Drugs could be used to prevent breast cancer in women at high risk of the disease in the same way that statins are used for heart disease if trials looking at ways of predicting risk are successful, according to an international panel of cancer experts…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently recommends regular follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for women with silicone breast implants. But a new review shows significant flaws in the evidence supporting this recommendation, reports the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)…
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Lipomodeling-a relatively new approach to breast augmentation in which fat is transferred to the breasts from other parts of the body-doesn’t interfere with routine screening mammograms, reports a study in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)…
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(MedPage Today) — A possible label switch affecting an antidepressant and a drug used to shrink the prostate prompted a Pfizer subsidiary to recall both drugs.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved two new cardiac resynchronization therapy-pacemakers with remote monitoring capabilities.
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(MedPage Today) — Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon has recalled a number of surgical drains, kits, and associated products after the company received a number of complaints about potentially compromised sterility.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a case involving generic drugmakers’ responsibility to provide safety information in product labeling.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved the biologic drug ipilimumab (Yervoy) to treat metastatic melanoma, following clinical studies indicating that the agent prolongs overall survival — the first such drug ever to do so, the agency said.
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(MedPage Today) — The maker of an angiographic catheter recalled the product because of debris in the lumen that may cause MI, stroke, limb ischemia, or death.
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Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced today that the second of two Phase III trials evaluating Lucentis in patients with diabetic macular edema met its primary endpoint.
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