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Avandia fraud explained: Why Big Pharma keeps lying about its drugs
(NaturalNews) Sometimes the degree of fraud that takes place in the drug industry is so mind-boggling that it's hard to determine whether drug regulators and the media are paying attention at all. For the past several months, drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been under scrutiny for tampering with clinical trial data for its diabetes drug, Avandia. Reports show that the company lied about Avandia's safety in order to get the drug approved and keep it on the market. But despite numerous pieces of credible evidence and witness testimonies that have all come forward -- all of which reveal GSK's deception -- an FDA advisory panel is still recommending that Avandia remain on the market. Back in February, a Senate Finance Committee report revealed that not only is Avandia dangerous, but GSK knows this and has deliberately tried to hide this crucial information from the public.. » read more
Arava (leflunomide): Boxed Warning - Risk of Severe Liver Injury
AUDIENCE: Rheumatology, Family Practice ISSUE: FDA is adding information on severe liver injury to the Boxed Warning of Arava (leflunomide) a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis - to highlight the risk of severe liver injury in patients using this drug and how this risk may be reduced. FDA previously required a Boxed Warning stating that leflunomide was contraindicated in pregnant women, or women of childbearing potential who were not using reliable contraception. BACKGROUND: The decision to add information on severe liver injury to the Boxed Warning was based on FDA’s review of adverse event reports which identified 49 cases of severe liver injury, including 14 cases of fatal liver failure, between August 2002 and May 2009. In this review, the greatest risk for liver injury was seen in patients taking other drugs known to cause liver injury, and patients with pre-existing liver disease. RECOMMENDATIONS: The information on severe liver injury being added to the Boxed Warning states: * Patients with pre-existing liver disease should not receive leflunomide.. » read more
US scores dead last in global health survey
(NaturalNews) The Commonwealth Fund recently released a report that places the U.S. last among six other developed countries in terms of quality of health care. According to the report, U.S.. » read more
Got Hay Fever? Pine Bark Extract Appears to Help
A new study reports that daily supplements of an extract from the bark of the French maritime pine may ease symptoms of hay fever (allergic rhinitis). Seven weeks of supplementation with the branded pine bark extract Pycnogenol® also reduced the level of non-prescription antihistamine medication use to only 12.5%. Fifty percent of participants in the placebo group required the antihistamines. Hay fever is an allergic reaction to pollen or fungal spores, most commonly grass pollen.. » read more
Study Says Resveratrol May Boost Eye Health
he vascular benefits of resveratrol—a compound in red wine, blueberries and peanuts—may extend to reducing the risk of blindness for diabetics and seniors, says a new study. According to findings published in the American Journal of Pathology, resveratrol could reverse the abnormal formation of blood vessels in the retina of mice subjected to a laser treatment. The researchers note that the findings could have potential benefits for both age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy. AMD is a degenerative retinal disease that causes central vision loss and leaves only peripheral vision, and is the leading cause of legal blindness for people over 55 years of age in the Western world, according to AMD Alliance International. According to the National Institutes of Health, between 40 and 45% of Americans diagnosed with diabetes already have some stage of diabetic retinopathy, a major cause of blindness in people with diabetes.. » read more
Dry Eyes Can Benefit from Sea Buckthorn Oil
Sea buckthorn oil appears to reduce symptoms of dry eye syndrome, according to a new study from the University of Turku in Finland. Researchers stated: "Dry eye is a common condition that can severely impair the quality of life. We aimed to find out whether oral sea buckthorn oil, containing omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and antioxidants, affects dry eye." Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, or dry eye syndrome, is a condition where the eyes do not make enough tears, or the tears evaporate too quickly. This produces dry eyes and increases the risk of inflammation.. » read more
Eating Healthy Food Is Now Considered A Disease!
Eating disorder charities are reporting a rise in the number of people suffering from what they believe is a serious psychological condition characterised by an obsession with healthy eating. The condition, orthorexia nervosa, affects equal numbers of men and women, but sufferers tend to be aged over 30, middle-class and well-educated. The condition was named by a Californian doctor, Steven Bratman, in 1997, and is described as a “fixation on righteous eating”. Until a few years ago, there were so few sufferers that doctors usually included them under the catch-all label of “Ednos” – eating disorders not otherwise recognised. Now, experts say, orthorexics take up such a significant proportion of the Ednos group that they should be treated separately.. » read more
ER doctors: Lawsuit fears lead to overtesting
Fast decisions on life-and-death cases are the bread and butter of hospital emergency rooms. Nowhere do doctors face greater pressures to overtest and overtreat. The fear of missing something weighs heavily on every doctor's mind. But the stakes are highest in the ER, and that fear often leads to extra blood tests and imaging scans for what may be harmless chest pains, run-of-the-mill head bumps, and non-threatening stomachaches. Many ER doctors say the No.. » read more
New doctors linked to unnecessary deaths, especially in July
(NaturalNews) If you plan on going to a teaching hospital for a test or elective procedure, here's a warning that could save your life: Stay away from the hospital in July. The reason? According to a new study headed by Dr. David Phillips and Gwendolyn Barker from the University of California, San Diego, fatal medication errors soar that month -- especially in teaching hospitals. The research team investigated the cause behind the so-called curious "July Effect" that has long been noted to worsen the outcomes of patients being treated in teaching hospitals during the month of July. Phillips and Barker focused on 244,388 U.. » read more
U.S. Hospitals Secretly Promote Black Market Trading of Harvested Organs for Transplants
(NaturalNews) Many hospitals in the United States are tacitly participating in the illegal organ transplant industry by not scrutinizing potential donors too closely, experts worry. The purchase or sale of organs is illegal in most countries, including the United States, but a chronic shortage of organs for transplant has led to a thriving international black market. Typically, poor donors (usually from Third World countries) are paid several thousand dollars for organs that are then resold for upwards of $100,000 to rich recipients, usually from the First World. The arrests of 44 U.S.. » read more
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