile in humans, they believe it might also have a role to play in other viral hemorrhagic fevers. “The clinical efficacy of this treatment modality now needs to be proven,” they conclude....Testosterone Replacement Therapy Safe If Monitored Appropriately
...rs reviewed more than 70 studies that examined the safety of testosterone replacement therapy. Results show the therapy was not associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer or cardiovascular disease. Previous studies have shown extremely low levels of testosterone can shrink prostate cancer that has...Common Medication Errors in Children
...rs feel that pediatric intensive care unit patient safety efforts that focus on medication delivery are needed. ...Restoration Of Fertility After Cancer Treatment
...he current uncertainty about the effectiveness and safety of ovarian cryostorage and grafting, the whole procedure should still be presented as experimental to patients....Genetic Pills A Future Thought
...modified virus to carry the DNA into the cell. But safety issues have been raised about that approach. When the lipid/DNA globule is taken up by a cell, it's moved to an acid-filled compartment called the endosome. A key step here, is to engineer lipids that can get the DNA out of the endosome and into th...Laproscopic Surgery As Effective As Open Surgery
... incision, but no one had rigorously evaluated the safety and effectiveness of the procedure. Researchers say that the surgical community should apply the same standard operating techniques to safely remove cancer when they perform even the less invasive mode of surgery ....Diabetics Can Now Be Able To Control Both Blood Sugar And Their Weight
...ontrolling their weight. Researchers analyzed the safety and effectiveness of triple therapy using insulin, metformin (Glucophage) -- an FDA-approved drug for type 2 diabetes -- and a drug in the thiazolidinedione family, which lowers the blood sugar by increasing the sensitivity of cells to insulin. Resea...Stem Cells From Bone Marrow Found To Improve Cardiac Functioning After A Heart Attack
...adverse events. Some researchers however say that safety is the key issue, thus they say that more research is crucial around the world to overcome safety problems....Adding An Additional Drug May Help Patients With Glaucoma
...ars so investigators could continue to monitor the safety and effectiveness of the treatment. Results of the study showed most patients had no increase in iris pigmentation over the five-year period. However, a subgroup of 127 patients, mostly with an eye color known to be susceptible to color change, did ...Gene Therapy Gives Hope For Patients With Muscular Dystrophy
...val for a limited trial in humans to determine the safety of the viral vector in humans. If it is safe, then researchers hope to test the method in larger animals and humans. ......tudy evaluated gastrointestinal and cardiovascular safety of the COX2 inhibitor lumiracoxib compared to the NSAIDs naproxen, commonly known as Aleve, and ibuprofen. The study included 18,325 osteoarthritis patients who were randomized to receive lumiracoxib, naproxen or ibuprofen for one year. Results sho...Other ContentsrheumatoidrheumatoidrheumatoidrheumatoidrheumatoidrheumatoidricketsricketsricinrickettsiariboflavinriboflavinringwormOther TagsRockyChikungunyaTattooMeniscalRegulatorsHolidaysXenon
(Date:8/27/2008)...terville, CA.. Four land management agencies are p... Symposium, September 4-5, in Visalia, California ... 5:30 p.m. The theme for the symposium is "Agents...s." This event will bring together premier scient...nd networking opportunity., The science symposium...
(Date:8/27/2008)...entists at the University of York have discovered ...which may lead to improved treatments for chronic ...cells are abundant white blood cells that were rec...ncer cells in the test tube. Since that time, a ro...lls (including ,T, lymphocytes and phagocytes) and...
(Date:8/27/2008)...5-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant turtle and... the badlands of southeastern Alberta by scientist... Royal Tyrrell,Museum of Palaeontology are yieldi...production in turtles and tortoises. , It is the...en found and the description of this discovery was...
(Date:8/26/2008)... Ecological Society of America today criticized th...rpret the Endangered Species Act, which would impo...for federal projects to undergo independent scient...cies to decide for themselves whether their projec...The concept of independent scientific review has b...
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(Date:8/27/2008)...inding could lead to new drugs in fight against ob... (HealthDay News) -- A chemical produced in the br... likelihood of becoming obese, according to a new ...a group of 33 people who had WAGR syndrome, a gene...illion people. WAGR is an acronym for the symptoms...
(Date:8/27/2008)...dding Velcade to standard drug therapy prolonged s... 27 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with multiple mye... lived longer and better by adding the drug Velcad...he finding could make multiple myeloma, a cancer o...a lethal disease. And it would be particularly val...
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