Items by By GARDINER HARRIS
NYT > Health
-
Political Science: White House and F.D.A. at Odds on Regulatory Issues
Posted: April 3rd, 2012, 2:37pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The White House deputy chief of staff, she is President Obama’s chief health adviser.Top officials with the Food and Drug Administration contend the agency’s decisions should be divorced from politics and based solely on its own assessments of the science.
NYT > Home Page
-
Political Science: White House and F.D.A. at Odds on Regulatory Issues
Posted: April 3rd, 2012, 12:57pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The White House deputy chief of staff, she is President Obama’s chief health adviser.Top officials with the Food and Drug Administration contend the agency’s decisions should be divorced from politics and based solely on its own assessments of the science.
NYT > Health
-
An Order to Ban Antibiotics for Livestock
Posted: March 24th, 2012, 1:37am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The Obama administration was ordered to warn drug makers that it may soon ban agricultural uses of some popular antibiotics.
-
C.D.C. Finances Nationwide Antismoking Ad Campaign, a First
Posted: March 15th, 2012, 2:10pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A relatively modest ad campaign will be the government’s first directly financed attack against tobacco addiction.
-
National Briefing | Health: Study Shows Danger of Diesel Exhaust
Posted: March 3rd, 2012, 12:57am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Miners exposed to high levels of diesel exhaust have three to five times the risks of lung cancer as workers in occupations where diesel exhaust exposures are less intense, according to a study.
-
Safety Alerts Cite Cholesterol Drugs’ Side Effects
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:06pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Federal health officials are adding new alerts to statins about the rare risks of memory loss, increased blood sugar levels and muscle pain.
NYT > Home Page
-
Safety Alerts Cite Cholesterol Drugs’ Side Effects
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:06pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Federal health officials are adding new alerts to statins about the rare risks of memory loss, increased blood sugar levels and muscle pain.
NYT > Health
-
National Briefing | Health: F.D.A. Lists Sources of Tainted Drug
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:48am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday named 22 Chinese companies that it said might be involved in the making of contaminated heparin and issued an alert to stop imports from them.
-
F.D.A. Approves Imports Amid Shortage of 2 Cancer Drugs
Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 12:48pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Doxil and methotrexate are among the drugs whose shortfall is threatening lives in the United States.
-
Supply of Methotrexate, a Cancer Drug, May Run Out Soon
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 2:30am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Hundreds or even thousands of lives are at risk after a major manufacturer suspended production of methotrexate, a treatment for childhood leukemia.
NYT > Home Page
-
Supply of Methotrexate, a Cancer Drug, May Run Out Soon
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 2:30am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Hundreds or even thousands of lives are at risk after a major manufacturer suspended production of methotrexate, a treatment for childhood leukemia.
NYT > Health
-
F.D.A. Restricts Cephalosporin Antibiotics in Livestock
Posted: January 5th, 2012, 3:37pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The Food and Drug Administration said the widespread use of cephalosporins may have contributed to the development of drug-resistant bacteria that infect humans.
-
F.D.A. Restricts Cephalosporin Antibiotics in Livestock
Posted: January 5th, 2012, 3:37pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The Food and Drug Administration said the widespread use of cephalosporins may have contributed to the development of drug-resistant bacteria that infect humans.
-
F.D.A. Is Finding Attention Drugs in Short Supply
Posted: January 1st, 2012, 5:46am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A partnership between the Drug Enforcement Administration and drug makers is behind a shortage that is prompting a wave of complaints to the Food and Drug Administration.
NYT > Home Page
-
F.D.A. Is Finding Attention Drugs in Short Supply
Posted: January 1st, 2012, 5:46am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The Food and Drug Administration has received complaints about drug shortages for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and has pointed a finger at the Drug Enforcement Administration.
NYT > Health
-
Sebelius Overrules F.D.A. on Freer Sale of Emergency Contraceptives
Posted: December 8th, 2011, 4:29pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The health secretary overruled the Food and Drug Administration’s decision that emergency contraceptives be sold freely over the counter, including to teenagers 16 years old and younger.
-
Drug Approvals Rise for F.D.A.
Posted: November 4th, 2011, 5:40pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Under fire by some critics who want to decrease its regulatory power, the Food and Drug administration said it had approved many more drugs over the past year.
-
Medicine Shortages Addressed in Obama Executive Order
Posted: October 31st, 2011, 2:13pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
An executive order by the Obama administration offers drug manufacturers and wholesalers a helping hand and a gloved fist in efforts to resolve shortages that have worsened greatly in recent years.
-
Independent Panel Backs Advice Against Prostate Test
Posted: October 11th, 2011, 1:17am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The review provides the scientific justification for a government panel’s advice last week that healthy men should no longer be routinely screened for prostate cancer.
-
U.S. Panel’s Advice on Prostate Test Draws Opposition
Posted: October 8th, 2011, 6:17pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A finding that a blood test to screen for prostate cancer does not save lives, but results in needless medical procedures, is being contested.
-
U.S. Panel Advises Against Routine Prostate Test
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 3:58pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Giving healthy men P.S.A. blood tests for prostate cancer does not save lives and often leads to treatment that can cause needless pain and side effects, a government panel said.
NYT > Home Page
-
U.S. Panel Advises Against Routine Prostate Test
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 3:58pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Giving healthy men P.S.A. blood tests for prostate cancer does not save lives and often leads to treatment that can cause needless pain and side effects, a government panel said.
NYT > Health
-
Doctors, Inc.: With More Doctorates in Health Care, a Fight Over a Title
Posted: October 4th, 2011, 3:55pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
As nurses, pharmacists and others seek degrees beyond B.S.’s and M.S.’s, physicians fear encroachment on their turf.
-
As U.N. Meets, a Battle Over Generic Biotech Drugs
Posted: September 19th, 2011, 3:54pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
With the United Nations set to meet on the urgency of diseases, brand-name drug makers and the Obama administration are fighting potential sales of cheaper medicines to poorer countries.
-
F.D.A. Affirms Safety of Breast Implants
Posted: September 1st, 2011, 1:20am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Despite the government’s assurances, some patients and women’s groups expressed concerns about the potential for silicone implants to rupture.
-
Vaccine Cleared Again as Autism Culprit
Posted: August 26th, 2011, 4:00am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A report by the Institute of Medicine found that the chickenpox vaccine can cause illness many years later, but that there is no evidence that the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella causes autism.
-
Deal in Place for Inspecting Foreign Drugs
Posted: August 13th, 2011, 1:20am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Generic drug makers would pay $299 million a year to underwrite government inspections of manufacturing plants abroad, reducing the risk of tainted drugs and speeding approval of their products.
-
Doctors Inc.: New for Aspiring Doctors, the People Skills Test
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 9:00am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A new admission process at medical schools involves a series of encounters meant to examine aspiring doctors’ ability to communicate and work in teams.
NYT > Home Page
-
Doctors Inc.: New for Aspiring Doctors, the People Skills Test
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 9:00am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A new admission process at medical schools involves a series of encounters meant to examine aspiring doctors’ ability to communicate and work in teams.
NYT > Health
-
F.D.A. Urges Less Use of Anemia Drugs
Posted: June 25th, 2011, 12:36am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Regulators said that there were no risk-free doses of Epogen, Aranesp and Procrit and that doctors should use the medicines only in patients suffering from severe anemia.
-
F.D.A. Unveils New Rules About Sunscreen Claims
Posted: June 14th, 2011, 9:10pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Terms like “sunblock,” “waterproof” and “sweatproof” will be banned since they imply a false level of protection.
NYT > Home Page
-
F.D.A. Unveils New Rules About Sunscreen Claims
Posted: June 14th, 2011, 9:10pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Terms like “sunblock,” “waterproof” and “sweatproof” will be banned since they imply a false level of protection.
NYT > Health
-
Government Says 2 Common Materials Pose Risk of Cancer
Posted: June 11th, 2011, 1:20am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Government scientists listed formaldehyde as a carcinogen and said styrene may cause cancer, but the main threat is to workers in manufacturing.
NYT > Home Page
-
Government Says 2 Common Materials Pose Risk of Cancer
Posted: June 11th, 2011, 1:20am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Government scientists listed formaldehyde as a carcinogen and said styrene may cause cancer, but the main threat is to workers in manufacturing.
NYT > Health
-
U.S. Calls Antibiotics Wrong Step on E. Coli
Posted: June 3rd, 2011, 4:40pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Officials in the United States suggest that the Europeans are not looking in the right direction to fight the outbreak.
-
Doctors Inc.: As Physicians’ Jobs Change, So Do Their Politics
Posted: May 30th, 2011, 3:02pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
As more doctors abandon practice ownership and take salaried hospital jobs, their priorities are changing.
-
Antipsychotic Drugs Called Hazardous for the Elderly
Posted: May 10th, 2011, 12:01pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A report found that dementia patients in nursing homes were often given prescriptions improperly.
NYT > Home Page
-
A Bin Laden Hunter on Four Legs
Posted: May 5th, 2011, 10:59am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The dog that accompanied the Navy Seal team that killed Osama bin Laden is the subject of intense speculation.
NYT > Health
-
Hormone Is Said to Cut Risk of Premature Birth
Posted: May 3rd, 2011, 1:26pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Treatment that could reduce the risks of spontaneous early births could have a significant impact on public health.
-
Review Casts More Doubts on a Lung Cancer Study
Posted: April 30th, 2011, 1:50am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A confidential review of a continuing lung cancer study involving more than 50,000 patients found that doctors could not locate 90 percent of the patients’ consent forms.
-
Court Lets U.S. Resume Paying for Embryo Study
Posted: April 30th, 2011, 1:35am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Two federal appeals court judges ruled that the syntax of the law restricting such research left room for financing of work on stem cells created from embryos that were destroyed in the past.
-
Armadillos Can Transmit Leprosy to Humans, Federal Researchers Confirm
Posted: April 29th, 2011, 12:40pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
About a third of leprosy cases each year in the United States are a result of contact with infected armadillos.
-
Prescriptions: Kaiser Opens Clinic in Washington
Posted: April 5th, 2011, 12:08pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Kaiser Permanente is expanding on the East Coast, hoping to make inroads with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and elsewhere.
-
News Analysis: Drugs’ Cost and Safety Fuel a Fight
Posted: April 4th, 2011, 11:10pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A debate about Makena, a costly drug to prevent premature birth, revolves around the struggle between manufacturers and the government over who is best equipped to safeguard the nation’s drug supply.
-
Colorless Food? We Blanch
Posted: April 3rd, 2011, 1:48am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Despite a link to hyperactivity in some children, artificial dyes save us from unappetizing grays.
-
Dangers of Leaving No Resident Behind
Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 6:35pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A hurricane evacuation caused gridlock around Houston in 2005.As the Japanese are learning, the science behind herding thousands, sometimes millions, of people from danger to safety is uncertain at best.
-
Chernobyl Study Says Health Risks Linger
Posted: March 18th, 2011, 3:40am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Children and teenagers who drank contaminated milk or ate affected cheese in the days and weeks after the Chernobyl explosion still suffer from an increased risk of thyroid cancer, according to a study released Thursday.
-
Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy
Posted: March 7th, 2011, 2:01pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
, a psychiatrist whose practice no longer includes talk therapy.Many psychiatrists, in large part because of how much insurance will pay, no longer provide talk therapy.
-
Change in Kidney Transplant Policy Would Favor Younger Patients
Posted: February 25th, 2011, 3:40am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A proposal to grade patients and donated kidneys would reserve the best organs for the 20 percent of patients expected to live the longest.
-
New Kidney Transplant Policy Would Favor Younger Patients
Posted: February 25th, 2011, 2:40am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A proposal to grade patients and donated kidneys would reserve the best organs for the 20 percent of patients expected to live the longest.
-
Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines
Posted: January 23rd, 2011, 3:00am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The Obama administration has become so concerned about the slowing pace of new drugs coming out of the pharmaceutical industry that officials have decided to start a billion-dollar government center to help create medicines.
NYT > Home Page
-
Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines
Posted: January 23rd, 2011, 3:00am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The Obama administration has become so concerned about the slowing pace of new drugs coming out of the pharmaceutical industry that officials have decided to start a billion-dollar government center to help create medicines.
NYT > Health
-
F.D.A. Plans New Limits on Painkillers
Posted: January 14th, 2011, 1:35am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Makers of drugs like Percocet and Vicodin have three years to reduce the acetaminophen content of the drugs.
-
Doctor Faces Suits Over Cardiac Stents
Posted: December 6th, 2010, 6:18am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
One Baltimore doctor and his hospital have been sued by hundreds of patients who claim they received unnecessary implants. Their story has led to many other inquiries.
NYT > Home Page
-
Doctor Faces Suits Over Cardiac Stents
Posted: December 6th, 2010, 6:18am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
One Baltimore doctor and his hospital have been sued by hundreds of patients who claim they received unnecessary implants. Their story has led to many other inquiries.
NYT > Health
-
F.D.A. Unveils Proposed Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarette Packs
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 2:31am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Designed to cover half the surface area of a pack, new proposed labels are meant to vividly remind smokers of tobacco’s dangers.
NYT > Business
-
F.D.A. Unveils Proposed Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarette Packs
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 1:13am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Designed to cover half the surface area of a pack, new proposed labels are meant to vividly remind smokers of tobacco’s dangers.
NYT > Health
-
CT Scans Cut Lung Cancer Deaths, Study Finds
Posted: November 5th, 2010, 1:27pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A trial has shown that early detection, using annual CT scans rather than X-rays, can sharply reduce deaths.
-
U.S. Panel Debates Value of HPV Vaccine for Boys
Posted: October 29th, 2010, 1:37pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Fewer than 1 percent of boys ages 11 to 17 have been immunized against the human papillomavirus, which can result in genital warts and cancers.
-
Meningitis Booster Urged for Teenagers
Posted: October 28th, 2010, 3:10am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A federal vaccine advisory panel said that two popular vaccines commonly given at age 11 or 12 may be ineffective by the time young people reach their most vulnerable years.
-
F.D.A. Vows to Revoke Approval of Device
Posted: October 15th, 2010, 3:30am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Approval of the Menaflex knee patch was granted in 2008 despite its reviewers’ misgivings after inquiries by four New Jersey congressmen and its own commissioner.
-
Infant Sleep Positioners Pose Suffocation Risk, F.D.A. Says
Posted: September 30th, 2010, 2:40am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The agency, which has never approved the positioners as safe, said that they caused 12 deaths in the past 13 years and should no longer be used.
-
News Analysis: New F.D.A.: Transparence and Flexibility
Posted: September 25th, 2010, 4:50am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
In its Avandia decision, the agency showed a shift from keeping a united front and depending on clinical trials.
NYT > Business
-
F.D.A. to Restrict Avandia, Citing Heart Risk
Posted: September 24th, 2010, 1:20am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The move shows that the White House is taking a harder line on safety, even in the face of scientific uncertainty.
NYT > Health
-
F.D.A. to Restrict Avandia, Citing Heart Risk
Posted: September 24th, 2010, 1:20am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The move shows that the White House is taking a harder line on safety, even in the face of scientific uncertainty.
NYT > Business
-
Egg Producer Says His Business Grew Too Quickly
Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 6:02pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Austin J. DeCoster, apologizing, testified before a Congressional panel investigating a salmonella outbreak.
NYT > Health
-
Egg Producer to Apologize for Salmonella Outbreak
Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 2:30pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Austin J. DeCoster, apologizing, testified before a Congressional panel investigating a salmonella outbreak.
-
Senate Bill Addressing Food Safety Is Stalled
Posted: September 18th, 2010, 12:21pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The Senate has still not acted to fix many of the flaws in the nation’s food safety system, although a bill to do so has broad support.
-
The Public’s Quiet Savior From Harmful Medicines
Posted: September 13th, 2010, 5:38pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey will be honored by the F.D.A.Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, 96, will be celebrated this week for serving as midwife to modern pharmaceutical regulation in the United States.
-
Stem Cell Financing Ban Ends, for Now
Posted: September 10th, 2010, 1:20am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The ruling said the stay on an order by a federal judge last month was temporary and gave both sides until Sept. 20 to file written arguments in the case.
NYT > Business
-
F.D.A. Backtracks and Returns Drug to Market
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 1:40am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
After being flooded with complaints, the agency said it would continue to allow the sale of the drug midodrine.
NYT > Health
-
F.D.A. Backtracks and Returns Drug to Market
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 1:40am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
After being flooded with complaints, the agency said it would continue to allow the sale of the drug midodrine.
-
Study Sees Heart Risk in Meridia Diet Pill
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:00am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A clinical trial found that the controversial drug increased the risks of heart attacks and strokes while doing little to slim their waists.
-
The Two Plaintiffs at Center of the Ban on Stem Cell Use
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 9:55pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The two researchers whose claims of injury led to the judge’s decision have a history of disputes with colleagues as well as ethical objections to embryonic stem cell research.
-
U.S. Judge Rules Against Obama’s Stem Cell Policy
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 2:00am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A district judge said the 2009 executive order violated a ban on federal funds being used to destroy embryos.
NYT > Home Page
-
U.S. Judge Rules Against Obama’s Stem Cell Policy
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 2:00am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A district judge said the 2009 executive order violated a ban on federal funds being used to destroy embryos.
NYT > Health
-
U.S. Inaction Lets Look-Alike Tubes Kill Patients
Posted: August 21st, 2010, 3:39pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Efforts to stop deadly mix-ups of interchangeable medical tubes face industry resistance and obstacles at the F.D.A.
NYT > Business
-
Glaxo’s Summary of a Hearing on Avandia Is Challenged
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 2:00am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A federal official and some F.D.A. panel members are taking issue with the contents of a letter about a drug trial at the heart of controversies over the heart risks of the diabetes drug.
NYT > Health
-
Glaxo’s Summary of a Hearing on Avandia Is Challenged
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 2:00am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A federal official and some F.D.A. panel members are taking issue with the contents of a letter about a drug trial at the heart of controversies over the heart risks of the diabetes drug.
-
Glaxo Memo on Avandia Is Questioned
Posted: August 19th, 2010, 6:19pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A federal official and some F.D.A. panel members take issue with the contents of a letter about a drug trial at the heart of controversies over the heart risks of the diabetes drug.
NYT > Business
-
Glaxo Memo on Avandia Is Questioned
Posted: August 19th, 2010, 12:51pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A federal official and some F.D.A. panel members take issue with the contents of a letter about a drug trial at the heart of controversies over the heart risks of the diabetes drug.
-
F.D.A. Approves 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive
Posted: August 14th, 2010, 3:54am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The pill, called ella, will require a prescription but is more effective than Plan B, which is available over the counter.
NYT > Health
-
F.D.A. Approves 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive
Posted: August 14th, 2010, 3:54am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The pill, called ella, will require a prescription but is more effective than Plan B, which is available over the counter.
NYT > Business
-
F.D.A. Review Disputes Finding That the Diabetes Drug Avandia Is Safe
Posted: July 9th, 2010, 11:58am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The study supports critics’ contentions that the diabetes drug may cause heart attacks.
NYT > Health
-
Diabetes Drug Linked to Higher Heart Risk
Posted: June 29th, 2010, 10:56am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A new analysis affirms earlier data concluding that Avandia may raise the risk of heart attack, stroke and other complications in diabetes patients.
-
Antibiotic Use in Animals Should be Limited, F.D.A. Says
Posted: June 29th, 2010, 10:39am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Federal health officials, concerned about the growing problem of superbugs, took a tentative step toward banning a common agricultural use of penicillin and tetracycline.
-
Concern Over Foreign Trials for Drugs Sold in U.S.
Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 2:20am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Eighty percent of drugs approved for sale in 2008 had trials that took place in foreign countries, a report says.
-
Panel Recommends Approval of After-Sex Pill
Posted: June 18th, 2010, 1:30am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A federal advisory panel voted that regulators should approve a medicine that could help prevent pregnancy if taken as late as five days after unprotected sex.
-
Study Finds Condom Use Is Increasing
Posted: May 26th, 2010, 10:07pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Women in the United States are found to generally follow a pattern of turning first to condoms, then the pill, and later, sterilization.
-
Herbal Supplements Often Have Contaminants, Study Finds
Posted: May 26th, 2010, 2:30am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Nearly all the supplements tested in a Congressional investigation contained trace amounts of lead and other contaminants.
-
Scientists Say F.D.A. Ignored Radiation Warnings
Posted: March 29th, 2010, 12:25am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The scientists say warnings about the risks of using CT scans to screen patients for colon cancer were brushed aside by the agency.
-
More Doctors Taking Salaried Jobs
Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:21pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
The delivery of medical care is changing as more young physicians take jobs with heath systems.
-
F.D.A. Asks Pediatricians to Stop Using a Diarrhea Vaccine for Now
Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 11:58pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Although there is no evidence of harm, government officials want to know why pieces of a pig virus are in the vaccine.
-
Federal Tobacco Rule Is Set to Go Into Effect in June
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 11:53pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Officials said they would implement a measure banning the sale and marketing of tobacco products to teenagers 15 years after its proposal.
NYT > Home Page
-
Federal Tobacco Rule Is Set to Go Into Effect in June
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 11:53pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Officials said they would implement a measure banning the sale and marketing of tobacco products to teenagers 15 years after its proposal.
NYT > Health
-
Scientist at Work: Dr. Thomas R. Frieden: At C.D.C., Obama’s Appointee Wields a Big Broom
Posted: March 15th, 2010, 3:56pm EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Since arriving at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in June, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden has scrapped most of the Bush-era changes.The former New York City health commissioner has rapidly reversed many of the Bush administration’s policies at one of the world’s top health agencies.
-
Flavoring Ingredient Recalled; Risk of Illness Seen as Low
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 1:50am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
A flavoring ingredient used in thousands of processed foods is contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration says.
-
Food Products Recalled for Salmonella
Posted: March 4th, 2010, 7:43pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Thousands of processed food products contain an ingredient that federal regulators say was contaminated with salmonella, although so far only a few dozen have been recalled.
NYT > Business
-
A Face-Off on the Safety of a Drug for Diabetes
Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 7:24pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Dr. Steven E. Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, seen in 2007, met with executives of GlaxoSmithKline to discuss Avandia.A cardiologist recorded a meeting with executives from GlaxoSmithKline in 2007 about the drug Avandia.
NYT > Health
-
A Face-Off on the Safety of a Drug for Diabetes
Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 7:24pm EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
Tags: [edit]
Dr. Steven E. Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, seen in 2007, met with executives of GlaxoSmithKline to discuss Avandia.A cardiologist recorded a meeting with executives from GlaxoSmithKline in 2007 about the drug Avandia.