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FDA warns of potentially fatal skin reaction with ziprasidone

Posted on: 11/12/2014 - 20:09

The Food and Drug Administration is warning that the atypical antipsychotic ziprasidone (Geodon) may be associated with a rare but potentially fatal skin reaction. The agency issued <a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

FDA issues new pregnancy/lactation drug label standards

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 21:23

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule requiring content and format changes to pregnancy and lactation labeling information for prescription drugs and biologic products. The...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Abortion rates reach historic low in 2011

Posted on: 02/12/2014 - 17:04

The total number of abortions, the rate of abortions per 1,000 women, and the ratio of abortions to live births all reached historic lows in 2011, according to a study published in Morbidity and...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

FDA panel addresses neurologic risks of epidural steroid injections

Posted on: 26/11/2014 - 15:34

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended that a contraindication or warning be added to the labels of injectable corticosteroids, specifically pertaining to...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Pap testing much less likely in women without regular provider

Posted on: 12/11/2014 - 20:14

Adult women with no regular health care provider or no health insurance were much less likely to have been screened for cervical cancer in the past 5 years, a study from the Centers for Disease...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Pap testing much less likely in women without regular provider

Posted on: 12/11/2014 - 20:14

Adult women with no regular health care provider or no health insurance were much less likely to have been screened for cervical cancer in the past 5 years, a study from the Centers for Disease...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Veterans more likely to have arthritis at any age

Posted on: 12/11/2014 - 16:35

Both male and female veterans were more likely to have arthritis than were nonveterans, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For male veterans, the...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FDA approves simeprevir-sofosbuvir combo for hepatitis C

Posted on: 06/11/2014 - 14:06

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of sofosbuvir in combination with simeprevir for treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus. It is a ribavirin- and interferon-free...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

CDC: More can be done to prevent cervical cancer fatalities

Posted on: 05/11/2014 - 19:54

Close to 8 million women aged 21-65 years were not screened for cervical cancer in the past 5 years even though the disease claims nearly 4,000 lives per year, according to 2012 data, the Centers for...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

CDC: More can be done to prevent cervical cancer fatalities

Posted on: 05/11/2014 - 19:54

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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