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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1417 health Medications/Drugs News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:07 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1417 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090703/hl_hsn/healthtipcontrollingasthma hsn/20090703/healthtipcontrollingasthma HealthDay health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:07 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Medication used to control asthma may be used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, the American Academy of Family Physicians says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090703/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatejuly22009 hsn/20090703/clinicaltrialsupdatejuly22009 HealthDay health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:03 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/hl_nm/us_glaucoma_patients nm/20090702/us_glaucoma_patients Reuters health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:41:14 GMT Reuters - Although more than 90 percent of patients taking ocular medication reported feeling confident about their eyedrop instillation technique, less than one third actually demonstrated adequate skills, researchers report in the Archives of Ophthalmology. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/hl_nm/us_flu_warnings nm/20090702/us_flu_warnings Reuters health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:50:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/hl_nm/us_flu_warnings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r1956615654.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=m4lCgshoECnoyCGaNRuwig--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A health official takes the body temperatures of arriving travelers at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar" border="0" /></a>Reuters - H1N1 influenza is causing mild symptoms that go away without medication in most patients, but care-givers should be alert for warning signs of severe cases, the head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/hl_nm/us_flu_warnings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r1956615654.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=m4lCgshoECnoyCGaNRuwig--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A health official takes the body temperatures of arriving travelers at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090702/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatejuly12009 hsn/20090702/clinicaltrialsupdatejuly12009 HealthDay health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:49:16 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090702/hl_hsn/fdatellspatientstostickwithdiabetesdruglinkedtocancer hsn/20090702/fdatellspatientstostickwithdiabetesdruglinkedtocancer HealthDay health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:49:10 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Despite recent studies suggesting that the injected diabetes drug Lantus (insulin glargine) might boost cancer risk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday urged patients who are on the medication to continue using it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090702/hl_hsn/withmedicareplandrugspendingmaybeup hsn/20090702/withmedicareplandrugspendingmaybeup HealthDay health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:49:06 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Older people who signed up for Medicare's prescription drug coverage, called Part D, spent more on drugs after enrolling than they had before but less on other types of medical care, researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/hl_afp/healthdiseaseafricablindnesswhocompanypharmawyeth afp/20090701/healthdiseaseafricablindnesswhocompanypharmawyeth AFP health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:35:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/hl_afp/healthdiseaseafricablindnesswhocompanypharmawyeth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246458857750-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9anH012nfCHLbnINTxi2ig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A nurse gives medicine to combat onchocerciasis or river blindness, caused by a parasitic worm and spread by the bite of an infected blackfly in the Ivorian town of Kouadioa-Allaikro, 2008. The World Health Organisation said it was launching a clinical trial for a drug that could halve the treatment period for river blindness, a disease that threatens 100 million people mostly in Africa.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The World Health Organisation said Wednesday it was launching a clinical trial for a drug that could halve the treatment period for river blindness, a disease that threatens 100 million people mostly in Africa.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/hl_afp/healthdiseaseafricablindnesswhocompanypharmawyeth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246458857750-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9anH012nfCHLbnINTxi2ig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse gives medicine to combat onchocerciasis or river blindness, caused by a parasitic worm and spread by the bite of an infected blackfly in the Ivorian town of Kouadioa-Allaikro, 2008. The World Health Organisation said it was launching a clinical trial for a drug that could halve the treatment period for river blindness, a disease that threatens 100 million people mostly in Africa.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090701/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatejune302009 hsn/20090701/clinicaltrialsupdatejune302009 HealthDay health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:48:40 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/hl_nm/us_painkillers_fda nm/20090701/us_painkillers_fda Reuters health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:24:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/hl_nm/us_painkillers_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r507161544.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=XwijSAzNGAMc8bgktPfNNw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Shelves that used to hold infants' nonprescription cough and cold products stand empty in a Washington drug store October 11, 2007. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. advisory panel on Tuesday called for greater restrictions on the widely-used pain reliever acetaminophen, even recommending banning some medications that contain it, in a bid to prevent potentially fatal overdoses.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/hl_nm/us_painkillers_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r507161544.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=XwijSAzNGAMc8bgktPfNNw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Shelves that used to hold infants' nonprescription cough and cold products stand empty in a Washington drug store October 11, 2007. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/fdaadvisersurgesmallerdosesofacetaminophen hsn/20090630/fdaadvisersurgesmallerdosesofacetaminophen HealthDay health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:03:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/fdaadvisersurgesmallerdosesofacetaminophen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.6c8e90d86a3f4a7099bfe224157b67cb.correction_tylenol_safety_fda_caps101.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=OvvAZA4ecz_So8WbOBOblA--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Tylenol Extra Strenth is shown in a medicine cabinet at a home in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen — the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health advisers recommended Tuesday to lower the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen -- the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and many other pain-killing medications.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/fdaadvisersurgesmallerdosesofacetaminophen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.6c8e90d86a3f4a7099bfe224157b67cb.correction_tylenol_safety_fda_caps101.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=OvvAZA4ecz_So8WbOBOblA--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tylenol Extra Strenth is shown in a medicine cabinet at a home in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen — the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (HealthDay) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_he_me/us_tylenol_safety_fda ap/20090630/us_tylenol_safety_fda AP health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:46:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_he_me/us_tylenol_safety_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.a5789e5fda804fb7b4b632797f67f782.tylenol_safety_fda_nybz121.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=_PK8Hf.rS_KufkwT6EmDDw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Tylenol drugs are shown in the drug department at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. During a two-day meeting that started Monday June 29, 2009, the FDA is asking more than 35 experts what additional steps can be taken to reduce accidental overdose with the over-the-counter and prescription pain relievers.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_he_me/us_tylenol_safety_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.a5789e5fda804fb7b4b632797f67f782.tylenol_safety_fda_nybz121.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=_PK8Hf.rS_KufkwT6EmDDw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Tylenol drugs are shown in the drug department at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. During a two-day meeting that started Monday June 29, 2009, the FDA is asking more than 35 experts what additional steps can be taken to reduce accidental overdose with the over-the-counter and prescription pain relievers.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090630/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatejune292009 hsn/20090630/clinicaltrialsupdatejune292009 HealthDay health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:49:31 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090628/hl_hsn/newdrugshowspromiseforrheumatoidarthriitis hsn/20090628/newdrugshowspromiseforrheumatoidarthriitis HealthDay health Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:48:17 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis reduces joint inflammation in severe cases while causing only mild to moderate side effects, according to a report from the first clinical trial of the drug on humans. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/hl_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksondrugs afp/20090628/entertainmentusmusicjacksondrugs AFP health Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:38:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/hl_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksondrugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246152985329-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=TfKMoptoLaWR4RvMFiIHGg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="View of outside the County of Los Angeles Coroners office, on June 26. Michael Jackson's cause of death would not be confirmed for several weeks, according to officials, as attention has turned to the possible involvement of drugs in the tragic King of Pop's demise.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Michael Jackson's death has lifted a veil on the sinister underbelly of fame, with associates of the pop icon hitting out at celebrity-dazzled doctors who funnel powerful narcotics to the stars.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/hl_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksondrugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246152985329-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=TfKMoptoLaWR4RvMFiIHGg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="View of outside the County of Los Angeles Coroners office, on June 26. Michael Jackson's cause of death would not be confirmed for several weeks, according to officials, as attention has turned to the possible involvement of drugs in the tragic King of Pop's demise.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090626/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatejune252009 hsn/20090626/clinicaltrialsupdatejune252009 HealthDay health Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:49:10 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_he_me/us_poison_control ap/20090625/us_poison_control AP health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:46:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_he_me/us_poison_control"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.2de7c2a5b39e41c7a6ec64df6b819d7b.poison_control_fx102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ML9hjJ1G4L9uFpj_Fvjrgg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this photo taken June 9, 2009, toxicology management specialist Winnie Tai answers a call at the California Poison Control Center in San Francisco. Each day, skeleton crews of doctors, nurses and pharmacists field nearly 900 calls a day around California from people such as a mother whose child swallowed flea repellant and an elderly man who accidentally doubled up on his medication. But the poison control centers that have been a lifeline for millions of residents could go dark this summer under the governor's plan for closing the state's $24.3 billion deficit. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Each day, skeleton crews of doctors, nurses and pharmacists field almost 900 calls a day around California from people such as a mother whose child swallowed flea repellant and an elderly man who accidentally doubled up on his medication.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_he_me/us_poison_control"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.2de7c2a5b39e41c7a6ec64df6b819d7b.poison_control_fx102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ML9hjJ1G4L9uFpj_Fvjrgg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken June 9, 2009, toxicology management specialist Winnie Tai answers a call at the California Poison Control Center in San Francisco. Each day, skeleton crews of doctors, nurses and pharmacists field nearly 900 calls a day around California from people such as a mother whose child swallowed flea repellant and an elderly man who accidentally doubled up on his medication. But the poison control centers that have been a lifeline for millions of residents could go dark this summer under the governor's plan for closing the state's $24.3 billion deficit. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090625/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatejune242009 hsn/20090625/clinicaltrialsupdatejune242009 HealthDay health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:49:17 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090625/hl_hsn/newcancerdrugfightstumorsinthosewithbrcamutations hsn/20090625/newcancerdrugfightstumorsinthosewithbrcamutations HealthDay health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:49:08 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- A new cancer drug called olaparib worked well in an early clinical trial against breast, ovarian and prostate cancers in individuals who were genetically vulnerable to developing these malignancies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/hl_afp/euhealthdrugsaddiction afp/20090624/euhealthdrugsaddiction AFP health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:18:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/hl_afp/euhealthdrugsaddiction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090624/capt.photo_1245867372571-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=R94lhskVM61yp3uy3U26RA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A drug addict holds a syringe filled with heroin prior to injecting it. Scientific advances could help fight drug addiction but new invasive treatments such as inserting electrodes into the brain raise "ethical concerns," the EU's drug monitoring centre said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Scientific advances could help fight drug addiction but new invasive treatments such as inserting electrodes into the brain raise "ethical concerns," the EU's drug monitoring centre said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/hl_afp/euhealthdrugsaddiction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090624/capt.photo_1245867372571-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=R94lhskVM61yp3uy3U26RA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A drug addict holds a syringe filled with heroin prior to injecting it. Scientific advances could help fight drug addiction but new invasive treatments such as inserting electrodes into the brain raise "ethical concerns," the EU's drug monitoring centre said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)