AP - Viagra's effect in women has been disappointing, but a new small study finds those on antidepressants may benefit from taking the little blue pills.
HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A sweeping genetic analysis
suggests that the activity of certain genes might someday allow doctors to
predict which lung cancer patients need more aggressive therapies and
which do not. -- read full article
HealthDay - MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- Starting next year, doctors
can earn additional money from Medicare if they use electronic prescribing
systems, U.S. health officials said Monday. -- read full article
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If your child has been prescribed glasses,
you may have a difficult time getting your child to wear them. -- read full article
AFP - The erectile dysfunction drug Viagra has proven effective at combating sexual dysfunction in depressed women, according to a study published Tuesday.
AP - Those hard-to-read scribbled prescriptions from doctors could soon become a rarity. Beginning Jan. 1, the federal government will boost Medicare's payments to doctors that send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy rather than writing them out on paper and handing them to the patient. -- read full article
AP - In the latest disappointment for cholesterol pill Vytorin, a major European study in patients with heart valve disease found the drug didn't prevent worsening of the disease or lower the need for valve surgery, sending its makers' stock plunging. -- read full article
AP - When it comes to hearts, Taneal Wilson won the lottery. A small pump implanted to keep the 31-year-old alive long enough for a heart transplant somehow helped Wilson's ravaged heart completely recover instead.
AP - Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled in Texas — and issued a stronger warning for consumers to avoid fresh jalapenos.
Reuters - The Vytorin cholesterol fighter sold
by Merck & Co and Schering-Plough has not been linked to cancer
or cancer deaths in two large ongoing studies of the medicine,
an epidemiologist said on Monday during a medical meeting in
London. -- read full article
Reuters - Seventy-five percent of
children with cow's milk allergy will be able to tolerate it if
it is heated extensively, according to a report in the Journal
of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. -- read full article
AP - Singapore is considering legalizing kidney trading to help meet demand for kidney transplants, the city-state's health minister said Monday. -- read full article
