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FDA approves new drug to treat HIV
Jun 23 2006 8:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new drug to treat HIV won federal approval Friday. The Food and Drug Administration said it approved Prezista for the treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus. The drug is the first approved HIV medication for its maker, Johnson & Johnson. It's also the first new HIV drug approved since June 22, 2005.
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NY study: No environmental link to cancer
Jun 23 2006 8:26PM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A multiyear study of elevated breast cancer rates in several Long Island communities found no environmental factors contributing to the spike, the state Health Department announced Friday.
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Twin babies go home after heart treatment
Jun 23 2006 8:24PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Twin babies who came here from Arizona 11 months ago for lifesaving heart treatment have returned home _ one with a new organ and the other, miraculously, with his original heart beating perfectly well.
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Tattoo customers in 3 states get infections
Jun 23 2006 8:23PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A worrisome superbug seen in prisoners and athletes is also showing up in people who get illegal tattoos, federal health officials said Thursday.
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Ga. working to become leader in vaccines
Jun 23 2006 8:22PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia is positioning itself as a national leader in the development and production of vaccines, members of the Georgia Research Alliance said Friday.
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Slight mutation found in bird flu virus
Jun 23 2006 8:21PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The World Health Organization has detailed the first evidence that a person likely caught the bird flu virus from a human, then passed a slightly mutated version to another person. But experts said Friday the genetic change does not increase the threat of a pandemic.
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Teva, Ranbaxy get OK for generic Zocor
Jun 23 2006 8:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Consumers will soon have access to cheaper versions of the popular cholesterol medicine Zocor as federal regulators approved products for sale from two companies after a federal judge threw out a motion from a rival drug maker.
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FDA approves generic versions of Zocor
Jun 23 2006 1:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first generic versions of Zocor, the widely used cholesterol drug made by Merck & Co. Inc., received federal approval Friday.
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Young German doctors leaving the country
Jun 23 2006 10:57AM (CT)
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Anesthesiologist Christian Favoccia had no trouble deciding to ditch his job at the university hospital in Duesseldorf for a new one at a clinic in Amsterdam.
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WHO: Bird flu virus mutated in Indonesia
Jun 23 2006 4:41AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A World Health Organization investigation showed that the H5N1 virus mutated slightly in an Indonesian family cluster on Sumatra island, but bird flu experts insisted Friday it did not increase the possibility of a human pandemic.
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Merck stops work on Parkison's compound
Jun 23 2006 3:24AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - German drug maker Merck KGaA said Friday it is dropping development of a new Parkinson's disease treatment after Phase III clinical trials failed to confirm the results of previous studies.
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