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FDA Bans Certain Uses Of Antibiotics In Food-Producing Animals

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000

In a bid to protect an important class of antibiotics for treating humans and reduce the development of drug resistance, the US Food and Drug Administration has banned certain uses of cephalosporins in food-producing animals. The federal agency announced on Wednesday that the prohibition order comes into effect on 5 April. The ban is intended to stop the use of what the agency calls “extra label” or unapproved use, of cephalosporins in what the FDA describes as the “so-called major species of food-producing animals” such as cattle, pigs (swine), chickens and turkeys…

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Gestational Diabetes Linked To ADHD Risk In Offspring

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000

According to a report Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, babies who are born to mothers with diabetes during their pregnancy and/or living in low income households, have a higher risk of subsequently developing ADHD during childhood. The authors stated: “Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) typically develops in the second and third trimesters and is defined as glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy…

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Cochlear Implant Failure Rate Generally Low

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000

A study published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, found that among children treated at a pediatric tertiary care clinic in Canada, the overall percentage of re-implantation of cochlear implants as result of device failure seems was low. However, the risk of device failure seems to be increased among those who develop hearing loss due to bacterial meningitis before implantation…

25 Of The Best Diets Are Rated

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000

It seems as though every month there is another dieting fad, that promises to melt away the pounds over night and keep you trim. The fashions come and go, rotating from the unknown, into flavor of the month, and often over to controversy and even disgrace. In the early 2000s the Atkins of high protein became such a fad that fast food restaurants began offering “carb free” burgers. Controversy soon followed, and now we are offered the “Caveman Diet” that claims to replicate how our ancestors would have eaten. An interesting article in the health section of US News…

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Cellphone And Wireless Risks – Experts Criticize The Economist’s Coverage

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

A critique, entitled “The Economist – and the Truth About Microwave Radiation Emitted from Wireless Technologies”, of a report published in the The Economist (9/3/11), “Worrying about Wireless”, has been published by experts in public health, neurosurgery, toxicology, oncology, electronic engineering, epidemiology, and cardiology from the USA, the UK, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Slovak Republic and Australia…

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Marinus Pharmaceuticals Experimental Epilepsy Treatment Shows Promise In Open-Label Extension Study

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that its neurosteroid ganaxolone which is currently under study for the treatment of partial onset seizures (POS), reported positive data in the open-label extension follow up to the company’s Phase 2 clinical trial. The data reflects the replication of the effects seen in the double-blind study. Patients who enrolled in the study demonstrated an overall decrease of 23.2% in median weekly seizure frequency (MWSF) from baseline of the Phase 2 study…

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VIVUS Announces Date Of FDA Advisory Committee Review Of Qnexa For The Treatment Of Obesity

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) announced that the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is scheduled to review the Company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for Qnexa for the treatment of obesity on February 22, 2012. VIVUS resubmitted the NDA on October 17, 2011 seeking approval to market Qnexa in the United States. The FDA accepted the NDA for review on November 3, 2011. The target date for the FDA to complete its review of the Qnexa NDA is April 17, 2012…

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Pre-Surgery Exam Rates Vary Widely Among Hospitals

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Hospitals vary greatly in the number of patients who see an internal medicine specialist before major non-cardiac surgery, with rates ranging from five per cent of patients to 90 per cent, new research has found. The findings are important because they suggest there are no commonly agreed upon standards for which patients should have such consultations, said Dr. Duminda Wijeysundera, a scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)…

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Southampton Researchers Help To Outline World’s Land And Water Resources For Food And Agriculture

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Researchers from the University of Southampton have contributed to a major international United Nation’s (UN) report into the current status of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture. Dr Craig Hutton, Professor Mike Clark, both from the University’s GeoData Institute, and demographer Dr Fiifi Amoako Johnson contributed as authors as well external editors to the recent United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation publication, ‘State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture’ (SOLAW)…

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Even Limited Telemedicine Could Improve Developing Health

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

A lack of infrastructure in developing countries, and particularly in rural areas, often ensures that healthcare provision is absent. Research published in the International Journal of Services, Economics and Management by a team at Howard University in Washington DC suggests a solution to this insidious problem involving the development of telemedicine. Ronald Leach and colleagues describe a highly asynchronous service model for healthcare delivery…

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