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First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 9 mins ago - 17 reports

Some Statins 'Raise Diabetes Risk'

Some drugs taken to protect the heart may increase the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada.Their study of 1.5 million people, in the British Medical Journal, suggested powerful statins could increase the risk by 22% ... [Published Peace FM - 9 mins ago]

Entities: Statins, Diabetes, Patient, Pravachol

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 10 reports

Compounding a Crisis at FDA

By Scott Gottlieb, M.D.The tragic deaths of 55 Americans and sickening of more than 740, resulting from contaminated steroid injections that were shipped by a disreputable firm in Massachusetts, have rightly focused public attention on a largely unfamiliar, ... [Published Forbes.com - 12 mins ago]

Entities: FDA Food & Drug Administration, Drugs, Aseptic, Crisis

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 9 reports

NOVO NORDISK A/S

UPDATE 1-Novo obesity drug could launch in U.S. end 2014

* Sees U.S. launch of liraglutide end 2014 or early 2015* Analysts divided on likely commercial success* Bulls see peak sales of $4 bln, but reimbursement key* Novo shares up 0.7 percent, outperforming sectorCOPENHAGEN, May 24 (Reuters) - Danish drug ... [Published CNBC - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Obesity, Drugs, United States, NOVO NORDISK A/S, Insulin

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 36 mins ago - 14 reports

What makes us scratch an itch

Researchers have found a chemical that is necessary in order to feel the urge to scratch an itch.They were able to turn off the urge in mice while leaving the animals' other senses, such as touch and temperature, intact.It is hoped that a deeper understanding ... [Published BBC - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Chemical, Eczema, spinal cord, Mark Hood, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial R...

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 42 mins ago - 9 reports

FDA Food & Drug Administration

FDA green-lights 1st HbA1cDx diabetes test | MassDevice.com On Call

U.S. healthcare regulators clear Roche's COBAS INTEGRA 800 Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay, the 1st HbA1c test approved for diagnosing diabetes.MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The FDA this week officially approved Swiss healthcare giant Roche's COBAS INTEGRA 800 Tina-quant ... [Published MassDevice - 42 mins ago]

Entities: Diabetes, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Assay

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 46 mins ago - 4 reports

Habil Khorakiwala

Wockhardt Drug Filings Seen Delayed After U.S. FDA Alert

Wockhardt Ltd. (WPL), an Indian maker of insulin and hepatitis vaccines, will not win new drug approvals this year for about half the pending applications in the U.S. after that nation’s regulator placed import curbs on a plant.The Food and Drug Administration’s ... [Published Bloomberg - 46 mins ago]

Entities: Wockhardt Ltd, Habil Khorakiwala, FDA Food & Drug Administration

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 58 mins ago - 11 reports

GERD and Cancer: Connecting the Dots

Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical newsin your specialty.Sign UpReviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San FranciscoAction PointsGastric reflux appears to be an independent risk ... [Published MedPage Today - 58 mins ago]

Entities: Pyrosis, Antacid, reflux

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 8 reports

Cinnamon may prevent Alzheimer’s disease

Roshni George and Donald Graves, scientists at University of California ? Santa Barbara, found that two compounds in cinnamon—cinnamaldehyde and epicatechin—show some promise in the effort to fight the disease.A cinnamon peeler at work. AFP A cinnamon ... [Published Firstpost.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Cinnamon, Alzheimer's Disease, Donald Graves, oxidative stress, Protein

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 21 reports

Alzheimer's 'wonder drug' could be completely ineffective, warn scientists

A 'wonder' drug hailed as a new treatment for Alzheimer's may be ineffective, experts have warned.The cancer drug bexarotene, marketed as Targretin, was said to reverse the build-up of the brain plaques which have been linked Alzheimer's.A high profile ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Drugs, bexarotene, antineoplastic

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 11 reports

Wockhardt slumps for second day on U.S. FDA import alert

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares in Wockhardt Ltd plummeted as much as 19.3 percent on Friday to their lowest since August 2012, continuing to reel for the second day, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration imposed an "import alert" on a plant operated ... [Published Edit Hot - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Wockhardt Ltd, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Mumbai, Stocks

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 33 reports

FDA panel says Merck’s insomnia drug safe in lower doses

A Food and Drug Administration panel says Merck & Co.’s experimental insomnia drug is effective and safe at lower doses, moving the drug company a step closer to gaining approval for the U.S. sale of the sleeping pill.An FDA advisory committee met Wednesday ... [Published New York Business Journal - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Merck & Co Inc, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Insomnia

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 23 reports

Preparing for a Flu Pandemic

It’s been called the forgotten pandemic, yet it happened less than a century ago. Many people are dimly aware of the 1918 flu pandemic, often called the Spanish flu, but few people grasp how truly consequential it was. It’s estimated to have killed 50 ... [Published PBS - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Influenza, Pandemic, Virus

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"There are benefits and risks with all medicines so if you're worried, discuss your concerns with your GP."

Some Statins 'Raise Diabetes Risk' [Published Peace FM - 9 mins ago]

"Every minute passed, thousands of cells will die,” he says. “Thousands of connections between the cells also will die, and that's why time is extremely important for the treatment of stroke."

Think it Might Be a Stroke? FAST is best [Published Public News Service - 10 mins ago]

...The title of Dr Bartus' talk was: "CERE-120 (AAV2- neurturin) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease: Experience from 4 clinical trials and human autopsy data"

Ceregene announces additional efficacy data from phase IIb study of CERE-120 to treat Parkinson's ... [Published PharmaBiz - 21 mins ago]

...The effect compared favourably to treatment with steroids", said Prof Brayden. "This may provide a new type of long-acting, 'nano' therapy for human or animals suffering with inflammatory arthritis in the future"

Reducing experimental inflammatory arthritis [Published Medical Xpress - 25 mins ago]

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