I put this question up as a Question on Medpedia but would like to also present it to my visitors here. You might go to Medpedia and look at any
The widely used Seroquel antipsychotic was never approved to treat post-traumatic stress disorder or the insomnia sometimes related to the
Okay, it is only Monday, so maybe another comment will come along. But how’s this for being direct? In a remark given to the Associated Press,
Would you be surprised to learn that many parents give their little ones an incorrect dose of liquid meds? A new study finds that using
Should drugmakers disclose all adverse event reports that may not show statistically significant evidence that a side effect is actually caused
Just how useful are non-inferiority trials? For the uninitiated, such trials compare a drug being developed with one that is already approved by
Drugmakers regularly complain that it is getting more difficult and more expensive to recruit people into clinical trials, hence the rush
In a surprising move, the FDA late last week issued a Refuse to File letter to Roche’s Genentech unit for its T-DM1 biologic, which is being
The battle to prevent blood clots is heating up this week as several drugmakers begin releasing study results for their experimental drugs. At
Two years ago, the Pharmac government agency in New Zealand, which is responsible for subsidizing meds, declined funding for Pfizer’s Chantix
With apologies to the late Frank Zappa... even though we are going through the dog days of summer, the parade of health care troubles in the news
As we predicted, more stringent requirements by the US Internal Revenue Service for financial reporting by not-for-profit organizations,
The issue of executive compensation in health care seems to be attracting more media attention.A St Louis Post-Dispatch editorial noted how
In the Battle of Britain in WW2, the Royal Air Force (RAF) heroically repelled a foreign invasion of the UK. The Supermarine Spitfire, key
It is commonly accepted that respect for patient's cultural, ethical and religious views must be taken into account in their care. In fact, that
Two recent stories from two different parts of the US continue the theme of ever increasing concentration of power in our health care
The Wall Street Journal reported on a study in Health Affairs entitled "A Progress Report On Electronic Health Records In U.S. Hospitals" by
It's a well-worn clichthat men dominate the top ranks of the biotech industry. But over the past decade a group of extraordinary women has put
I will not offer personal comments on this topic, but it is important to report. My cousin, after serving as a medic in Vietnam, lost his life to
..... then, you might be interested in results noted in recent mouse studies.Smokers could be protected from lung cancer by taking a drug used by
By Paul Catanzaro Traditional warm-ups are seriously flawed. Quite frankly, most people shoot themselves in the foot before they even begin.
Lactic acid test can predict C-section birth, say doctors, as women with a high level of the acid in their system during pregnancy and labor may
Lifeways > Judaism An interesting principle of life is that those who are thankful, those who acknowledge the good that comes into their life,
Guest contributor: Karen Collins, M.S., R.D., C.D.N. Karen Collins holds a B.S. degree from Purdue and an M.S. degree from Cornell, both in
Breastfeeding for a month or longer appears to reduce a woman's risk of getting diabetes later in life, according to a new study. The
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