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Analysis weighs benefits, risks of Actos
Sep 11 2007 10:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The widely used diabetes pill Actos appears to lower a patient's chances of death, heart attack or stroke, unlike its beleaguered chief rival Avandia, a new analysis shows. However, it also carries an increased risk of nonfatal heart failure, the analysis showed, confirming earlier studies.
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Analysis weighs benefits, risks of Actos
Sep 11 2007 10:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The widely used diabetes pill Actos appears to lower a patient's chances of death, heart attack or stroke, unlike its beleaguered chief rival Avandia, a new analysis shows. However, it also carries an increased risk of nonfatal heart failure, the analysis showed, confirming earlier studies.
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Analysis: Deaths from drug reactions up
Sep 11 2007 8:22PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Reports of dangerous side effects and deaths from widely used medicines almost tripled between 1998 and 2005, an analysis of U.S. drug data found.
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NYC rule posting calories on menus nixed
Sep 11 2007 8:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge struck down a New York City rule Tuesday that required fast-food restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus, but he suggested that expanding the rule to include more restaurants could make it legal.
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Woman seeks to settle M.D. exam dispute
Sep 11 2007 5:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A breast-feeding mother who wants extra breaks so she can pump milk during the licensing exam that she needs to secure a prestigious medical residency has asked a Massachusetts judge to settle her dispute with the board that administers it.
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Utah extends pool ban to battle parasite
Sep 11 2007 4:06PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - After more than 1,300 illnesses, health officials Tuesday extended a ban on toddlers in public swimming pools to try to stop cryptosporidium, a parasite that can cause severe diarrhea.
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Judge nixes calorie-posting rule in NYC
Sep 11 2007 11:47AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has struck down a city rule requiring fast-food restaurants to post calorie content on menus, saying it conflicts with federal law.
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Drug may help lung cancer patients
Sep 11 2007 11:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - ImClone Systems Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. claimed Tuesday that the drug Erbitux improved the survival rate of patients with the most common type of lung cancer in a late-stage study. ImClone shares jumped 21 percent.
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Congo confirms deadly Ebola outbreak
Sep 11 2007 8:10AM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The World Health Organization issued an alert Tuesday urging more doctors to travel to Congo to combat an outbreak of Ebola fever, which kills nearly all of those it infects and has no cure or treatment.
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Pregnant smokers may suffer depression
Sep 11 2007 4:44AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than one in 10 pregnant women smoke, and new research suggests many of them also may suffer from depression, making kicking the habit even harder.
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