FDA panel opposes dropping warnings from tobacco pouch (Update)
Government advisers recommended against a proposal by Swedish Match to market its smokeless tobacco pouches as less harmful than cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Apr 10, 2015
Archive: 10/04/2015
Rural Indiana county's HIV outbreak tops 100 cases
State health officials say more than 100 people have tested positive for HIV in an outbreak of the virus among intravenous drug users in southeastern Indiana.
Apr 10, 2015
Increased use of psychological testing would strengthen process for social security disability determination
Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) should improve the accuracy and consistency of disability determinations, says ...
Apr 10, 2015
Bird flu confirmed at four more Minnesota turkey farms
A deadly bird flu strain was confirmed Friday at four more turkey farms in Minnesota, raising the number of farms affected in the country's top turkey-producing state to 13 and the toll at farms across the Midwest to over ...
Apr 10, 2015
New guidance on contact precautions for hospital visitors
Leading infectious diseases experts have released new guidance for healthcare facilities looking to establish precautions for visitors of patients with infectious diseases. The guidance looks to reduce the potential for healthcare ...
Apr 10, 2015
Basis established for nitric oxide joining oxygen and carbon dioxide in respiratory cycle
Professor Jonathan Stamler's latest findings regarding nitric oxide have the potential to reshape fundamentally the way we think about the respiratory system - and offer new avenues to save lives. It may be time to rewrite ...
Apr 10, 2015
Enzalutamide: Indication of major added benefit for over 75-year-olds
Enzalutamide (trade name: Xtandi) has been approved since December 2014 for men who have metastatic prostate cancer that is not susceptible to hormone-blocking therapy, who have no symptoms or only mild ones, and in whom ...
Apr 10, 2015
