News archive for May 2006
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2006-05-08 22:45:46
... -- Roche Holding AG told consumers preparing for an avian-influenza outbreak to be careful ordering the drug Tamiflu over the Internet because of counterfeiting, New guidelines released by the Basel, Switzerland-based company in an e-mailed statement today describe the drug's packaging and urge patients to check for altered or unsealed containers. The suggestions are at http://www.tamiflu.com . In December, U.S. customs agents said they intercepted more than 50 packages of fake Tamiflu capsules. Tamiflu has shown activity in animal studies against the H5 ...
2006-05-08 23:20:27
... -- Roche Holding AG told consumers preparing for an avian-influenza outbreak to be careful ordering the drug Tamiflu over the Internet because of counterfeiting. The warning, made today in an e-mailed statement, may result from fears that demand for the antiviral drug would rise after the ABC television network airs a show tomorrow that dramatizes a lethal outbreak, said Carmen Catizone, head of a state pharmacy boards group. The show, airing at 8 p.m. New York time, is called ``Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America.'' The show will ``create some fear among ...
2006-05-09 05:48:12
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2006-05-09 06:44:47
... to pay their own way if they want a drug to treat erectile dysfunction, under a cost-cutting move by Gov. Jon Corzine.The governor's proposed budget would end Medicaid coverage for the popular prescriptions for Viagra, Cialis and similar impotence medications. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service decided last year to stop reimbursing states for the costs of those drugs, said state Human Services spokesman Ed Rogan.With New Jersey struggling to close a projected $5 billion budget gap in the 2007 fiscal year that begins in July, Cor ...
2006-05-09 09:25:41
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2006-05-09 11:11:35
FOXNews.com - Reducing Secondhand Smoke Would Slash Heart Disease Rates, Study Says - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News FOX&Friends|Daytime|YourWorld|BigStory|SpecialReport|FOXReport|O'ReillyFactor|Hannity&Colmes|OnTheRecord|WeekendTODAY'STOPNEWS::BUSINESS::OPINION::FNCTV::RADIO::FOXFAN::SERVICES::VIDEO SEARCH E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY FOXFAN CENTRAL FOXNEWS.COM HOME > HEALTH Reducing Secondhand Smoke Would Slash Heart Disease Rates, Study Says Tuesday, May 09, 2006 By Jennifer Warner Eliminating the threat of secondhand smoke would ...
2006-05-09 13:02:55
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2006-05-09 13:27:58
CDC wants HIV tests for everyoneHEALTH LIBRARYHIV/AIDSYOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Centers for Disease Control & Prevention AIDS (Disease) Health Treatment or Create Your OwnManage Alerts | What Is This?ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Testing for the AIDS virus could become part of routine physical exams for adults and teens if doctors follow new U.S. guidelines expected to be issued by this summer.Federal health officials say they would like HIV testing to be as common as a cholesterol check.The guidelines for routine t ...
2006-05-09 13:49:00
... research shows that many women recently diagnosed with lung cancer have normal lung function and perform better on lung function tests compared with their male counterparts. A study published in the May issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), shows a significant proportion of women with newly diagnosed lung cancer presented with normal lung function on pulmonary function tests. Furthermore, among patients with lung cancer, significantly more men than women presented with COPD, a well-known independent ...
2006-05-09 14:01:00
White blood cells from a strain of cancer-resistant mice cured advanced cancers in ordinary laboratory mice, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reported. "Even highly aggressive forms of malignancy with extremely large tumors were eradicated," Zheng Cui, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues reported in this week's on-line edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The transplanted white blood cells not only killed existing cancers, but also protected normal mice from what should have been lethal dose ...
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