Lasik eye surgery: patients air grievances in front of U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel
Dr. Colman Kraff docks the femtosecond laser, flattening the cornea, of patient Steve Parker as the initial step in creating the Lasik flap during Parker’s eye surgery at Kraff’s offices in Chicago on Nov. 1, 2005. (AP / Charles Rex Arbogast)
Patients [...]
Hypertension Drugs, Prescribed Drugs for Heart Failure Leads to Hip Bone Loss in Older Men
Powerful diuretics, commonly prescribed drugs for heart failure and hypertension, can also steal calcium from the bones and cause significant bone loss in men taking them, study finds.
Between 2000 and 2002, Dr. Lionel S. Lim of Griffin Hospital, in Derby, Connecticut [...]
Drug Maker Merck drafted research studies for a best-selling drug, lined up doctors
The drug maker Merck drafted dozens of research studies for a best-selling drug, then lined up prestigious doctors to put their names on the reports before publication, according to an article to be published Wednesday in a leading medical journal.
The article cited one [...]
Glaxo’s Rotarix: rotavirus vaccine Rotarix is effective against severe gastroenteritis
Glaxo’s Rotarix Shows Benefit In Latin American Infants-Study. GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s (GSK) rotavirus vaccine Rotarix is effective against severe gastroenteritis for up to two years when given to infants during their first two years of life, according to a late-stage study published Friday in medical journal The [...]