Blood Clot Drug Causes Higher Death Rate in Elderly Patients, Maker Says
A drug used to treat blood clots formed primarily from deep vein thrombosis or in kidney failure increases the death rate among elderly patients, its maker has warned physicians.
, the biotech company Celgene Corp. has alerted doctors in a letter also posted on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site, stating that clinical trials using the drug Innohep showed a death Read the rest of this entry »
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber broke his leg after being hit head-on by a car while competing in a multi-sport charity event in Tasmania, police said Saturday.
Webber, 32, who drives for the Red Bull team, was cycling near Port Arthur in southern Tasmania when the collision happened just after midday, police said.
A member of the rescue team, police sergeant Damien Bidgood, said the incident appeared to have been Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON: If you 're really fond of
eggs, then you need not worry about relishing one too many. An egg a day's
contribution to the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy adults is
just one percent, according to a new study funded by an industry
body.
Poor diet, smoking, obesity and physical inactivity contribute
a whopping 30-40 percent to heart disease risk, depending on gender.
The study, funded by the Egg Nutrition Centre and Read the rest of this entry »
Our weekly roundup of the latest news in the world of health.
This week we learn that some women with small breast tumors may benefit from Herceptin therapy and that a combination of radiation and drugs could cut the death rate from prostate cancer. We also get further confirmation that post-menopausal hormone replacement increases a woman's risk of breast cancer, and learn about a new warning for epilepsy drugs.
Stay well.
Some women with small Read the rest of this entry »
James D. Nadauld, Vice President of Genstar, said, "Long Term Care Group is a strong company whose experienced and talented management team, led by Bruce Baude and Peter Goldstein, successfully built this business, and we are very enthusiastic about partnering with them to build on that growth. Genstar has a successful history of investing in healthcare services and earlier this year we agreed to leverage that expertise and develop an Independent Read the rest of this entry »
Baptist Health Cares top executive made it official Thursday, confirming the bitter end of plans to buy West Florida Hospital.
In a statement, CEO Al Stubblefield noted the highly publicized $245 million deal fell victim to the nations weakened economy and national financial meltdown.
Stubblefield said West Floridas parent company, HCA, informed Baptist executives early Thursday morning it was exercising its option to terminate the Asset Read the rest of this entry »
LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL has stood at the northwestern corner of Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, overlooking the harbor for 150 years, so its presence in the surrounding neighborhoods cannot be boiled down to a single anecdote. It has been there for births and deaths and the large and small crises in between: a case of a school principal with whooping cough, say, or a professor with a sprained ankle.
Now it is the hospital that is in danger. Continuum Read the rest of this entry »
This communication contains "forward-looking statements" which represent the current expectations and beliefs of management of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") concerning the proposed merger of the Company with Boron Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (the "merger") and other future events and their potential effects on the Company. The statements, analyses, and other information contained Read the rest of this entry »
2008-11-08 16:36:29 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Health News News)
Atlanta, Georgia (CaymanMama.com) — It has never been more apparent that severe diet efforts and diet drugs promising exceptionally fast weight loss are fad and can cause more harm than good.
In a recent report by HealthDay, a new study concludes that one of the biggest obesity fad drugs “fen/phen” has been tied with heart valve damage that can develop years after Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Dec. 15, 2008)
— A secondary analysis of a large, multicenter clinical trial has shown that a diet loaded with fruits, vegetables and fiber and somewhat lower in fat compared to standard federal dietary recommendations cuts the risk of recurrence in a subgroup of early-stage breast cancer survivors – women who didn't have hot flashes – by approximately 31 percent. These patients typically have higher recurrence and Read the rest of this entry »