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Blood thinner Pradaxa may increase risk of flu, other viral infections
The blood thinner Pradaxa may increase the risk and severity of certain viral infections including the flu and myocarditis, an infection that attacks the heart and causes sudden death, a new study suggests.
Diet sodas linked to increased risk for type 2 diabetes
Diet sodas and drinks with fewer calories may seem like healthier choices over their sugary counterparts, but a new study shows diet drinks may actually be worse. New research has found that diet drinks may increase the risk for type
Paula Deen fesses up about her diabetes diagnosis, partnership to promote diabetes drug
Food Network star Paula Deen says she was heartbroken when, in 2009, she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. “I loved my life and wondered, is my whole life gong to have to change? I had umpteen cookbooks and a
Large study links serious side effects to niacin therapy for heart patients
Merck & Co will not seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval on Tredaptive, a drug designed to raise good HDL cholesterol, and will pull the drug from other countries where it is currently available after a major study
GSK applies for US, European approval of new type 2 diabetes drug Albiglutide
Months after GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) applied for U.S. approval to market its once-weekly type 2 diabetes drug Albiglutide, the pharmaceutical company has applied to European regulators. GSK is hoping that approval for Albiglutide in the U.S. and Europe will give it
Dangerous drug mix-up leads to recall of iron supplement
Bottles of Ferrous Sulfate Tablets 325 mg used to treat iron deficiency are being recalled because a pharmacist reported that a bottle of the medication contained Meclizine HCl 25 mg tablets instead. Meclizine is a drug used to treat or prevent nausea,
FDA approves new leukemia drug but requires black box warning
The drug Iclusig (ponatinib) has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat two rare types of leukemia, but regulators are requiring that the drug’s label include a black box warning for potentially serious side effects –
New diet drug Qsymia now available by prescription
The much anticipated diet drug Qsymia is officially on the market. Qsymia, made by Vivus, is one of two new weight loss drugs approved earlier this year by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), becoming the first diet pills cleared
