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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Deadlines May Affect FDA Decision Process

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 [...]

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FDA Identifies First Steps in Requirements for Safety Plans

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 to submit safety [...]

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

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 girls [...]

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What Was Old Is New Again

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 [...]

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One in Four Girls…

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 [...]

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Vegetables Tied To Lower Breast Cancer Risk

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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Confidential Teen Screening for STIs Needed

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 to 19, while the [...]

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HRT Can Lead to Abnormal Mammograms, Biopsies…

…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 [...]

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FDA Approves Wyeth Antidepressant

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 [...]

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