June 19th, 2012 tmccoy
By Descire Mori, Asistente Legal Las probabilidades de que los anticonceptivos que utilizan la terapia hormonal combinada son de dos veces más de causar un grave ataque al corazón o un derrame cerebral que en los mayores, y más que las formas tradicionales de control de la natalidad. Según un informe de noticias HealthDay, los [...]
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June 19th, 2012 tmccoy
Nidek Medical Products, Inc., today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has classified the company’s voluntary recall of Medical Mark5 Nuvo Lite Oxygen concentrators as a Class I recall. The devices were recalled due to capacitor-related fires. According to the FDA, a capacitor component inside the concentrators were, in some instances, found to [...]
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June 19th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Stephanie Herschaft, Esq. Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. created a cancer drug with the proposed name Kyprolis (a chemical named carfilzomid) which was found to have shrunk tumors in 22 percent of multiple myeloma patients. However, this may not offer enough of an advantage in light of the drugs terrible side effects, which include death. Onyx [...]
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June 19th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Michael Werner, Esq. Limbrel –a “medical food” composed of plant compounds called flavonoids—has been prescribed for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Now, it appears that limbrel may have played a role in the development of temporary liver injury. Medical foods such as limbrel, though sold by prescription only, do not need to be proven safe [...]
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June 19th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq. Researchers at the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, says being hospitalized seems to increase the chances of Alzheimer’s patients moving into a nursing home, or even dying, within the following year. The risk increases if those patients experience “delirium”, a state of extra confusion and agitation, [...]
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June 19th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Jonathan Macri, Esq. Propecia users who have been following the recent discoveries relating to the adverse health effects caused by the drug now have a new target – L. Lee Bosley, head of Bosley Medical, the self proclaimed ” World’s Most Experienced Hair Restoration Experts,” who have approximately 70 offices in the United States, [...]
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