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- 21.08.2007 Product to Reduce Needle Pain in Kids Approved
The FDA has approved a topical anesthetic delivery system, Zingo, to reduce pain in children about to undergo venipuncture or intravenous line placement. + zobacz więcej - 20.08.2007 FDA Warns Nursing Mothers on Codeine-Containing Drugs
Mothers with a rare metabolic genotype may risk morphine overdose in themselves and their breastfeeding babies from prescription-strength doses of codeine, the FDA warns. + zobacz więcej - 20.08.2007 Medicare Will Refuse Payment for Eight Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Medicare announced it will stop paying hospitals for treatment of eight conditions that result from preventable errors. + zobacz więcej - 20.08.2007 Celecoxib Lowers Restenosis in Paclitaxel-Coated Stents
Patients receiving paclitaxel-coated stents had less restenosis at 6 months if they took celecoxib twice daily, the Lancet reports. + zobacz więcej - 17.08.2007 FDA Warns Against Giving Cough Medicine to Children Under 2
The FDA is warning parents against using cough and cold products in children under age 2; the safety of these products will be reviewed during an October advisory committee meeting. + zobacz więcej - 17.08.2007 Three-Quarters of States Reach Vaccination Goals for Kindergarten Age
Three-quarters of states have met the federal government's Healthy People 2010 goals for vaccination coverage of kindergarten children, according to a CDC survey in MMWR. + zobacz więcej - 17.08.2007 President's Cancer Panel Urges Tobacco Regulation by FDA
The President and Congress should authorize the FDA "to strictly regulate tobacco products and product marketing," says the annual report of the President's Cancer Panel. + zobacz więcej - 16.08.2007 Isolated Cleft Lip and Palate May Not Be as "Isolated" as Once Thought
This facial deformity is more than a cosmetic problem.
By Robert A. Dershewitz, MD, MSc + zobacz więcej - 16.08.2007 Breast MRI More Sensitive Than Mammography for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
MRI detected 92% of DCIS, whereas mammography found only 56%.
By Bruce Soloway, MD + zobacz więcej - 16.08.2007 Rosiglitazone Cardiovascular Effects Uncertain
The safety of this diabetes drug remains open to question.
By Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM + zobacz więcej
