Multitasking Brain Divides And Conquers, To A Point : NPR
Medical News
Afib Linked to Dementia Incidence and Mortality
A Different Form of Accident Risk
Obese Men Fare Worse In Car Crashes – Shots – Health News Blog : NPR
I really don’t have any further comment.
Not Just Bad Wiring – Schizophrenia
Neurotonin – Watch Off-label Usage
Pfizer Agrees to First Neurontin Lawsuit Settlement (Update1) – Bloomberg.com
Pfizer faces more than 1,000 lawsuits accusing it of illegally promoting Neurontin for unapproved uses and helping to cause some users’ suicides. The settlement comes a week after another Boston jury ordered Pfizer to pay more than $140 million in damages to an insurer over the drug. Pfizer has denied any wrongdoing in connection with its handling of Neurontin.
High Dose Simvastatin = Muscle Injury Risk
Zocor (simvastatin): increased risk of muscle injury with high doses
FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that, based on review of data from a large clinical trial and other sources, there is an increased risk of muscle injury in patients taking the highest approved dose of the cholesterol-lowering medication, Zocor (simvastatin) 80 mg, compared to patients taking lower doses of simvastatin and possibly other drugs in the “statin” class. FDA is also reviewing data from other clinical trials, observational studies, adverse event reports, and data on prescription use of simvastatin to better understand the relationship between high-dose simvastatin use and muscle injury.
Older Brains – The News is Not All Bad
The Aging Brain Is Less Quick, But More Shrewd : NPR
Frontal Lobes Not Fully Connected
Source: Nature Neuroscience 2003 Credit: Elizabeth Sowell
The Teen Brain: It’s Just Not Grown Up Yet : NPR
Generic NTG Lacks FDA Approval
After reading this article I remain in a state of disbelief.
F.D.A. Says Millions Got Unapproved Nitroglycerin – NYTimes.com
The problem of the unapproved tablets stems from a longstanding ambiguity about the rules for drugs whose use predates the establishment of the F.D.A. in 1938. Only one brand of nitroglycerin pills is federally approved: Nitrostat, made by Pfizer, on the market since 2000.
Mild Hyperparathyroidism = Higher All Cause Mortality
Compared with the general population, the relative risk of all-cause mortality in patients with clinically minimal hyperparathyroidism was 2.62 (95% CI 2.39 to 2.86) in a population-based study, according to Graham Leese, MD, of the University of Dundee in Scotland.
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