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Women may stop anticoagulants after blood clots
Aug 25, 2008 |
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Women may safely discontinue oral anticoagulants (blood thinners) after 6 months of treatment following a first unprovoked venous blood clot (thromboembolism) if they have no or one risk factor, concludes a study of 646 participants ...
Restrictive drug policies often cause schizophrenic patients to discontinue medication
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Apr 01, 2008 |
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Policies requiring authorization before physicians can prescribe newer medications to schizophrenic patients may be counter-productive. According to a new study, patients in Maine’s Medicaid program who found themselves in ...
Mutated flu virus resists medicine
Feb 03, 2008 |
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The Switzerland-based World Heath Organization said a small percentage of the major influenza virus this season has developed resistance to Tamiflu treatment.
Cable venture suspends first advertising product
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A joint venture formed by the nation's six largest cable operators is suspending trials of its first advertising product before it even gets off the ground.
Certain factors associated with attrition during graduate medical education training
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Graduates from a single medical school who began graduate medical education (residency) programs appear more likely to change specialty or discontinue graduate medical education training if they are academically highly qualified ...
Ringing endorsement: Women prefer contraceptive ring over patch
Feb 04, 2008 |
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In the first study to directly compare a contraceptive vaginal ring and skin patch, more women indicated overall satisfaction with the vaginal ring, researchers report in the current issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a publ ...
FDA seizes sexual enhancement products
Apr 10, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the seizure by U.S. marshals of more than 14,000 units of Shangai- and Naturale-brand diet supplements.
FDA finishes 'Total Body' products study
May 01, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration say its testing of Total Body Formula and Total Body Mega Formula has detected hazardous amounts of chromium.
Hartz recalls 3,600 cat vitamin bottles
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Nov 05, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary recall of Hartz Vitamin Care for Cats due to the possibility of contamination.
New studies point to strategies for reducing painful breast cancer drug side effects
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Aromatase inhibitors, the same drugs that have buoyed long-term survival rates among breast cancer patients, also carry side effects including joint pain so severe that many patients discontinue these lifesaving medicines. ...
FDA: Stop using 'True Man' or 'Energy Max'
May 10, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday, advising consumers not to purchase or use "True Man" or "Energy Max" products.
Company warns of heart device malfunctions
Oct 15, 2007 |
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Implanted heart device manufacturer Medtronic of Minneapolis is asking doctors to discontinue use of a component in its newest defibrillator models.
Taking the pee? Cranberry juice fails to cut it
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Current clinical evidence for using cranberry juice to combat urinary tract infections is 'unsatisfactory and inconclusive', according to Raul Raz.
FDA says product mislabeled, misleading
Nov 20, 2007 |
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U.S. regulators seized about $2 million of potentially harmful eye products that contain a drug ingredient officials said could lead to decreased vision.
ASGE issues guidelines on management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopic procedures
Dec 08, 2009 |
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According to a new guideline from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) regarding the management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopy, aspirin and/or NSAIDs may be continued for all elective endoscopic ...
