FDA Cites Bayer on Yaz Birth Control Pill
Tue Oct 7, 8:10 PM ET
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081008/us_nm/us_bayer_yaz&printer=1;_ylt=AtUep_djRS93bt_0Ee1bqFoXIr0F
Two television commercials for Bayer AG’s birth control pill Yaz give a misleading impression of its benefits, U.S. health regulators warned the company in a letter released on Tuesday.
The ads wrongly suggest the pills are approved for relieving premenstrual syndrome, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said [...]
Do Statins (Cholesterol Meds) Make You Stupid?
Do Statins Make You Stupid?
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have had a rough time of it lately.
There was the headline-making trial of the statin-combination drug Vytorin, which rattled conventional wisdom about the value of lowering cholesterol. Business Week weighed in with a report that asked: “Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?” And my Well column in Science [...]
Cold Meds Send Thousands To ER
Cold meds send 7,000 kids to hospitals
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate of the problem.
About two-thirds of the cases were children who took the medicines unsupervised. However, about [...]
What time do you take your blood pressure medicines?
Timing of blood pressure pills matters
Switching to bedtime dose may give high-risk arteries needed rest
The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON - Taking a blood pressure pill [...]
New Diabetes drugs not better than old diabetes drugs.. just cost more.
(NewsTarget) New, expensive diabetes drugs function no better than older versions while carrying more dangerous side effects, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers from Tufts University conducted a meta-analysis of 29 prior studies of Byetta (from Eli Lilly and Co. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals) and Januvia (from Merck & [...]
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