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Hurray for this FDA Reversal..A Positive Note in Beating Melanoma
Doctors have had few tools in their fight to tackle melanoma, so here’s a toast to Mela Sciences, and its chief executive, Joseph Gulfo for pursuing a seven-year battle with the FDA. Undaunted by last year’s rejection of the MelaFind,…
Tags: FDA, Joseph Gulfo, MelaFind, melanoma, Tom Burton
FDA: Older psych drugs have fatal risks in seniors
~ By Matthew Perrone, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death. Antipsychotic drugs are approved…
Tags: antipsychotics, bipolar disease, dementia, drugs, FDA, heart attacks, schizophrenia, seniors
Cipro Now a No Go
~ by Yael Joshua If you need to target hardy bacteria, heavy-duty antibiotics such as Cipro, Levaquin, and Floxin are your best bet. Unfortunately, these drugs, all based on fluoroquinolone, have been shown to cause pain, swelling, and inflammation in…
Tags: antibiotics, black box warnings, disease, drugs, FDA, medication, pain, rehabilitation
