Eight out of 10 women would have surgery to lose weight rather than through diet and exerciseThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:52AMAlmost eight out of 10 women would choose plastic surgery to lose weight rather than adjust their eating habits and exercise patterns, according to a new survey.
Patient safety reporting and drug label accuracy missing vital informationWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:12PMA Perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for change in the way researchers and pharmaceutical companies collect and report adverse symptom information in clinical trials submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and how the FDA represents this information on drug labels.
New drug candidate reduces blood lipidsWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:27PMPeople whose "bad" cholesterol and risk of future heart disease stay too high despite cholesterol-lowering statin therapy can safely lower it by adding a drug that mimics the action of thyroid hormone. In a report published in the Mar. 11, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Johns Hopkins and Swedish researchers say an experimental drug called eprotirome lowered cholesterol up to 32 ...