http://www.physorg.com/health-news/medications/ en-us PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on medicine, health, medications, medicines and prescriptions. Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease. The newest surprise discovered by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a gonorrhea medication that might help battle cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news176727215.html Medicine & Health - Medications Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:55:03 EST news176727215 Antibiotic over-prescription is promoted by pediatricians' perception of parents' expectations. Research published in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics shows that pediatricians are more likely to inappropriately prescribe antibiotics for respiratory tract infections if they perceived parents were expecting a prescription. http://www.physorg.com/news176702660.html Medicine & Health - Medications Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:05:22 EST news176702660 The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous. http://www.physorg.com/news176664344.html Medicine & Health - Medications Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:40:02 EST news176664344 (AP) -- Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged. http://www.physorg.com/news176650104.html Medicine & Health - Medications Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:40:02 EST news176650104 A "miracle" Australian baby has become the first person cured of a rare and deadly brain-melting condition after doctors gambled on an experimental drug tested only on mice, they said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news176620927.html Medicine & Health - Medications Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:50:01 EST news176620927 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is launching a program to try and prevent millions of accidental drug overdoses that occur each year due to medication errors, misuse and other problems. http://www.physorg.com/news176562848.html Medicine & Health - Medications Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:15:38 EST news176562848 (PhysOrg.com) -- With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers - Advil, Tylenol, aspirin - at the time of injection may blunt the effect of the shot and have a negative effect on the immune system. http://www.physorg.com/news176466143.html Medicine & Health - Medications Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:50:01 EST news176466143 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new research paper suggests that pharmaceutical companies can afford to produce less expensive vaccines for lower-income countries because the companies can recover their research and development (R&D) costs through the sale of the vaccine to higher-priced markets. The findings are included in an article co-authored by University of Victoria health economist Rebecca Warburton being published this week in the journal Vaccine. http://www.physorg.com/news176456892.html Medicine & Health - Medications Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:48:50 EST news176456892 A pivotal efficacy trial of RTS,S, the world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, is now underway in seven African countries: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. The trial, which is expected to involve up to 16,000 children, is on schedule, with more than 5,000 children already enrolled, researchers announced Tuesday at the 5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan-African Malaria Conference. http://www.physorg.com/news176448702.html Medicine & Health - Medications Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:34:00 EST news176448702 (AP) -- U.S. regulators have refused to accept drugmaker Merck & Co.'s application for a new, combination cholesterol pill that includes rival Pfizer's Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug. http://www.physorg.com/news176409729.html Medicine & Health - Medications Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:50:05 EST news176409729 Healthy pregnant women mount a robust immune response following just one dose of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, according to initial results from an ongoing clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health. http://www.physorg.com/news176404935.html Medicine & Health - Medications Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:50:04 EST news176404935 A wireless digital 'plaster' that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in a new clinical trial run by Imperial College London researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news176396422.html Medicine & Health - Medications Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:03 EST news176396422 (AP) -- A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the government will catch up to the demand for swine flu vaccine within a week. http://www.physorg.com/news176309076.html Medicine & Health - Medications Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:45:54 EST news176309076 (AP) -- A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick enough to need dialysis. http://www.physorg.com/news176193603.html Medicine & Health - Medications Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:50:03 EST news176193603 (AP) -- A single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10 against the pandemic strain, the World Health Organization said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news176120744.html Medicine & Health - Medications Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:01 EST news176120744 Switzerland on Friday restricted the use of British drugs group GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu vaccine Pandemrix, excluding pregnant women, minors and people over the age of 60. http://www.physorg.com/news176099207.html Medicine & Health - Medications Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:40:01 EST news176099207 (AP) -- A new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves - cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor. http://www.physorg.com/news176057307.html Medicine & Health - Medications Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:49:10 EST news176057307 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two medications commonly used to treat high blood pressure appear to be effective in treating one of the most common and potentially deadly forms of heart disease, according to a report by UConn scientists. http://www.physorg.com/news176049657.html Medicine & Health - Medications Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:41:24 EST news176049657 (AP) -- Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Thursday it is on track to meet its U.S. government order for swine flu vaccine, seeking to calm fears in recent weeks that shipments and vaccination programs may be delayed. http://www.physorg.com/news176033562.html Medicine & Health - Medications Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:30:02 EST news176033562 (AP) -- Federal health advisers on Wednesday said a novel technology from a small medical technology firm should be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma. http://www.physorg.com/news176014218.html Medicine & Health - Medications Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:20:02 EST news176014218 Look in your wallet, purse, personal digital assistant or smart phone and you probably have a list of names, phone numbers and addresses. You might even have a file for your passwords or important account numbers, birthdays and anniversaries, bank account numbers and so many more bits of data from your life. Do you have your medication list there, too? http://www.physorg.com/news175962984.html Medicine & Health - Medications Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:37:06 EST news175962984 There is no scientific proof that patients with moderate or severe Alzheimer's disease benefit from drugs containing the agent memantine. This is the conclusion in the final report that the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) published in September 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news175942056.html Medicine & Health - Medications Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:48:29 EST news175942056 Many pediatric and adolescent patients who received second-generation antipsychotic medications experienced significant weight gain, along with varied adverse effects on cholesterol and triglyceride levels and other metabolic measures, according to a study in the October 28 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news175885144.html Medicine & Health - Medications Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:59:55 EST news175885144 (AP) -- More than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are available now, and most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news175873773.html Medicine & Health - Medications Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:01 EST news175873773 She was only 30 years old, but she was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke. Her speech suddenly became slurred, and her left hand became clumsy while eating. http://www.physorg.com/news175787653.html Medicine & Health - Medications Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:55:17 EST news175787653 (AP) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line." http://www.physorg.com/news175783111.html Medicine & Health - Medications Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:10:01 EST news175783111 Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis on Monday denied that it faced hurdles in gaining regulatory approval in Switzerland for one of its swine flu vaccines because of possible bacterial contamination. http://www.physorg.com/news175767804.html Medicine & Health - Medications Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:23:59 EST news175767804 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend patients' lives, say congressional investigators. http://www.physorg.com/news175747863.html Medicine & Health - Medications Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:10:01 EST news175747863 (AP) -- Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal - custom-mixed "bioidentical" hormones, just like ones the body makes. http://www.physorg.com/news175692842.html Medicine & Health - Medications Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:50:05 EST news175692842 (AP) -- Grappling with low supplies of swine flu vaccines, President Felipe Calderon persuaded drug makers this week to sell him 30 million doses, while 1,000 Mexicans lined up for an experimental vaccine they hope can speed up supplies. http://www.physorg.com/news175501895.html Medicine & Health - Medications Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:10:01 EST news175501895