Reuters - Roche Holding's cancer drug Avastin missed its main target in a late-stage trial when used with chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced stomach cancer, the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday. -- read full article
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:13:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Mirapex ER (pramipexole
dihydrochloride extended-release) has been approved by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration as a once-daily option to treat early Parkinson's
disease, drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim said in a news release. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:02:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - Like the Roman god Saturn who ate his own children, a star 600 light years from Earth is slowly gobbling up one of its own planets, according to a study released on Wednesday in Nature, the British science journal.
Reuters - Cutting down on carbs may help people lose weight, but it may not be so good for lowering cholesterol, new research shows. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:13:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Pfizer said Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration has approved an updated version of its best-selling infection vaccine for infants and children. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:08:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday a Senate report criticizing its handling of heart risks with its diabetes drug Avandia "mischaracterizes and distorts" the company's record. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:29:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration on Monday said it was still reviewing documents that
examine whether the blockbuster type 2 diabetes drug Avandia raises users'
odds for heart attack and heart failure and should be removed from the
market. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:50:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - A Delaware pediatrician faces 471 counts of child rape and sexual exploitation after being accused of abusing his young patients for more than a decade, according to a grand jury indictment. -- read full article
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:51:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people who have been
hospitalized have an increased risk of cognitive decline. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:49:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Babies of women who take
antidepressants during the latter part of pregnancy are slower in reaching
some developmental milestones, new research shows. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:49:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - Abuse of prescription drugs is growing rapidly around the world, with more people abusing legal narcotics than heroin, cocaine and ecstasy combined, the United Nations global drugs watchdog said on Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:03:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration on Monday said it was still reviewing documents that
examine whether the blockbuster type 2 diabetes drug Avandia raises users'
odds for heart attack and heart failure and should be removed from the
market. -- read full article
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:04:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
