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'All-natural' sex pill contains Viagra chemical: FDA

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

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.


FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs (AP)

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.


GSK swine flu drug approved in US: company

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has announced that US regulators have approved its swine flu vaccine for adults in the United States.


FDA says heartburn drugs can interfere with Plavix (AP)

FDA says heartburn drugs can interfere with Plavix

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular variety of heartburn medications can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack ...


Investigational neurostimulation device aims to reduce stroke damage

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke researchers at the Methodist Neurological Institute in Houston are the only ones in Texas to offer a novel device that might extend the acute stroke treatment window from three hours to 24.


New technique for injectable facial fillers improves comfort, recovery

New technique for injectable facial fillers improves comfort, recovery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Less pain during injections for wrinkle-fighting facial fillers. Less swelling afterward. Less time in the office waiting for anesthesia to take effect.


Tulane University surgeon pioneers 'scarless' thyroid surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tulane University School of Medicine surgeon Dr. Emad Kandil is one of the first in the country to perform a new form of endoscopic surgery that uses a small incision under the arm to remove all or a portion of the thyroid ...


FDA launches plan to curb accidental overdoses

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.


ICT fails to accelerate drug approvals

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug approvals are taking just as long as they ever did despite increased expenditure on new information technology at the Food and drug Administration. So says a statistical analysis of approval intervals from 1997 to 2006, ...


Consumer advocates find BPA in food packaging

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A consumer advocacy group's analysis of canned goods has found measurable levels of the chemical additive bisphenol A across a range of foods, including some labeled "BPA-free."



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