The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Menactra, a vaccine used for meningitis, for babies as young as nine months old. Menactra, a two-dose vaccine that creates anti-bodies against a damage of meningococcus bacteria, was approved for 11 to 500 year-old in 2005 and for two years old in 2007. Even if the cases of [...]
Reports said Friday that Roche Holding’s treatment for rheumatoid arthritis Actemra has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating juvenile arthritis. Actemra, which has a generic name of Tocilimuzab, got another approval from the US health regulators after it was approved in 2010 as a proven safe and effective treatment [...]
Regulators of Europe (EU) recommended diabetes medicine from Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly for approval to treat patients through weekly injection of drug. With this positive result, the shares of Amylin increased by almost 13 percent. According to European Medicines Agency, Bydureon, a longer-acting description of Byetta, another medicine sold by Amylin and Lilly, is [...]
A new study suggests that people think that food items with a label ‘organic’ is much tastier and healthier than the other food items without it. The research involved 144 participants who were asked to evaluate what they thought were usually and organically manufactured potato chips, plain yogurt and chocolate sandwich cookies. All of the [...]
A recent study showed that DNA may play an important role to find out how much caffeine individuals take in drinks like soda, tea and coffee and food like chocolate. Scientists from the National Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health and other organizations said that they have found out two variations of genetic that [...]
A new research showed that one in every five mother that has children in the United States has different biological fathers. As the researchers look at mothers with only two or more children, that statistic is even greater with 28 percent mothers have children with no less than two different biological fathers. According to Cassandra [...]
According to a recent study, blood pressure medicine and certain kinds of antibiotics increased the risks of hypotension. Aside from the risks of hypertension, or low levels of blood pressure, the combination of hypertension medicines called calcium-channel blockers and antibiotics clarithromycina and erythromycin can also lead shock for older individuals. The Canadian study was released [...]
Reports said Monday that former Peace Corps director Robert Sargent Shriver is currently on critical condition due to Alzheimer’s disease. According to a family statement, the 95-year old former US vice-presidential nominee was admitted at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda early in the day. In 2003, Shriver was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which was detailed by [...]
Government officials in Brazil cautioned all the affected residents with regard of the risk of waterborne illness after the devastating water-flood happened in the country. Officials stated that they already distributed several thousands of vaccines to fight against diphtheria and tetanus. Rescuers said that they cannot reach some hard-hit places, and several of them are [...]
Singer Usher had cancelled at least four shows due to sickness, and did not continue his show on January 12 in Berlin because he is not feeling better. Usher, who is at the beginning of his European OMG tour suffered from a sinus infection that has affected his health, report stated. The singer publicist affirmed [...]
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