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Health warning: Facebook may trigger asthma attack

Health warning: Facebook may trigger asthma attack

Health And Wellness

19 Nov 2010
The social networking website Facebook has literally exploded in recent years and become a fascinating phenomenon. Literally millions of people all over the world are ...

UPDATE: Ban of Four Loko creates sales boom

UPDATE: Ban of Four Loko creates sales boom

Health And Wellness

18 Nov 2010
The ban of Four Loko has created a sales boom after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials say consuming beverages that mix caffeine and ...

Medicare may cover exspensive prostate cancer vaccine: Provenge

Medicare may cover exspensive prostate cancer vaccine: Provenge

Disease And Conditons, Insurance

18 Nov 2010
In April Provenge, a therapeutic vaccine, was approved for treatment for prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. It is the ...

 
First new lupus drug in over 50 years: Benlysta

First new lupus drug in over 50 years: Benlysta

Disease And Conditons

18 Nov 2010
Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline announced that an Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel Tuesday voted 13-2 to recommend approval of Benlysta, a new ...

Human Genome’s new lupus drug takes next step to approval

Human Genome’s new lupus drug takes next step to approval

Disease And Conditons

17 Nov 2010
An advisory committee for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted in flavor to approve the new drug Belimumab for the treatment of lupus. The ...

Blood thinner warfarin faces promising new competition

Blood thinner warfarin faces promising new competition

Health And Wellness

17 Nov 2010
In a new study, Johnson & Johnson and Bayer AG's blood thinner Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) prevented strokes in patients with a atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) better ...

 
Four Loko ban prompts surge in sales

Four Loko ban prompts surge in sales

Health And Wellness

17 Nov 2010
Four Loko, the company that makes the most popular of a slew of controversial caffeinated alcoholic drinks, announced Tuesday night that it was removing caffeine ...

Stroke patient first to have stem cells injected into brain

Stroke patient first to have stem cells injected into brain

Disease And Conditons, Health And Wellness

16 Nov 2010
Researchers from Glasgow have injected stem cells into the brain of a British stroke patient. The unnamed elderly man is the first person in the ...

School says breast cancer awareness campaign goes too far: “I love boobies” bracelets

School says breast cancer awareness campaign goes too far: “I love boobies” bracelets

Disease And Conditons

16 Nov 2010
Breast cancer bracelets are designed to create awareness but kids wearing "I love boobies" bracelets have create controversy and have now led to a lawsuit. ...

 
New blood thinner rivaroxaban better than warfarin

New blood thinner rivaroxaban better than warfarin

Disease And Conditons

16 Nov 2010
A new pill called rivaroxaban, taken once a day as a blood thinner, is as effective as the current main treatment, warfarin (Coumadin, Marevan, Waran) ...

Women with high stress at work at an increased risk of heart disease

Women with high stress at work at an increased risk of heart disease

Disease And Conditons

15 Nov 2010
According to a new U.S. study, women with high job stress have a 40% increased risk of having a heart disease compared with those in ...

No more Four Loko in New York State

No more Four Loko in New York State

Health And Wellness

14 Nov 2010
Governor David Paterson and the State Liquor Authority announced Sunday that the maker of the caffeinated alcoholic drink Four Loko has agreed to stop shipments ...

 
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