Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
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.
Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
Obama 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.
Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
New 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.
Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
Wal-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.
Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
FDA 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.
Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
State 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 [...]
Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
FDA 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.
Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
Drug-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.
Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
Doctors 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.
Posted by: SomaNews on: 02 Jul, 2009
Anti-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.
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