Prescription Drug Abuse Concerns State
Vermont officials plan to gather this week for a seminar on a growing problem in the state: the diversion and abuse of prescription drugs.
Risks associated with diabetes drug rosiglitazone may be higher than those with pioglitazone
Older adults who take the diabetes medication rosiglitazone appear to have a higher risk of death and heart failure than those taking the related medication pioglitazone, according to a report in the November …
Quebec is the first province to cover new, topical once-daily rosacea medication
THORNHILL, ON, Nov. 26 /CNW/ - Qubec leads the way by being the first province to list MetroGel 1% on its provincial formulary for the treatment of rosacea - a facial skin disease that affects an estimated two …
JDRF Names Novocell’s Alan J. Lewis, Ph.D., as President and CEO
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the leader in setting the agenda for type 1 diabetes research worldwide and the world’s largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research, announced …
Diabetes Control Doesn’t Normalize Menstruation
Good metabolic control and intensive insulin treatment doesn’t normalize the onset of menstruation, which is usually delayed in girls with type 1 diabetes compared with girls without the disease, study findings …
Mozilla eyes extra beta for Firefox 3.1
Mozilla will probably add a third beta to the development schedule for Firefox 3.1 to get a better handle on remaining bugs and give several new features, including a faster JavaScript engine and a private …
Barr Confirms Patent Challenge of Amrix Extended-Release Capsules, 15mg & 30mg
Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., has initiated a challenge of the patent listed by Anesta in connection with its Amrix extended-release capsules, 15mg …
Fear of hypoglycemia a barrier to exercise for type 1 diabetics
According to a new study, published in the November issue of Diabetes Care , a majority of diabetics avoid physical activity because they worry about exercise-induced hypoglycemia and severe consequences …
Prescription drugs more common in Florida deaths
A report by Florida medical examiners, released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Monday, shows prescription drugs were found more often than illicit drugs in both lethal and nonlethal levels …
Safety risks higher with Avandia than Actos: study
Older diabetics who took GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia to control their blood sugar had a higher risk of death and heart failure while on the drug than those who took Takeda Pharmaceutical’s Actos, a drug in the …
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