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Bydureon, a Diabetes Drug from Amylin, Wins F.D.A. Approval
The Food and Drug Administration twice declined to approve Bydureon in 2010, with its most serious concern being that the drug might contribute to heart rhythm abnormalities. (Source: NYT Health) Birth Injuries
While injuries to the baby during childbirth are uncommon, they do occur. The most common injuries to babies that occur during delivery are broken bones and nerve injuries. Fortunately, most of these injuries will heal with minimal treatments. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders) duloxetine, Cymbalta
Title: duloxetine, CymbaltabrCategory: MedicationsbrCreated: 7/11/2007brLast Editorial Review: 1/6/2012 Skin Inflammation Controlled By Gatekeeper Signal
A new study unravels key signals that regulate protective and sometimes pathological inflammation of the skin. The research, published online in the journal Immunity by Cell Press, identifies a gatekeeper that, when lost, can cause inflammatory skin disease in the absence of injury or infection. The findings may eventually lead to new treatment strategies for the more than 10% of people in the western world that suffer from inflammatory skin diseases... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) White House: Don't Scrap ACA If Mandate Thrown Out
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- If the Supreme Court rules that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is unconstitutional, the entire law doesn't need to be thrown out, lawyers for the Obama administration argued in a brief filed Friday with the high court. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Register forba href=http://www.medmatcha.com target =_selfMedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network/a/b, and receive $5 free advertising./p/div Babies show 'intuitive physics' evidence
EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Intuitive physics occurs in infants as young as 2 months -- the earliest age at which testing can occur, U.S. researchers suggested. (Source: Health News - UPI.com) diclofenac and misoprostol, Arthrotec
Title: diclofenac and misoprostol, ArthrotecbrCategory: MedicationsbrCreated: 11/22/1998 6:38:00 PMbrLast Editorial Review: 1/5/2012 Caffeine Alters Estrogen Levels
Researchers at the National Institute of Health, along with other institutions, have released a study online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, stating that Asian women have higher estrogen levels when drinking 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day. This is about 2 cups of coffee. On the other hand, white women who drank the same amount tended to have lower estrogen levels than those who did not drink this amount of caffeine... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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