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FDA panel backs Gilead’s Truvada to prevent HIV

05/10/2012 majac Your Health Matters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts recommended Gilead Sciences Inc’s Truvada as a treatment for preventing HIV infection among people at risk for contracting AIDS, including homosexual and bisexual men. In a move that could lead to a new milestone for treatment in the evolution of the worldwide AIDS epidemic, the FDA advisory committee voted 19-3 to endorse the drug’s use for controlling HIV infection among the highest risk group – men who have sex with men. …

AIDS, Drug Administration, FDA, HIV

FDA panel urges approval for Pfizer arthritis drug

05/09/2012 majac Your Health Matters

An advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday urged US regulators to approve a new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis made by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

Drug Administration, FDA, US

FDA favors first drug for HIV prevention

05/08/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Federal drug regulators on Tuesday affirmed landmark study results showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill can also help healthy people avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS in the first place. While the pill appears safe and effective for prevention, scientists stressed that it only works when taken on a daily basis.

AIDS, FDA, HIV

FDA revisits safety of Arena Pharma's diet pill

05/08/2012 majac Diets & Weight Loss

By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are asking tough questions about the risk of tumors and heart problems with an experimental diet pill from Arena Pharmaceuticals, which was previously …
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Arena Pharmaceuticals, FDA, health

Alternative Medicine Truth: HEALING WITH PULSED MAGNETIC …

04/21/2012 majac Heart Disease

It has been extensively applied for many years using both static and pulse magnetic fields in alternative medicine but has not yet achieved FDA approval or wide …
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Baldness Drug May Cause Sexual Side Effects: FDA

04/12/2012 majac Your Health Matters

THURSDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) — Two Merck & Co. drugs — one to treat hair loss in men, the other to treat an enlarged prostate gland — will get revised labels warning of potential sexual side effects that can last even after patients stop taking the drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.

Drug Administration, FDA

FDA wants limits on antibiotics given to animals

04/11/2012 majac Your Health Matters

The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics given to farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria.

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Medical board's proposed stem-cell policy under fire

04/09/2012 majac Heart Disease

Mari Robinson, executive director of the Texas Medical Board, denied that the proposed policy represents an alternative path than the FDA. She said that in the absence of definitive direction from the FDA, the board simply wants to ensure that "new and …
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FDA, Texas Medical Board

FDA alert: Cancer-causing agent found in Japanese rapid weight loss diet pills …

04/09/2012 majac Diets & Weight Loss

By David Liu, PHD Sunday April 8, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two public notices to warn consumers that a carcinogenic compound was found in "Japan Rapid Weight Loss Diet Pills Green" and “Japan Rapid Weight …
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FDA, Weight Loss Diet

Japanese weight loss pill gets FDA warning

04/08/2012 majac Your Health Matters

The Food and Drug Administration has put a red flag on a Japanese weight loss pill that contains an ingredient supposedly responsible for causing cancer. The pills called “Japan Rapid Weight Loss Diet Pills” are distributed by a company called …
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Drug Administration, FDA, Weight Loss Diet

Diet drug Qnexa awaits FDA approval amid safety questions

04/04/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Qnexa (phentermine and topiramate) Extended-release Capsules is an investigational, once-per-day, weight–loss therapy that combines low doses of two agents approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), phentermine and topiramate, …
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FDA finds more vials of fake cancer drug

04/04/2012 majac Your Health Matters

The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a second counterfeit version of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin has been found in the U.S., packaged as the Turkish brand of the medication.

Drug Administration, FDA

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