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Drug Companies Voluntarily Withdraw Cough and Cold Medicines for Babies
October 11, 2007
WASHINGTON -- Makers of 14 over-the-counter cough and cold medicines labeled for use in children younger than two said today they are voluntarily pulling their products from store shelves.
Quality Found Lacking in Medicaid Managed Care
October 09, 2007
BOSTON -- Patients enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans are less likely to achieve good blood pressure control, receive breast cancer screening, or have timely prenatal care than similar patients enrolled in commercial plans.
Two U.S. Researchers Share Nobel Prize in Medicine
October 08, 2007
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Three researchers, including two U.S. scientists, who were pioneers in gene targeting, will share the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine.
Schizophrenia Drug Has Warnings Added to Label
October 08, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS -- Olanzapine (Zyprexa) labeling will be altered to include stronger warnings about weight gain, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia, according to a statement from Lilly.
Cutbacks in Medicare Chemotherapy Payments Have Little Impact on Care
October 08, 2007
DURHAM, N.C. -- Cancer patients are not waiting longer for chemotherapy, nor are they traveling greater distances to receive treatment, despite predictions of access issues when Medicare reduced payment for infusion therapy.
FDA to Consider Drug Category Between Rx and OTC
October 04, 2007
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA will convene a public hearing next month to consider formalizing a dispensing category that would make drugs available without a prescription, but only after consultation with a pharmacist.
FDA Approves Terbinafine (Lamisil) Granules for Tinia Capitis in Kids
October 02, 2007
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA has approved terbinafine oral granules (Lamisil), which can be sprinkled on food, for treatment of tinea capitis in children four years and older.
FDA Pulls Plug on 200-Plus Unapproved Cough Syrups With Hydrocodone
September 28, 2007
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA today ordered makers of more than 200 unapproved hydrocodone-containing cough syrups to remove them from the market.
NEJM Raises Questions About Detachment When a Patient Dies
September 26, 2007
BOSTON -- When a patient dies during a "code call" in the hospital, the residents, nurses, and technicians who responded to the emergency might stop for just a moment and pay respects to the life that was lost, suggested a Harvard internist.
ACS Breast Cancer Report Cites Gains in Breast Cancer Survival
September 26, 2007
ATLANTA -- The breast cancer mortality rate in the U.S. has been edging down by 2% a year since 1990 and the incidence of new cases has declined by 3.5% per year from 2001 to 2004, according to the American Cancer Society/