Biz/Finance   Technology   Travel   Sports   Health   Entertainment   Kids Corner

The Food and Drug Administration approves four manufacturers licensed to sell their vaccines
Aug. 2, 2006

 

Vaccines that protect against three strains of seasonal influenza considered most likely to strike the northern hemisphere this winter have received federal approval.

 

 

 


HEALTH ARTICLES

The growing list of childhood vaccinations becoming more complex
Media Release
The growing list of childhood vaccinations reads like an alphabet soup: Hib, HepA, HepB, IPV, PCV, MCV4, DTaP, Tdap, varicella and influenza.
READ MORE>>

Lower sex hormones estrogen levels are a risk factor for knee osteo-arthritis
Special Report
EurekAlert says that Osteoarthritis, which usually develops between the ages of 40 and 50, is more prevalent in women. It is thought that sex hormones may play a role in developing the disease....
READ MORE>>

Northfield Lab's experimental blood substitute
Media Release
Northfield Lab's experimental blood substitute Polyheme is currently in randomized phase III clinical trials recruiting patients without informed consent all over US
READ MORE>>

man's heart and sex life need lack of fat and addiction of smoking
Media Release
Obesity, smoking increase impotence risk
READ MORE>>

Man in India holds his own skull in hand
Media Release
Hundreds of people have flocked to a hospital in the Indian city of Calcutta to see a man holding a sizeable chunk of his head in his hands.
READ MORE>>

Mediterranean-style diets good for heart
Media Release
Mediterranean-style diets, rich in healthy fats from olive oil or nuts, may be better for the heart than low-fat regimens, a new study shows.
READ MORE>>

Rush Limbaugh carrying someone else's Viagra will not face prosecution
Media Release
Rush Limbaugh will not face charges in Palm Beach County for the bottle of Viagra found in his luggage that appeared to have been prescribed to someone else, prosecutors said Wednesday.
READ MORE>>

Obesity is strongly linked with depression and other mood disorders
Media re.Release
Fat people are not more jolly, according to a study that instead found obesity is strongly linked with depression and other mood disorders.
READ MORE>>

Genentech drug Lucentis approved by FDA for stopping blindness in elderly
Media Release
Lucentis, treats the wet form of age-related macular degeneration, a disorder where blood vessels behind the retina leak blood and fluid, worsening vision and often causing blindness.
READ MORE>>

MORE ARTICLES >>

Close Window