Seeking to remove unapproved drugs from the marketplace, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ordered nine companies to stop manufacturing narcotics whose therapeutic claims have not been proved.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) -- Cumulative exposure to radiation from CT scans can increase the risk for cancer by as much as 12 percent, Harvard University researchers report.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The teen years can be difficult for parents and their children, who are undergoing countless physical and emotional changes.
AP - It could take weeks before health officials know exactly which pistachio products may be tainted with salmonella, but they've already issued a sweeping warning to avoid eating the nuts or foods containing them.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) -- Cumulative exposure to radiation from CT scans can increase the risk for cancer by as much as 12 percent, Harvard University researchers report.
AP - Calling your state stop-smoking hot line for help kicking the habit? Expect a wait: Smokers are flooding the lines in a panic over an increase in the tobacco tax.
AP - A top children's hospital wants to improve the survival rate of infants born with a birth defect that many families have never heard of until their child is diagnosed.
AP - The government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to quit distributing the drugs within 90 days — but insisted there are plenty of legal versions of the painkillers being sold for patients who need relief.
AP - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Health and Human Services Department, said Tuesday she backs his call for giving Americans the option of government-run health insurance as an alternative to private coverage.
Reuters - Carefully selected men with "low-risk" prostate cancer can safely delay treatment and opt instead for active surveillance, researchers report in the April issue of The Journal of Urology.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The teen years can be difficult for parents and their children, who are undergoing countless physical and emotional changes.
AP - Federal health officials say a potential blockbuster diabetes drug from Novo Nordisk appears to work. But it says questions remain about its effect on the heart and other organs.
AP - Drugmaker Wyeth is seeking U.S. approval to sell a new version of its blockbuster infant vaccine Prevnar that protects against more strains of a germ that causes pneumonia.
AP - Taking the blood thinner Plavix along with aspirin helped prevent strokes and heart attacks in people with a common heartbeat abnormality that puts them at high risk of these problems, doctors reported Tuesday.
