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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration review found the risk of a serious skin disorder is greater with MRI imaging contrast agents made by GE Healthcare, Bayer AG's and Covidien, according to an agency memo released on Wednesday.
ALBANY U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a crackdown on what he says are phony pills, gloves, inhalers, masks, shampoos and even air fresheners sold on the Internet as remedies for swine flu.
Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.UT Southwestern University Hospital – St.
Human Genome Sciences says it filed application for hepatitis C drug candidate Zalbin
The drug company has told doctors to stop using one lot of its H1N1 vaccine until an inquiry into severe allergic reactions is done.
The chemical pharmaceuticals industry is the largest sub-sector of Chinese pharmaceuticals industry.
A division of Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that federal regulators granted full approval to an HIV drug designed to treat patients who have stopped responding to other treatments.
Recognizing the need to increase the speed and accuracy of traceback investigations and...
WASHINGTON — A whirlwind of activity is under way to apply the findings of the $3 billion Human Genome Project to improve health care in the United States and around the world. Six years after scientists finished decoding the human genome — the genetic instruction book for life — they’re starting to take their new knowledge from the research laboratory to the doctor’s office and the patient’s ...
Physicians will soon begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.
Holistic remedies
Food recalls seem out of control these days. We’re not just seeing a few sporadic cases of food poisoning here and there anymore. I regularly publish recall alerts for hundreds of thousands of pounds of beef and poultry.
HARBIN, China, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Sky One Medical, Inc.
Fast-C, developed by Scientific Food Solutions and distributed by ET Horn in partnership as Alkemy Partners, achieves faster entry of vitamin C into the blood while urinary excretion was slightly less, suggesting excellent retention by tissues, according to the study’s authors.
Sanofi Pasteur opens its factory doors to reveal the creation process. Officials at the Pennsylvania company say the shots are made the same way seasonal flu vaccines have been made for decades. Forget the chicken. At vaccine-maker Sanofi Pasteur, it all starts with the egg -- millions of them each week. The mini vaccine factories will grow more than 75 million doses of H1N1 vaccine this year.
South Brunswick has received approval to participate in the federal and state program that allows towns to administer the H1N1 vaccination to community members. It is unknown at this time when or how many doses will be received, but when they are received, the priority groups as indicated by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) will take precedence.
