Kangaroo Care Could Help Mothers In Poor Settings To Save Their Babies New York Times contributing writer Tina Rosen, on the newspaper’s “Opinionator” blog, examines the success of a system known as kangaroo care, which has helped to improve the survival rates of premature infants by using skin-to-skin contact with [...]
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has been formally notified by Novartis Europharm Ltd. of its decision to withdraw its application for an extension of indication for the centrally authorised medicine Zometa (zoledronic acid) 4 mg powder and solvent for solution for infusion and 4 mg/ 5 ml concentrate for solution for infusion. On 22 December [...]
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In final guidance published yesterday, NICE recommends prucalopride (Resolor, Movetis) as a treatment option for some women with chronic constipation in whom laxatives have not provided adequate relief…
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Female voters who abandoned the Democratic Party in the midterms are likely to come back and support President Obama in 2012, particularly if he is running against former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), according to an EMILY’s List Women’s Monitor poll scheduled for release on Wednesday, Politico reports…
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For the last couple years, Texas schools have been employing two programs that take a different approach to prevent teen pregnancy by using teen parents and other instructional methods to teach students about the financial and emotional tolls of being a teen parent, rather than focusing on sex education or abstinence, USA Today reports…
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(MedPage Today) — About one in every six Americans becomes sick with a foodborne illness each year, accounting for billions in healthcare costs, according to updated CDC estimates.
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(MedPage Today) — Having issued nearly 300 consumer alerts, warning letters, and other enforcement actions targeting “dietary supplements” that actually contain drug compounds, the FDA is mounting a new effort to discourage their sale and use.
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Enzon Pharmaceuticals, today announced the initiation of Phase I clinical studies, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, for two of the Company’s novel oncology product candidates, EZN-2968 and EZN-2208 (PEG-SN38).
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Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has completed two studies evaluating the safety and pharmacokinetics of OCR-002 (ornithine phenylacetate) which includes healthy volunteers and patients with liver cirrhosis. OCR-002 recently received Orphan Drug status and Fast Track designation by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hyperammonemia (excessive ammonia [...]
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In recognition of the methodology, progress and outcome of clinical trials, Future Science has announced the launch of the definitive title Clinical Investigation. The journal is the latest addition to the Future Science’s collection of titles addressing those areas that most impact our daily lives (available at www.future-science.com). Future Science is part of London-based Future [...]
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