17 Jan 2013 | 19:49 GMT | Posted by Heidi Ledford | The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first seasonal flu vaccine comprised of recombinant proteins, rather than inactivated or weakened virus. The 16 January approval… Read More ›
Pharmaceutical – Medical Devices
What those guys are doing to make Universal Culling, oh excuse me Health Care a more efficient process….
CIA Vaccine Hoax Condemned By Public Health Deans
William McGuinness william.mcguinness@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 01/10/2013 5:41 pm EST | Updated: 01/10/2013 6:32 pm EST University public health schools’ deans say health workers should be off limits. Public health school deans from prominent colleges and universities across the country have signed a… Read More ›
Uncovering how morphine increases pain in some people
Contact: Jean-François Huppé jean-francois.huppe@dc.ulaval.ca 418-656-7785 Université Laval The pain puzzle: Researchers discover new pathway to reduce paradoxical pain Quebec City & Toronto, January 6, 2013—For individuals with agonizing pain, it is a cruel blow when the gold-standard medication actually causes… Read More ›
Metformin leads to an accumulation of AMP, which inhibits an enzyme called adenylate cyclase, thereby reducing levels of cyclic AMP and protein kinase activity: WOOPS
Contact: Karen Kreeger karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu 215-349-5658 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Most-used diabetes drug works in different way than previously thought Findings could lead to diabetes treatments with less side effects PHILADELPHIA – A team, led by senior author Morris… Read More ›
Paradox of Vaccination: Is Vaccination Really Effective against Avian Flu Epidemics?
Abstract Background Although vaccination can be a useful tool for control of avian influenza epidemics, it might engender emergence of a vaccine-resistant strain. Field and experimental studies show that some avian influenza strains acquire resistance ability against vaccination. We investigated,… Read More ›
US Nurses fired for refusing Flu vaccine: “the flu vaccine not just it doesn’t protect people from the flu, but it has complicated the health of thousands of people who took it”
Friday, 04 January 2013 An Indiana hospital has fired eight employees, including at least three veteran nurses, after they refused mandatory flu shots, stirring up controversy over which should come first: employee rights or patient safety. The hospital imposed mandatory… Read More ›
Cholesterol medicine affects energy production in muscles: Up to 75 per cent of patients
Painful side effects Up to 75 per cent of patients who take statins to treat elevated cholesterol levels may suffer from muscle pain. Scientists at the Center for Healthy Aging at the University of Copenhagen have now identified a possible mechanism underlying… Read More ›
Some men voice complaints of shortened penis following prostate cancer treatment
Contact: Teresa Herbert teresa_herbert@dfci.harvard.edu 617-632-4090 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Perceived reduction in penis size linked to regrets of treatment choice BOSTON – A small percentage of men in a prostate cancer study complained that their penis seemed shorter following treatment, with… Read More ›
Foodborne Illness Could Have Sinister Causes : Medications being intentionally added
Contact: Angela Collom acollom@acponline.org 215-351-2653 American College of Physicians Observation Article: Foodborne Illness Could Have Sinister Causes Doctors should consider the intentional addition of medicine to food as a potential cause of foodborne disease outbreaks. The World Health Organization… Read More ›
Ten More Deaths Blamed on Plavix: ” Plavix plus aspirin (dual therapy) poses a 20 percent increased risk to the patient of suffering bleeding injuries, heart attacks, stroke and death”
By JACK BOUBOUSHIAN CHICAGO (CN) – Ten people died from the blockbuster blood-thinner Plavix, which is no better than aspirin against stroke but costs 100 times more, dozens of family members claim in two complaints…. Read More ›
CVS Pharmacy Muscle
SAN FRANCISCO – CVS Caremark illegally swipes patient information from competing pharmacies and uses it to try to steal their customers, a class action claims in Federal Court. http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/12/31/53518.htm
Firms May Be Liable for Acne Treatment Woes: Acne Drug Solodyn related to Liver Failure, Lupus, and Hepatitis
By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – A college student whose liver failed allegedly as a result of using the acne treatment Solodyn may sue Medicis and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals for negligence, a federal judge ruled. Brittani Tigert,… Read More ›
$11.4 Million for Drug Kickbacks : Naproxen, Xodol, Fexmid, Dolgic
SAN DIEGO (CN) – San Diego-based Victory Pharma will pay $11.4 million in civil and criminal fines for paying kickbacks to doctors who prescribed its drugs, federal prosecutors said. Victory entered a deferred-prosecution agreement, agreed to pay… Read More ›
$600 Million Drug Cheat, Researchers Say
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Venture capitalists swiped the rights to a new heart drug and stand to make $620 million from it, cheating the research company that developed it, the neuroscience company… Read More ›
Mild painkillers in pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of male reproductive problems
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Emma Mason wordmason@mac.com European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology New evidence has emerged that the use of mild painkillers such as paracetamol, aspirin and ibuprofen, may be part of the reason for the… Read More ›
Study shows a single shot of morphine has long lasting effects on testosterone levels
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Ilene Raymond Rush irush@shro.org 215-470-2998 Sbarro Health Research Organization A single injection of morphine to fight persistent pain in male rats is able to strongly reduce the hormone testosterone in the brain and plasma,… Read More ›
Antibiotics have long-term impacts on gut flora/ Up to 2 years
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Laura Udakis l.udakis@sgm.ac.uk 44-118-988-1843 Society for General Microbiology Short courses of antibiotics can leave normal gut bacteria harbouring antibiotic resistance genes for up to two years after treatment, say scientists writing in the latest… Read More ›
‘Bad Pharma’ says we’re all victims of drug industry
By Stephen Curry, The Guardian Monday, December 24, 2012 11:11 EST Topics: clinical trials You should read it because behind the anodyne cover lurks a tale of horrific fascination that affects us all. Bad Pharma is the story of… Read More ›
No standard for the placebo? ” placebo ingredients for pills were disclosed in fewer than 10 percent of cases “
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Debra Kain ddkain@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California – San Diego Much of medicine is based on what is considered the strongest possible evidence: The placebo-controlled trial. A paper published in the October 19 issue… Read More ›
So that’s why we’re allergic to sun creams
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Isabella Karlsson isabella.karlsson@chem.gu.se 46-317-869-108 University of Gothenburg What happens to sunscreens when they are exposed to sunlight? And how is the skin affected by the degradation products that form? This has been the subject… Read More ›
Hospital apologises to 38 families for appalling care that saw a patient starve to death
An NHS hospital has apologised to 38 families after a patient starved to death and it left other dying people screaming in pain. From left: Patricia Bridle, Laurence Hodges, Lois Smith and Chris Grande Photo: JOHN ROBERTSON/NEWSTEAM/ANDREW FOX By Laura Donnelly,… Read More ›
New task force report on bisphosphonate use and atypical femur fractures in osteoporosis patients: 94 percent (291) of patients had taken the drugs, most for more than five years
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Sara Knoll sknoll@burnesscommunications.com 301-652-1558 Burness Communications Expert panel calls for additional product labeling, international patient registry Washington, DC, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010– A widely prescribed class of drugs is highly effective in reducing common bone… Read More ›
Repeated antibiotic use alters gut’s composition of beneficial microbes, Stanford study shows
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Bruce Goldman goldmanb@stanford.edu 650-725-2106 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. – Repeated use of an antibiotic that is considered generally benign, because users seldom incur obvious side effects, induces cumulative and persistent changes… Read More ›
J&J, FDA leaders take heat for ‘phantom’ recall : Removed Evidence in Secret, of defective infants Tylenol
2010 Event Reposted for Filing By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer Matthew Perrone, Ap Health Writer Thu Sep 30, 5:58 pm ET WASHINGTON – Johnson & Johnson executives and the Food and Drug Administration both shouldered the blame Thursday for… Read More ›
Preventing prostate cancer through androgen deprivation may have harmful effects
Contact: Jeremy Moore Jeremy.Moore@aacr.org 215-446-7109 American Association for Cancer Research PHILADELPHIA — The use of androgen deprivation therapies to prevent precancerous prostate abnormalities developing into aggressive prostate cancer may have adverse effects in men with precancers with specific genetic alterations,… Read More ›
Pigs in southern China infected with avian flu: Recent Infections of H1N1 & H3N2
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Researchers report for the first time the seroprevalence of three strains of avian influenza viruses in pigs in southern China, but not the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Their research, published online… Read More ›
Eli Lilly Coughs Up $29 Million for Bribes: ” As is customary with the SEC, Lilly did not have to admit that it did anything wrong “
WASHINGTON (CN) – Eli Lilly & Co. will pay $29 million to settle charges of bribing foreign officials for contracts in four countries, the SEC said Thursday. Lilly subsidiaries paid off government officials in Russia, Brazil, China and Poland to… Read More ›
Merck cholesterol drug fails; risks seen/ But yet approved in the European Union in since 2008
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:03 GMT Reuters * Cites increase in nonfatal side effects * Says it will not seek U.S. approval of high-profile drug * Failure is latest setback for HDL-raising drugs * Merck shares fall 2.5 percent (Adds… Read More ›
Antibiotics no more effective at relieving coughs and colds than a sugar pill
Those taking antibiotics in study reported more side effects including rash, nausea and diarrhoea Jeremy Laurance Wednesday, 19 December 2012 The winter may be peak season for coughs and colds but there is no point… Read More ›
Regular aspirin use 10 or more years ago associated with increased risk of type of age-related macular degeneration
Contact: Susan Lampert Smith slsmith2@wisc.edu 608-262-7335 JAMA and Archives Journals CHICAGO ‑ Among nearly 5,000 study participants, regular aspirin use reported ten years prior was associated with a small but statistically significant increase in the risk of neovascular age‑related macular… Read More ›
Decades after a risky Cold War experiment, a scientist lives with secrets.
A Reporter at Large Operation Delirium by Raffi Khatchadourian December 17, 2012 At an Army research facility, a soldier given a powerful mind-altering drug said, “I feel like my life is not worth a nickel here.” Colonel James S. Ketchum… Read More ›
Complete Genomics CEO rebuts warnings of national security risks / “a world in which a virus engineered to kill a specific individual can be ordered online for $500 “?
14 Dec 2012 | 20:53 GMT | Posted by Monya Baker | In a letter to employees, sequencing company Complete Genomics CEO Cliff Reid predicts that the acquisition of his company by Chinese sequencing giant BGI will win approval by… Read More ›
Viruses cooperate or conquer to cause maximum destruction: They Change Behaviour to overcome our attempt to control them
Contact: Louise Vennells L.Vennells@exeter.ac.uk 44-013-927-22062 University of Exeter Scientists have discovered new evidence about the evolution of viruses, in work that will change our understanding about the control of infectious diseases such as winter flu Scientists have discovered new evidence… Read More ›
In vitro study finds digested formula, but not breast milk, is toxic to cells
Contact: Catherine Hockmuth chockmuth@ucsd.edu 858-822-1359 University of California – San Diego Findings may help explain development of fatal condition in premature infants IMAGE: This microscopic image of cells shows the effects of breast milk vs. infant formula… Read More ›
Dosing schedule of pneumococcal vaccine linked with increased risk of getting multiresistant strain
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, M.D., Ph.D. l.sanders@umcutrecht.nl JAMA and Archives Journals This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. Infants who received heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV-7) at 2, 4, and 11… Read More ›
Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation
2010 report posted for filing Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer Matthew Perrone, Ap Health Writer Thu Sep 2, 4:01 am ET WASHINGTON – Allergan Inc., the maker… Read More ›
Hospital scanning ‘costs lives of healthy babies’
More than 200 women who discover they are expecting thanks to ultra-sensitive home testing kits are having their pregnancies ended by mistake because hospital scans cannot pick up the earliest signs of life, doctors warn. Home pregnancy test Photo: ALAMY By… Read More ›
Pharmaceuticals: A market for producing ‘lemons’ and serious harm
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Daniel Fowler fowler@asanet.org 202-527-7885 American Sociological Association Incentives and protections for industry encourage development of many drugs with few new benefits over existing pharmaceuticals, but with risk of serious harm to users ATLANTA —… Read More ›
Amphetamine use increases risk of aortic tears in young adults, UT Southwestern researchers report
2010 study posted for filing Contact: LaKisha Ladson lakisha.ladson@utsouthwestern.edu 214-648-3404 UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Aug. 17, 2010 – Young adults who abuse amphetamines may be at greater risk of suffering a tear in the main artery leading from… Read More ›
Xenical and Alli, inhibits a key enzyme that may lead to “severe toxicity of internal organs such as the liver and kidney.” The inhibition is irreversible and can be caused by a low level of the drug.
Contact: Dave Lavallee dlavallee@advance.uri.edu 401-874-5862 University of Rhode Island Pharmacy researcher finds most popular weight-loss drug strongly alters other drug therapies KINGSTON, R.I.— December 10, 2012 – A University of Rhode Island researcher has discovered that the weight-loss drug orlistat,… Read More ›
Acetaminophen tied to childhood wheezing and allergies
2010 report posted for filing NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A pair of studies suggests that the common painkiller acetaminophen — better known as Tylenol in the U.S. — may be fueling a worldwide increase in asthma. According… Read More ›
Free statins with fast food could neutralize heart risk, scientists say
2010 report posted for filing Contact: Sam Wong sam.wong@imperial.ac.uk 44-020-759-42198 Imperial College London Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of charge so that customers can neutralize the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College London… Read More ›
New insights into link between anti-cholesterol statin drugs and depression
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society Scientists are reporting a possible explanation for the symptoms of anxiety and depression that occur in some patients taking the popular statin family of anti-cholesterol drugs, and… Read More ›
Couple Claim Cop Stole Their Drugs: Utah does not safeguard personal prescription information from unlawful access or dissemination
By JONNY BONNER SALT LAKE CITY (CN) – A city cop used Utah’s prescription drug database to visit a couple’s home for so-called “pill checks” and steal their pain drugs, hoping “they would be too dumb to notice the pills… Read More ›
A vaccine-derived strain of poliovirus that has spread in recent years is serious but it can be tackled with an existing vaccine
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Laura Gallagher l.gallagher@imperial.ac.uk 44-020-759-48432 Imperial College London Polio research gives new insight into tackling vaccine-derived poliovirus A vaccine-derived strain of poliovirus that has spread in recent years is serious but it can be tackled… Read More ›
Man’s best friend: Common canine virus may lead to new vaccines for deadly human diseases
Public Affairs News Service Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 Writer: James E. Hataway, 706/542-5222, jhataway@uga.edu Contact: Biao He, 706/542-2855, bhe@uga.edu Athens, Ga. – Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that a virus commonly found in dogs may serve as… Read More ›
Heart failure drug less effective in real world; aldosterone antagonists
Contact: Sarah Avery sarah.avery@duke.edu 919-660-1306 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. – A large study addressing the effectiveness and safety of aldosterone antagonist therapy for older heart failure patients has found notable differences between the drug’s results in clinical trial… Read More ›
4 common antipsychotic drugs found to lack safety and effectiveness in older adults: aripiprazole (Abilify), olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel), and risperidone (Risperdal)
Contact: Debra Kain ddkain@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California – San Diego In older adults, antipsychotic drugs are commonly prescribed off-label for a number of disorders outside of their Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved indications – schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The… Read More ›
Release all Tamiflu data as promised, argue researchers
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Company plans to set up review board, but researchers want it to keep its promise The latest correspondence is posted online today as part of the BMJ‘s open data campaign, aimed at… Read More ›
Blood-sugar lowering medications may increase risk for false positive results in cancer screenings
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Amy Shaw ashaw@snm.org 703-652-6773 Society of Nuclear Medicine New study suggests that medication used to control blood sugar levels can distort results of some molecular imaging screenings for cancer SALT LAKE CITY—A study presented… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 