FDA requires Chantix, Zyban to have warning
The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency’s strongest safety warning over side effects including depression and suicidal thoughts.
FDA requires Chantix, Zyban to have warning
July 2nd, 2009Obama hugs cancer patient, pitches care overhaul
July 2nd, 2009Obama hugs cancer patient, pitches care overhaul
ANNANDALE, Va. a ‘ At an emotional forum in Virginia, President Barack Obama hugged a cancer patient Wednesday and vowed to bring greater efficiency and accessibility to the nation’s health care system.
New Laws Include License-Free Hunting For Military
July 2nd, 2009New Laws Include License-Free Hunting For Military
A new budget year starting in North Carolina brings with it several new laws. The fiscal year starting Tuesday doesn’t yet have a state budget, but from this day state government takes over completely the Medicaid cost-sharing payments that counties paid for decades.
Wal-Mart, union back employer health insurance
July 2nd, 2009Wal-Mart, union back employer health insurance
Wal-Mart is the latest in a line of traditionally Republican-leaning businesses to embrace key portions of President Barack Obama’s bid to overhaul health care, a trend that could complicate opponents’ efforts to build a united front when Congress ramps up its work on the issue this summer.
FDA panel: eliminate Vicodin, similar drugs
July 2nd, 2009FDA panel: eliminate Vicodin, similar drugs
Government experts say prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses.
State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery
July 2nd, 2009State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery
The NCDOL’s involvement is just the latest chapter in the Oak Ridge saga, which dates to the 2005 rebuilding of the school. In addition to the health symptoms, parents and teachers at the school have reported persistent water leaks in the building since then, and internal and third-party inspections began turning up mold in the floors, bathrooms and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system of the school at least as early as 2007, the earliest date for which records are yet available.
FDA says E. coli found in Nestle sample
July 2nd, 2009FDA says E. coli found in Nestle sample
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant last week has tested positive for E. coli.
Drug-resistant flu seen in patient
July 2nd, 2009Drug-resistant flu seen in patient
Health officials have confirmed a case of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, the leading pharmaceutical weapon against the new virus.
Doctors Say More Ovary Transplants Possible
July 2nd, 2009Doctors Say More Ovary Transplants Possible
Two new techniques to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors announced Monday.
Anti-smoking campaign targets young grooms
July 2nd, 2009Anti-smoking campaign targets young grooms
The catchy slogan, “Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage is on us,” is meant to entice young grooms to give up smoking by offering an attractive incentive.