Medications
Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- In the wake of several high-profile medication errors, some of them fatal, involving widely used blood thinners, the Joint Commission has released an alert recommending strategies to reduce these errors. More »
Bisphosphonates Cause Rare Eye Inflammation (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors can now add inflammatory eye disease to the list of potential side effects from the bone medications known as bisphosphonates. More »
Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 24, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: More »
Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 23, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: More »
Many Trial Reports on FDA-Approved Drugs Go Unpublished (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of all supporting clinical trials for U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs remain unpublished five years after permission has been given to sell the drugs in the United States, say University of California, San Francisco researchers. More »
FDA cracks down on eye wash and skin cream (AP)
AP - Federal officials on Tuesday launched a crackdown against several companies that market an eye wash and a widely used skin cream without government approval, saying these prescription medications could pose risks. More »
Many Trial Reports on FDA-Approved Drugs Go Unpublished (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of all supporting clinical trials for U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs remain unpublished five years after permission has been given to sell the drugs in the United States, say University of California, San Francisco researchers. More »
Heart Attack Care Often Delayed for the Poor (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Poorer Americans, including those on Medicaid, are more likely to take much longer to get to the hospital when a heart attack strikes compared to more affluent people, a new study finds. More »
Heart Attack Care Often Delayed for the Poor (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Poorer Americans, including those on Medicaid, are more likely to take much longer to get to the hospital when a heart attack strikes compared to more affluent people, a new study finds. More »
Delays in heart attack care are longer poor areas (Reuters)
Reuters - Residents of lower-income neighborhoods, as well as Medicaid recipients, who suffer a heart attack are less likely to get timely treatment than people living in wealthier communities, according to new research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. More »