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  • How to control dengue fever spread


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 740
    Melbourne, December 25 (ANI): Researchers from University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Biological Sciences claim to found a way to control the spread of dengue fever.The disease afflicts more than 50 million people and kills more than 40,000 worldwide every year.However, a team led by Professor Scott O’Neill ...
    6 days ago

  • Pfizer Talking about Premarin – Women Need Some Numbers Comparing FDA Approved Bio Identical Drugs with Premarin


    The Medical Quack — Authority Authority: 492
    If you have kept up with the news of late, you may have read quite a bit about this issue and where the disputes lie.  It all goes back to the womens health initiative and the fact that ghostwriting was used to promote the drug.  Under the related reading section below I have a few posts from this blog. ...
    1 week ago

  • Premarin, Provera & Prempro: Wyeth Not?


    BodyLogicMD's Hormone Therapy Blog — Authority Authority: 118
    A recent article in the NY Times discussed the dangers of synthetic hormonal drugs such as Premarin, Provera and the compounded form of the two, distributed by Wyeth under trade name Prempro. Ever since the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), the FDA has come down pretty hard on companies for the manufacture and ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Increased Antidepressant Risk in Older Women


    Psych Central News — Authority Authority: 586
    A new report warns that antidepressant use among older women may be linked to an increased risk of stroke and death. The finding comes from a review of women participating in the long-standing Women’s Health Initiative epidemiological study. Experts warn the findings are not conclusive but may call for attention to ...
    2 weeks ago

  • HRT – the cat’s outta da bag


    Flashfree — Authority Authority: 120
    Does Wyeth’s hormone replacement therapy agent Prempro cause breast cancer? Yes, according to a jury, who recently awarded Connie Barton $75 million in punitive damages. According to a statement quoted in a New York Times expose, a spokesperson for the pharma giant Pfizer which recently merged with Wyeth) ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Toxic Shopping Sprees?


    Blogs — Authority Authority: 161
    The health impact of synthetics has been a shameful open secret in the U.S. for decades. But an Op Ed by Nicholas Kristof in last Sunday’s New York Times , titled “Cancer From the Kitchen,” shows the very serious problem is finally coming to light. Kristof attended a conference held by environmental health ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Start With a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health


    Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority Authority: 124
    The following guest post by Miriam Temin , Health & Social Policy Professional and Co-Author, Start With a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health, with contributions by Sandy Stonesifer , Program Coordinator at the Center for Global Development, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Bone Drugs May Lower Breast Cancer Risk


    NYT > Theater — Authority Authority: 904
    Two new studies suggest that bisphosphonate drugs taken to prevent bone loss may help fight breast cancer.
    2 weeks ago

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