Medtronic manufactures an interesting new medical product called INFUSE used in spinal fusion procedures. For any doctor using INFUSE, or patient having the product used in their spinal fusion, the...
Weight loss drugs sometimes contain a compound called orlistat [(S)-((S)-1-((2S,3S)-3-hexyl-4-oxooxetan-2-yl)tridecan-2-yl) 2-formamido-4-methylpentanoate] that inhibits fat absorption.
When you...
Should women who may be or are pregant worry about the drug Topamax or the generic version Topiramate? I think so. as reported in the well respected science site MDLinx about a paper in The Journal...
We accept your premiums and deny your claims
(motto of the insurance industry .... also their business model)
If you are dealing with an insurance company regarding treatment for cleft palate,...
People with cancer and other illnesses or chronic pain syndromes often are prescribed patches that contain pain medication that release constant medication through the skin. I know them well...
In CA, a cancer journal for doctors, a recent article documents that women are not taking a drug known to prevent breast cancer. In Tamoxifen Infrequently Used by Women at Risk for Breast Cancer,...
A report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) questions why the FDA has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend...
The Los Angeles Times (10/23, Zajac) reports, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Thursday strongly endorsed legislation that would give her agency new tools to improve...
In a front-page story, the New York Times (9/25, A1, Harris, Halbfinger) reports that the FDA released a report Thursday that said four New Jersey congressmen and its own former commissioner unduly...
USA Today (9/23, Rubin) reports that on Tuesday, the FDA banned the sale of candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes. The move was authorized by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control...