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Cubicin (daptomycin): Drug Safety Communication - Risk of Eosinophilic Pneumonia

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:21 +0000

Audience: Infectious Disease, Pulmonology [Posted 07/29/2010]

ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients about the potential for developing eosinophilic pneumonia during treatment with Cubicin (daptomycin), an intravenous…

Audience: Infectious Disease, Pulmonology [Posted 07/29/2010]

ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients about the potential for developing eosinophilic pneumonia during treatment with Cubicin (daptomycin), an intravenous…

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Evamist (estradiol transdermal spray): Drug Safety Communication - Unintended Exposure of Children and Pets to Topical Estrogen

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:21 +0000

Audience: OB/GYN, Patient [Posted 07/29/2010]

ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that it is reviewing reports of adverse effects from Evamist, an estrogen hormone used to reduce hot flashes during menopause….

Audience: OB/GYN, Patient [Posted 07/29/2010]

ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that it is reviewing reports of adverse effects from Evamist, an estrogen hormone used to reduce hot flashes during menopause….

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Rite Aid Agrees To Pay $1 Million To Settle Medical Privacy Questions

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:20 +0000

The Wall Street Journal: “Rite Aid Corp. agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of government privacy rules after regulators said it failed to protect customers’ and employees’ financial and medical information…
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Dispensary Of Hope Welcomes Sanofi-Aventis U.S. As Latest Participant In The Continued Access Program

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:20 +0000

The Dispensary of Hope is pleased to announce that sanofi-aventis U.S., the U.S. affiliate of sanofi-aventis, a leading global pharmaceutical company, has become the latest pharmaceutical company to participate in the Dispensary’s Continued Access Program, which provides uninsured patients with access to medicines that they otherwise couldn’t afford…
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What Are Proteins? What Is A Protein? How Much Protein Do I Need?

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:19 +0000

Proteins are large molecules consisting of amino acids which our bodies and the cells in our bodies need to function properly. Our body structures, functions, the regulation of the body’s cells, tissues and organs cannot exist without proteins. Our muscles, skin, bones and many other parts of the body contain significant amounts of protein. Protein accounts for 20% of total body weight…
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Biology, Computer Science Combine Efforts To Fight Cancer

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:19 +0000

The University of Houston (UH) received a $2.4 million grant to fund the most promising young cancer researchers who are working at the cutting-edge of a new multidisciplinary approach to fighting cancer. The award is part of the latest round of grant disbursements from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), which oversees the state’s new billion-dollar war on cancer…
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Pioneer In ‘Ultraslow-Motion’ Imaging Receives American Chemical Society’s Highest Honor

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:18 +0000

Ahmed H. Zewail, Ph.D., 1999 Chemistry Nobel Laureate and Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry & Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, has been named winner of the 2011 Priestley Medal by the American Chemical Society (ACS)…
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Water Purification Using Nanotechnology

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:18 +0000

Nanotechnology refers to a broad range of tools, techniques and applications that simply involve particles on the approximate size scale of a few to hundreds of nanometers in diameter. Particles of this size have some unique physicochemical and surface properties that lend themselves to novel uses…
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NRC, UOttawa Scientists First To Watch A Chemical Bond Break Using Molecule’s Electrons

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:18 +0000

Scientists at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) enjoyed a bird’s eye view of a chemical bond as it breaks. The making and breaking of chemical bonds underlie the biochemical processes of life itself…
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Treating Severe Pain With Sea Snail Saliva

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:17 +0000

Scientists have developed a new version of a medication, first isolated from the saliva of sea snails, that could be taken in pill form to relieve the most severe forms of pain as effectively as morphine but without risking addiction. An article on the topic appears in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS’ weekly newsmagazine…
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