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Nasal swine flu vaccine recalled over potency

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Dec 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Drugmaker Medimmune is recalling nearly 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine because the nasal spray appears to lose strength over time.

WHO to send swine flu vaccine to poor countries

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Dec 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The World Health Organization plans to start shipping swine flu vaccine to Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Mongolia in the next few weeks, flu chief Keiji Fukuda said Thursday.

Swine flu vaccine now plentiful in half the states

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Dec 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups.

Study highlights lack of patient knowledge regarding hospital medications

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Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

In a new study to asses patient awareness of medications prescribed during a hospital visit, 44% of patients believed they were receiving a medication they were not, and 96% were unable to recall the name of at least one ...

Researchers develop drug interface to save lives

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Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A drug information interface system developed by two University of Alberta researchers has been shown to help in dealing with visual and motor impairments, which can make sorting, holding and indentifying pills a challenge ...

GAO: FDA yet to make safety changes post-Vioxx

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Dec 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration still hasn't restructured its staff to better monitor drug safety, more than three years after experts recommended key changes in the wake of the Vioxx scandal.

American adults receiving flu vaccine at about the same rate as in 2008, study finds

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Dec 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak ...

British researchers: little evidence Tamiflu works

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Dec 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths.

Popular diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of heart failure and death

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Dec 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Sulphonylureas, a type of drug widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, carries a greater risk of heart failure and death compared with metformin, another popular antidiabetes drug.

Glaxo's swine flu shot may give kids fever

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Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The European Medicines Agency warns that young children given GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu shot may get a fever after their second dose.

Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise in Treating Kidney Disease

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Dec 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An anti-convulsant drug commonly used to treat epilepsy reduces cysts in mice that are associated with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a difficult to treat ailment that afflicts 600,000 people in the United ...

WHO approves Glaxo's swine flu shot

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Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries.

Study shows antibiotic unsuccessful in preventing preterm labor

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Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The antibiotic, called azithromycin, is effective in treating infections such as syphilis, Chlamydia and Ureaplasma urealyticum - a bacterial infection thought to play a significant role in causing preterm labour. Recent studi ...

Over-the-counter eye drops raise concern over antibiotic resistance

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Nov 27, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The use of antibiotic eye drops for conjunctivitis has increased by almost half since they became available over the counter at chemists in 2005, data obtained by Oxford University researchers ...

WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu

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Nov 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease.

First anti-seizure drug for newborns to be developed

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Nov 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UCL Institute for Child Health are developing the first anti-seizure drug specifically for newborn babies, with the aim of reducing brain damage.

CDC: Swine flu vaccine safe; no big problems seen

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Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- U.S. health officials say there's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects.

Six bad reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada: official (Update)

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Nov 24, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (7) | 4

Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.