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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Deadlines May Affect FDA Decision Process

March 29, 2008 – 8:21 am

Analysis of decades of drug approvals by a Harvard Research team, published in the March 27th New England Journal of Medicine, provides the first scientific evidence of what many have come to suspect. Congress-mandated deadlines that control the FDA review of new medications may have “spurred a dangerous rush to judgment.”
Looking at drugs that have [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in FDA Approvals, Questionable Medicine | Comments (0)

FDA Identifies First Steps in Requirements for Safety Plans

March 28, 2008 – 12:19 pm

FDA News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 27, 2008

Media Inquiries:
Chris DiFrancesco, 301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA

FDA Identifies First Steps in Requirements for Safety Plans for Certain Drugs and Biologics
New FDAAA requirements being implemented
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has identified 25 drugs and biologic products that will be required [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in FDA Approvals, FDA Press Release | Comments (0)

FDA To Review Merck’s Application To Expand HPV Vaccine Gardasil’s Approval To Older Women

March 27, 2008 – 11:22 am

FDA has granted priority review status to Merck’s application to expand marketing of its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil to women ages 27 to 45, the company said Wednesday, Reuters reports. The designation means that an FDA decision could come within six months, according to Reuters. currently is approved by the FDA for use by [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in FDA Approvals, HPV Infection | Comments (0)

What Was Old Is New Again

March 24, 2008 – 9:17 am

Women Turning to Natural Methods of Birth Control
Young women are turning to old ways to manage fertility cycles. Amanda Zamani of Asheville, N.C., never really liked hormonal birth control and its effects on her body. She had a hard time remembering to take a birth-control pill at the same time every day, and she felt [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Birth Control | Comments (0)

One in Four Girls…

March 23, 2008 – 1:57 pm

Nationally Representative CDC Study Finds
1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Disease

“3.2 Million Female Adolescents Estimated to Have at Least One of the Most Common STDs”
Chicago (March 11, 2008) – A CDC study released today estimates that one in four (26 percent) young women between the ages of 14 and 19 in the [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in HIV/AIDS, STD Infection | Comments (0)

Vegetables Tied To Lower Breast Cancer Risk

March 21, 2008 – 11:11 am

What breastcancer.org says about this article
 
Much research has shown that what you eat as well as your genetic make-up probably have some influence on your risk of breast cancer. The study reviewed here looked at how diet and genetics might combine to influence breast cancer risk.
More than 6,000 Chinese women participated in the study. The [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Breast Cancer, Proactive Nutrition | Comments (0)

25% of U.S. Girls, Young Women Ages 14 to 19 Have Common STI

March 12, 2008 – 10:25 am

DAILY WOMEN’S HEALTH POLICY REPORT PUBLIC HEALTH & EDUCATION
About 25% of U.S. girls and young women ages 14 to 19 have at least one of four common sexually transmitted infections, according to a study released Tuesday by CDC during a conference in Chicago, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, the study was [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in STD Infection, Sex Education | Comments (0)

Confidential Teen Screening for STIs Needed

March 11, 2008 – 9:02 am

At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.
A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in STD Infection | Comments (0)

HRT Can Lead to Abnormal Mammograms, Biopsies…

March 8, 2008 – 9:35 am

…and may limit effectiveness of these breast cancer detection methods
Women who take combined hormone therapy for about five years have a higher risk of abnormal mammograms and breast biopsies.
This, in turn, may decrease the effectiveness of these methods of detecting breast cancer, according to a new study published in the Feb. 25 issue of [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Breast Cancer, HRT, HRT Side Effects, Mammograms | Comments (0)

FDA Approves Wyeth Antidepressant

March 7, 2008 – 1:02 pm

Read This FDA Press Release to the Partridge Family Theme Song, “Come on Get Happy”
“Trav’lin’ along, here’s a song that we’re singing
Come on get happy
A whole lotta lovin’ is what we’ll be bringing
We’ll make you happy
We’ll make you happy
Come on get happy!”
Wyeth Gets Important FDA for “New” Antidepressant
Faced with the looming loss of patent protection [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Anti-Depressant Use, Big Pharma Watch, Menopause, Woman’s Health | Comments (0)