Tag: "advisory" at medical news

The FDA Will Do Well To Fine-Tune Drug Safety Norms

... of a medical journal and members of a drug-safety advisory panel. A report enabled by The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has beseeched the U.S. Congress to equip the FDA with more manpower, finance and authority to be able to conduct post-approval research of drugs as well as alter labels and warnings appropr...

Contamination fear prompts lettuce recall

...his happened just 9 days after the FDA relaxed its advisory against eating fresh spinach. According to the company, the E. coli contamination was detected after a secondary water source temporarily used to water the lettuce had tested positive for it. How the water got contaminated is still not clear. The...

Simi Valley Nuclear Meltdown Effects Greater than Suspected

.... These estimates were released by an independent advisory panel and are contradictory to years of assertions by the federal government stating that no radioactive material was released during the meltdown, thereby causing no public health threat to the surrounding community. These radiations could have pos...

Despite High Literacy Rate Female Foeticide is on the Rise in Kerala

...result scanning centres are not being checked. The advisory committee of each state has to see that this is implemented in full," said Vyas. Source-IANS...

Women, be on guard against illegally procured IUDs

...e received IUDs from January 2005. The letters are advisory in nature where patients are to check with Doctors regarding the condition of the IUD and consider replacement with a FDA approved IUD if necessary....

Safety Of Dental Amalgam Fillings To Be Reviewed

...o cause harm. In a draft report prepared for the advisory panel meeting, the FDA said it has found no evidence to suggest that use of mercury in fillings is harmful. The agency said, "The weight of evidence does not support the hypothesis that exposure to mercury via dental amalgam restorations causes adve...

“Polypill”- to prevent recurrent heart diseass

...ney Smith, chairman of the federation's scientific advisory board, said at the conference in Barcelona, Spain. "These therapies are known to reduce mortality by up to 50 percent or more." Around 80% of the cardiac arrests occur in low- and middle-income countries. Nearly, 17.5 million people die of heart di...

Health Canada Warns Against Unpasteurized Fruit Juices

Health Canada has issued an advisory to parents not to give unpasteurized apple juice or other unpasteurized products including cider, fruit juices and raw milk// to their children. Even the elderly and people with weak immune systems are advised not to consume such products. The reas...

Alpha-blockers call for modification in cataract surgery

...he medical associations jointly released a patient advisory on Aug. 22, based on the findings. Chang warned eye surgeons about drug-related problems during cataract surgery by e-mail alert, which was started by him last year. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a label change in November 2005, fo...

Researchers claim That Regular Use Of Hib Vaccine In Africa Could Eliminate H. Influenza totally.

... This study further supports the WHO's Strategic advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) and Africa's Task Force on Immunization's recommendations for global implementation of Hib vaccine and suggests that routine use could help reach the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 201...

A Comprehensive CD-ROM On HIV/AIDS Released By Center for HIV Information

...erding, MD, chairman of the HIV InSite's editorial advisory board, and chief of medicine at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, and the professor and vice-chairman of medicine at UCSF, said, 'We have chosen the chapters that are most broadly applicable to HIV care in a variety of settings around the world, i...

Central Government to Caution all States About Soft Drinks

The central government will send an advisory to all state governments cautioning them about the...y pesticide contents in them. "We are sending an advisory to all state governments to educate the public about the ill-effects of the junk food and aerated so...

Gemzar the New Drug for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

...es than patients taking carboplatin alone. The FDA advisory panel voted against recommending the drug when the panel members were concerned that patients in the trial did not survive longer than those taking carboplatin alone. But the company replied that their aim is to prevent the cancer from worsening and ...

Same Genes Act Differently in Males and Females

...UCLA Women's Health Center. The center's executive advisory board, a group of businesswomen interested in advancing women's health, helped fund the study. "Many of the genes we identified relate to processes that influence common diseases," said Yang. "This is crucial, because once we understand the gender ...

Steps to End Discrimination of AIDS Patients

...aid. The proposed bill had provisions to institute advisory committees involving social organisations and a Health Ombudsman to look into the issues. Parliamentary Standing Committee (Home) Chairperson Sushma Swaraj, who also spoke, said AIDS patients should be given the right to maintain their normal lifes...

Britain Reconsidering New Visa Rules for Indian Doctors

...at the West Suffolk Hospital and member of BAPIO's advisory council, said: "We believe that one-third of the NHS is run by doctors of Indian origin. While they form the backbone of the system, they are being treated as outsiders." Solicitors associated with the BAPIO legal challenge say that a judicial revi...

NICE Comes Under Attack

...minor restrictions for 28%. The doctors of the NHS advisory body also say that the campaigners, companies and politicians are pressurizing NICE. On the other hand groups that re campaigning for treatments such as Herceptin are not happy with the way NICE took its decisions. It was found that some drugs had st...

Pre-Natal Tests Act To Be Enforced: Sreemathi

...avourable now. Sreemathi, who was a member of the advisory committee monitoring the implementation of the PNDT Act, said the previous government did not do anything to convene its meetings. She said stringent action would be taken against scanning centres violating rules prescribed in the Act.Though there h...

Understanding World Hunger and Malnutrition

...so the chair of a World Health Organization expert advisory panel on household food and nutrition security. Source: Eureka Alert...

ISRO To Expand Telemedicine Network, 4 Speciality Hospitals To Be Included

...ted to natural resources, tele-education, farmers' advisory services and tele-fishery. With branches in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Sikkim, the Manipal hospital caters to the needs of rural patients, while the Ganga Ram hospital has adopted government community health centres at taluk (sub-distri...

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