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Alexza to explore strategic options
Fri,16 Dec 2011 06:04 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc said it will explore options including sale of assets, strategic business combination, or partnerships. The company has also given a 60-day notice of layoffs to all its employees to conserve cash to support operations. Alexza expects to significantly reduce its work force as it continues to pursue FDA approval of ADASUVE - its experimental anti-agitation therapeutic delivered via the company's Staccato inhaler to treat schizophrenia - and pursue its marketing authorization application work with the European Medicines Agency. ... Full Story | Top |
Canadian doctor to star athletes gets fine, no prison
Fri,16 Dec 2011 04:42 PM PST
Reuters - BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A Canadian sports doctor who treated top athletes and admitted bringing illegal performance-enhancing drugs into the United States was sentenced on Friday to probation for his role in transporting drugs across the border. Dr. Anthony Galea of Toronto pleaded guilty in July to introducing misbranded drugs into the United States in a plea agreement under which stiffer charges he faced were dismissed. Prosecutors alleged Galea and a former assistant lied to border agents during more than 100 cross-border trips between 2007 and 2009. ... Full Story | Top |
Canadian doctor to star athletes gets fine, no prison
Fri,16 Dec 2011 04:27 PM PST
Reuters - BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A Canadian sports doctor who treated top athletes and admitted bringing illegal performance-enhancing drugs into the United States was sentenced on Friday to probation for his role in transporting drugs across the border. Dr. Anthony Galea of Toronto pleaded guilty in July to introducing misbranded drugs into the United States in a plea agreement under which stiffer charges he faced were dismissed. Prosecutors alleged Galea and a former assistant lied to border agents during more than 100 cross-border trips between 2007 and 2009. ... Full Story | Top |
Extra walking does not improve muscle strength
Fri,16 Dec 2011 03:30 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who walk at least 10,000 steps a day have no greater muscle strength and perform no better on tests of balance and agility than women who walk fewer than 7,500 steps, according to a new study. Researchers did find, however, that extra walking each day is tied to favorable measures of body fat, weight and endurance. "This tells me more is better in terms of body composition and fitness," said Catrine Tudor-Locke, a professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, who was not involved in this study. ... Full Story | Top |
How watching football was nearly the death of a fan
Fri,16 Dec 2011 03:29 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Watching your favorite football team trying to hang on to a precarious lead in the dying minutes of a match is enough to frazzle anyone's nerves, but for one Manchester United fan the stress was nearly too much. The 58-year-old woman gets so anxious she has to take treatment for a life-threatening condition brought on by watching knife-edge games at the Old Trafford stadium. ... Full Story | Top |
Drugmakers extend cut-price pneumonia vaccine deal
Fri,16 Dec 2011 03:17 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline are increasing sales of cut-price pneumonia vaccine to developing countries by more than 50 percent, marking the scale-up of an international program to protect millions of children. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) is buying an additional 180 million doses of Pfizer's pneumococcal vaccine Prevenar 13 and a similar quantity of GSK's Synflorix at a deeply discounted price of $3.50 a shot. ... Full Story | Top |
Eye injuries down in women's lacrosse
Fri,16 Dec 2011 03:15 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eye injuries among female lacrosse players dropped dramatically after US Lacrosse, the governing board for the sport, required protective eyewear in 2004, according to a new study. "I am impressed, but not surprised," said Dr. Stuart Dankner, a pediatric ophthalmologist who served on the eye safety committee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dankner, who was not involved in the new study, said that eye protection has reduced injuries in hockey, baseball and other sports. ... Full Story | Top |
Hannaford supermarkets in Northeast recalling ground beef
Fri,16 Dec 2011 03:13 PM PST
Reuters - CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - The Hannaford supermarket chain, which has stores in New England and New York, is recalling ground beef with a sell-by date of December 17 or earlier because it may be contaminated with salmonella, the company said on Friday. Fourteen people have fallen ill, and ten of them reported purchasing ground beef at Hannaford stores in Maine, New York, New Hampshire and Vermont between October 12 and November 20, according to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service in a statement. Seven people were hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported, the FSIS statement said. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. states to weigh in on basic health coverage
Fri,16 Dec 2011 03:13 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - U.S. health officials will allow states to select the basic set of medical benefits that must be offered by insurance plans participating in new exchanges mandated by the federal healthcare overhaul, the U.S. government said on Friday. The Department of Health and Human Services announcement relates to the so-called essential health benefits for millions of Americans expected to qualify for coverage sold through state-based insurance exchanges beginning in 2014. ... Full Story | Top |
Surgery checklist works, but benefits may vary
Fri,16 Dec 2011 03:11 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A surgical checklist, similar to what pilots use before every flight, can lower patient death rates, a study at one hospital confirms -- though the drop was smaller than past research has found. About 100,000 hospitals worldwide now use the surgical safety checklist developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The list has 19 items that the surgical team checks right before and after a patient's procedure. That includes making sure they have the right patient, that they're operating on the correct body site and are aware of the patient's allergies. ... Full Story | Top |
Elite athletes at greater risk for arthritis
Fri,16 Dec 2011 03:10 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elite male athletes who participate in high-contact sports like football, soccer and rugby have a higher risk of developing knee and hip arthritis later in life than men who exercise a little or not at all, a recent study found. About 30 percent of athletes had hip or knee arthritis, compared to 19 percent who weren't athletes. "Regular exercise is important to health and well being," said Dr. Joseph Buckwalter, who studies osteoarthritis and sports medicine at the University of Iowa, "but certain kinds of exercise expose you to greater risk of injury. ... Full Story | Top |
Drug helps prevent mountain sickness, herbs don't
Fri,16 Dec 2011 03:05 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- Acetazolamide, a drug commonly used to prevent acute mountain sickness, may reduce symptoms for some people who use it, a review of studies indicates. However, herbal supplements were not effective treatments for the condition, found the researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine. Acute mountain sickness, also called altitude sickness, "feels exactly like a hangover but can last a day or two," Dr. Peter Hackett, director of the Institute for Altitude Medicine in Telluride, Colorado told Reuters Health. ... Full Story | Top |
States to weigh in on basic health coverage
Fri,16 Dec 2011 11:42 AM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - U.S. health officials will allow states to select the basic set of medical benefits that must be offered by insurance plans participating in new exchanges mandated by the federal healthcare overhaul, the U.S. government said on Friday. The Department of Health and Human Services announcement relates to the so-called essential health benefits for millions of Americans expected to qualify for coverage sold through state-based insurance exchanges beginning in 2014. ...
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FDA requires precaution on Boston Sci stent
Fri,16 Dec 2011 11:07 AM PST
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said they are still investigating a rare but serious problem with Boston Scientific Corp's new heart stents and required the company to caution doctors about it when the device was approved last month. The Food and Drug Administration approved the Boston Scientific Promus Element heart stent -- a tiny tubular device used to prop open diseased arteries -- despite reports about a rare event in which the device becomes deformed after implantation. ... Full Story | Top |
Fewer veterans with PTSD using anti-anxiety drugs
Fri,16 Dec 2011 09:17 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Use of a class of anti-anxiety drugs fell during the past decade among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder, a large U.S. study shows. The trend is encouraging, researchers say, because current guidelines recommend against using the drugs, benzodiazepines, to treat symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). "One of our concerns is that it's very, very difficult to get patients off benzodiazepines," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
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