Threat to Eyes Exposed at Construction Site
According to the Center to Protect Worker's Rights (CPWR), close to 11,000 eye injuries occur on an annual basis. Additionally, it has been reported that the construction industry as a whole "has a much higher rate of eye injuries."
Also, construction workers, according to EHS Today, account for 10.6 percent of lost-time injuries in the construction field.
There are a plethora of dangers that exist on a construction site including the following, according to the CPWR:
* nails
* pieces of...
Guidelines Not Followed With Avandia Manufacturering
An individual hired to conduct clinical trials for Avandia from 2000 to 2006 did not follow the appropriate guidelines, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
According to reports from both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Wall Street Journal, "Manuel J. Quinones of Redondo Beach, Calif., failed to ensure the trial had a safety board meant to protect the rights, welfare and safety of humans involved in the study."
Quinones allegedly began the trial without...
Medical Journal Finds NSAIDs Offer More Harm Than Good to Heart Failure Patients
Patients of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) recently received an increased warning for consumption of the class of drugs following the release of a study published in the medical journal, the Archives of Internal Medicine on January 26, which found that "nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are harmful to heart-failure patients."
The study reported that individuals who received the medications were subject to "dose-related increases in risk of death and re-hospitalization for...
Study Tests Dose and Toxicity Levels of Treatments For Mesothelioma Victims
A study currently being conducted in Boston, Mass., by several physicians is attempting to determine the highest level of medicinal treatments, such as chemotherapy, that can be administered to mesothelioma victims in order to more adequately treat symptoms of the killer lung disease.
Researchers are using two methods of treatment known as intraoperative intracavitary hyperthermic cisplatin perfusion along with amifostine, to assist in preventing cisplatin toxicity, to patients suffering from...
Study Finds Blood Transfusion May Increase Risk of Mortality Among Traumatic Brain Injured Patients
Recent research coming out of the National Anemia Action Council (NAAC) has found that the common practice of administering blood transfusion to traumatic brain injury patients may actually be increasing the risk of mortality as well as "composite complication including multi-organ failure."
The results of a seven-year study found that 46 percent of the 1,150 traumatic brain injury patients in the study were anemic at some point during their first week of admission to a hospital following...
Status of Patients Suffering From Dementia May Vary Based on Diabetes Diagnosis
Researchers have discovered a link between the development of diabetes and dementia, according to a MedPage Today article released Jan. 12. There has been an increase of vascular disease among diabetes patients rather than from Alzheimer's disease, which was previously thought to be the main cause of dementia among many patients, according to scientists from the University of Washington who published the results of their study in an online issue of the Archives of Neurology.
The scientists...
Study Finds Surgery Underused Among Esophageal Cancer Patients
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia have reported that surgery to remove the esophagus among esophageal cancer patients is being underused and may be costing patients dearly.
According to the study conducted by the researchers, only 34 percent of approximately 2,386 patients who were diagnosed with esophageal cancer from 1997 to 2002 received surgery. Patients that received surgery had a longer survival rate compared to patients who did not receive a surgical...
Heart Failure Patients May Find Success With Cooling Treatment
Medical professionals recently began administering a new method of therapeutic hypothermia to cardiac arrest patients and found that the method was successful compared to previous statistics, which included "only 10 to 15 percent [of cardiac arrest patients] recover without brain damage," according to news reports.
The therapy has been used since the late 1950's "but was subsequently abandoned because of uncertain benefit and difficulties with its use," according to a 2003 report on the...
Medical Journals Reports on Dangerous Fosamax Side Effects Linked to the Osteoporosis Drug
The New England Journal of Medicine released a report recently linking the osteoporosis drug Fosamax to at least 23 cases of esophageal cancer since its initial market release in 1995. Additionally, only hours after the report was released in January, another study on Fosamax was also published in the Journal of the American Dental Association informing individuals that the development of a debilitating condition, which causes the bones within the jaw to die off, may be more common than...
Combination of Therapies May Successfully Treat Pancreatic Cancer
The University of Pittsburg Cancer Institute (UPCI) recently conducted a study in which researchers found that the combination of chemotherapy, biotherapy and radiotherapy on pancreatic cancer patients prior to surgery was beneficial, according to a Science Daily news article.
The study followed approximately 14 patients who had "potentially operable tumors" and all of the patients were to undergo the combination of treatments before having undergone surgery. Following the implementation of...
Silencing Lung Cancer Gene Disrupts Normal Genome
Research recently published in an issue of the American Association for Cancer Research has found that chemical modification, also known as hypermethylation, of a single gene in the lung may increase the progression and severity of lung cancer in a patient diagnosed with the condition.
The researchers found that this is often the case when a patient develops lung cancer after smoking, in other words "tobacco-mediated hypermethylation," according to a Science Daily news article.
Through the...
Spirituality Linked To Traumatic Brain Injury Incident
A study at the University of Missouri-Columbia has found a conncetion between brain damage of the right parietal lobe and an increase in feelings of spirituality. The study followed approximately 26 individuals who were considered brain-damaged and capable of functioning, but also considered "walking wounded."
Each individual was tested on a standard measure of spirituality and was found to have increased feeling of spirituality and religious experiences after their brain injury.
According...
New Therapy Treats Lung Cancer
The results of an international Phase III clinical trial on the effects of an oral prescription medication as a treatment of lung cancer has concluded that the drug is just as effective, if not more so among certain tumor patients, than that of chemotherapy, according to reports from a Science Daily article.
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and followed 1,466 lung cancer patients in 24 different countries around the world. Patients...
Mesothelioma Patients Find Treatment From Skin Cancer Cream
Mesothelioma Patients Find Treatment From Skin Cancer Cream( A group of scientists in Australia have discovered a new potential treatment for mesothelioma cancer victims with the application of two treatments normally reserved for skin cancer patients.
During several tests conducted on laboratory mice with advanced mesothelioma tumors, a skin cancer cream known as Imiquimod was combined with an anti-cancer drug, antiCD40. The two were applied to the mesothelioma mice and, according to...
Biomarkers May Identify Early Stages of Pancreatic Cancer
Recently researchers discovered several biomarkers among a panel of proteins that show the development of pancreatic cancer in its earliest stages, which may increase detection tests and early treatments of the fatal condition.
According to news reports from Science Daily, scientists developed a "five-biomarker panel that if commercially developed, may be useful when combined with a currently available test measuring a pancreatic-cancer biomarker called CA 19.9, which is elevated 80 percent...
Scientists Have Discovered Two Cancer Drugs Capable of Reversing, Preventing Diabetes
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) recently reported the results of a study that successfully reversed and prevented type 1 diabetes with the administration of two cancer treatments. The drugs, known as imatinib (Gleevec) and sunitinib (Sutent), are normally used to treat a variety of cancers including gastrointestinal stomach tumors (GIST).
During the study, researchers found that 80 percent of the time type 1 diabetes entered into remission among test mice and...
Helmets May Increase Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Soldiers Following IED Explosions
Recently, the American Institute of Physics reported a grave new discovery that U.S. soldier helmets may be acting as "focusing mechanisms" during improvised explosive device (IED) explosions and thus causing an increased risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among soldiers serving in the field of the Iraq war.
Scientists presented results from a study that attempted to better implement sensors onto helmets so that medical teams would receive improved "information for guiding triage and care...
Stressing Over-Strained Cancer Cells May Kill Them, Study Says
Scientists at the Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center have recently discovered that stressed cancer cells that endure an increased amount of stress may be killed causing a disruption of the "assembly line" of cells, some of which may also act as protectors fighting cancer.
The center was recently awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to further investigate the destruction of the cells, both healthy and cancerous, through stress, which could decrease an...
Researchers Develop Pure Insulin Producing Cells in Mice For Diabetes Patients
Singapore researchers recently developed what they have deemed a successful, tumor-free number of "pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs)," according to November news reports from Science Daily. (( The cells have been produced to provide diabetic patients with pure insulin producing cells in order for blood glucose levels of diabetics to be regulated naturally. The researchers, from the Institute of Medical Biology (IMB), are still experimenting with use on mice...
Medical Expert Demands 'Call For Action' with Asbestos Industrial Manslaughter Cases
Several researchers, scientists and professors who recently attended the Presidents Cancer Panel in September were prompted by a professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at SUNY Downstate Medical Center to halt the threat of asbestos among industrial workers by amending government policy on asbestos and mesothelioma cancer as well as all carcinogens in the workplace.
Jeanne Mager Stellman, PhD, explained to the panel of individuals that "decades had been wasted on...
Fatal Brain Injury may Be Caused by Viral Meningitis
A recent issue of the science journal Nature described a paradigm shift among lethal infections that may be "ravaging the brain" and causing the development of serious traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and TBI side effects such as brain swelling, seizures and epilepsy.
Infections such as meningitis have been thought to cause damage to the brain, but not to the extent that an infection is actually causing, according to recent studies. Researchers tested the effects of a meningitis infection by...
Scientists Identify Genes Behind Leukemia
A study conducted at the Washington University in St. Louis by a team of researchers recently discovered eight identifiable genes as playing a significant role in the development of leukemia. According to news reports from New Scientist magazine, the study used developed sequencing methods to look at the entire genome of cells from an acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) tumor and from the patients skin, which helped narrow down and identify 10 varying genes between the tissues. (( The...
Obese Kids Showing Signs of Aged Arteries, Risk for Diabetes Increases
At the American Heart Associations (AHA) annual scientific sessions held November 11 in New Orleans, scientists revealed that obese children and teenagers have carotid artery walls similar to those of an individual nearly three decades older.
Scientists who have been researching the effects of obesity among children and adolescents have deemed the effects detrimental, according to authors of a study conducted by the Stress Testing Laboratory at Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute in New...
Patient Care Technology Systems May Delay Cancer Patient Treatments
A survey recently conducted by Macmillan Cancer Support found that in the United Kingdom there was inconsistency among the primary care trusts (PCTs) systems as to which patients received funding and approval for treatment and which patients were refused.
The inconsistent patterns, according to the survey, may result in cancer patients, such as mesothelioma patients, suffering from delays in receiving treatments. Because mesothelioma cancer is a condition in which the life expectancy can be...
UCLA Researchers Say Brain Injury Following Cardiac Arrest Can Be Avoided
Scientists believe that a traumatic brain injury (TBI) following heart failure and cardiac arrest can be avoided as well as repaired, according to a new study. The study, titled, "Neurological Recovery," describes a common condition known as ischemia that occurs often after unwitnessed cardiac arrest when an individual suffers from cessation of blood flow causing severe neurological injury. The neurological or brain damage occurs because heart function and resuscitation have been delayed for...
Scientists Find Allergies May Prevent Specific Cancers
A recent study conducted by researchers from Cornell University concluded that the development of allergies may be the bodys natural way of protecting itself from certain types of cancers.
The study included a reexamination of approximately 650 studies from the previous 50 years. The team found that, "inverse allergy-cancer associations are far more common with cancers of organ systems that come in direct contact with matter from the external environment -- the mouth and throat, colon and...
Active Symptom Control for Mesothelioma Studied in Chemotherapy Treatment
According to a recent issue of the British medical journal, The Lancet, researchers have been studying the effect of chemotherapy on mesothelioma. Since chemotherapy is not considered a successful treatment for mesothelioma cancer, but rather a treatment for mesothelioma signs and symptoms medical professionals continue to debate the usefulness of the procedure on controlling symptoms.
Researchers studied 409 patients all of which were suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma in...
Medical Journal Finds Jaundice Treatment Decreases TBI Among Infants
The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported in its October issue that if an infant is given an aggressive jaundice treatment early on, that infant will be less likely to suffer from a brain injury or neuro-developmental issues in the future, according to a study conducted by the University of Texas Medical School.
The study used information for approximately 1,974 infants who were put into one of two groups of either infants who received an early, aggressive treatment of...
News Outlets Continue to Report Avandia's Declining Sales, Status
An October 10, 2008 article from Market Watch, a part of The Wall Street Journal's digital network, published an anti-diabetics market forecast, which found that Avandia and Actos are and will continue to lose market shares and their leading marketing positions status because of unresolved safety concerns.
The article found that by 2011 Avandia, a type 2 diabetes non-insulin treatment, will see a decrease in sales because of the continued cloud of controversy shrouding the drug's effects and...
Drug Marketed in Asia Even After Toxicity Occurs in Similar Drug Ketek
According to news reports a new drug known as cethromycin, part of the ketolide drug class, will begin being marketed in Asia even though a similar medicine known as Ketek, from the same drug class, raised serious red flags among physicians and drug regulators when the antibiotic was linked to severe liver toxicity among patients leading to several fatalities.
Ketek is part of the class of drugs known as ketolide belonging to the macrolide group. The ketolide antibiotics are a new group of...
Commercial Truck Manufacturers Showcases New Technologies to Reduce Truck Accidents
Manufacturers of commercial trucks recently gathered at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition to showcase new technologies to improve commercial truck safety as well as to decrease commercial truck accidents.
Among the commercial truck manufacturers technology and transportation suppliers involved in this years SAE 2008 exhibit was Delphi, which introduced an array of technologies it hopes will decrease the fatal and costly accidents...
Brain Injuries Increase Risk of Developing Dementia
A study recently published in the journal of Biological Psychiatry has discovered a link between accelerated dementia and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and brain infections. Individuals affected by dementia may see an acceleration of their condition when inflammation of the brain occurs because of a brain injury that also leads to an infection.
Scientists had already been aware of systemic inflammation, in which the body becomes inflamed as a whole, to have an affect on brain function,...
Government Agency Warns of Naturally Occurring Asbestos as Pollutant
Officials with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recently published a study in the October 2008 issue of Chemical Science about naturally occurring asbestos (NOA), which is becoming more of a threat and an increasing pollutant within the environment.
According to researchers from the organization, naturally occurring asbestos is the name that describes "the silicate minerals serpentine and amphibole" that can form extremely thin crystals in patterns similar to that of...
Texas County Inundated with Asbestos Exposure Risks
Although Hurricane Ike hit nearly a month ago, residents of Galveston and the surrounding Texas counties are still suffering from lingering affects of the destruction including potential exposure to asbestos fibers.
According to the International Herald Tribune, following the hurricane, homes and roads were left with debris as well as a toxic sludge made of mud, human waste, lead, gasoline and asbestos in the wake of floodwaters, which have since receded. The potential for these fibers to dry...
Treating Diseases With TNF Inhibitors
The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors/blockers are a group of drugs that commonly treat chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to the John Hopkins Medical Center. The drugs are also described as autoimmune disorder drugs and were first approved in 1998.
What Are TNF Inhibitors?
TNF-alphas are described as cytokines, also cell protein, according to the Mayo Clinic. The TNF-alpha inhibitors act by blocking the cell protein, or cytokine, to decrease...
What to Do When Diagnosed With Osteoporosis
The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) reports that osteoporosis is a condition in which bones in the body become very fragile and extremely prone to breaking or fracturing. The NOF also reports that if left untreated, "osteoporosis can progress painlessly until a bone breaks." The most common bones that break within an osteoporosis victim include the wrists, hips or spine.
How Common is Osteoporosis?
Currently, approximately 10 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis, which is more...
Avandia Makers Issue New Warning as Net Sales Plummet
Avandia makers, GlaxoSmithKline, recently issued new safety warnings to patients who may also be suffering from heart failure and unstable angina. The company issued a warning to patients taking the drug because of safety fears surrounding an array of scientific studies that have brought to light the risks associated with taking the type 2 diabetes drug.
In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) first increased Avandia's labeling in 2007 to a black box warning, the harshest...
Details of Proton Pump Inhibitor Drugs' Use and Side Effects
A group of drugs known as Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) were recently discovered to be linked with severe bone fractures and bone density loss among patients. The drugs are used to control and reduce gastric acid production and inhibit acid secretion.
In August 2008, the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that PPIs may reduce calcium absorption, thus causing early onset osteoporosis and bone fracture among patients, especially those taking PPIs for five to seven years or longer.
The...
Promising Gadolinium Alternative Could Offer Needed Results for Kidney Patients
A recent study that was published in the journal Radiology may offer insight for patients who are suffering from the debilitating and rare condition known as Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF).
A study, conducted by the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, found that kidney patients who are at risk for developing NSF when receiving gadolinium contrast dyes from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/magnetic resonance angiogram...
University Studies Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury
Recently, the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) School of Medicine received a $60 million dollar grant for a five-year study to determine better prevention and treatment methods of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) among American victims and war veterans/soldiers.
The study, which is funded by the Department of Defense Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program (DoD PH/TBI), will test new therapies to "prevent illness and...
Anthrax Infections and Lingering Treatments
The centers for Disease Control (CDC) explains that anthrax is "an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis." While most individuals in America believe that anthrax will likely come from a terrorism attack, it actually is more likely derived from contact with wild animals and consumption of infected meat from animals including:
* cattle
* goats
* sheep
* camels
* antelopes
How is Anthrax Developed?
There are three types of anthrax that can...
Living With Asthma
There are currently almost 20 million Americans suffering from asthma, and approximately 45 percent of these individuals are children, according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
Asthma is often associated with allergies, but not all individuals suffering from asthma also suffer from allergies. Asthma commonly begins during childhood and can be continue through to adulthood. However, all individuals are at risk for developing asthma at any age, and, it has been...
Medical Journal Reports Chantix Better Treatment Than Nicotine Patch But Side Effects Still Exist
Chantix, the smoking cessation drug from manufacturers Pfizer, was recently reported as a preferred and more adequate method for smokers to quit their tobacco-induced addictions. The results of the study were released in the medical journal, Thorax, and stated that of nearly 746 smokers who took Chantix for 12 weeks, 56 percent of those remained cigarette free. The study compared this to information researched as to how many of these individuals remained cigarette free while using the nicotine...
Cholesterol Drug Lovastatin Being Studied As Potential Mesothelioma Treatment
Researchers recently uncovered the potential of a cholesterol drug, introduced in the 1980s, that may offer mesothelioma victims an effective treatment for the deadly and incurable cancer. The drug, Lovastatin, is used to treat and control high levels of cholesterol among patients.
Early on, scientists found that in initial studies of the drug, dating back 20 years, it had an unexpected and very powerful effect on killing cancerous cells within humans. At that time, however, the anti-cancer...
Exposure to Lead More Abundant, Dangers to Pregnant Women Severe
The dangers of lead paint and lead poisoning include a broad range of mental disorders and chronic disabilities. But lead paint and lead poisoning is especially dangerous for women, who run the risk of passing dangerous lead exposure on to developing fetuses while pregnant.
Here are some ways that women can experience a safe pregnancy free from the effects of lead poisoning:
Clean Up!
Cleanliness is next to godliness...and can help pregnant women escape the dangers of toxic lead exposure....
PremPro And Increased Risk of Breast Cancer, Heart Attack, Blood Clot and Stroke
Of the many drugs that have been developed to help combat menopausal symptoms PremPro is a one of the most widely prescribed treatments. PremPro is a Combined Hormone Replacement Therapy (CHRT) manufactured by Wyeth. Women who take PremPro need to be aware of the considerable risks and the side effects of taking the drug.
In July 2002, the National Institute of Health (NIH) halted a $700 million, eight year publicly funded study of the benefits of HRT, by The Women's Health Initiative (WHI)...
MTBE - Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether
Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) is one of various additives used to oxygenate gasoline. These substances are blended with gasoline to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (MTBE also reduces other toxic chemical compounds in vehicle emissions). MTBE has been in use since 1979, primarily in response to the diminishing use of lead in gasoline.
In 1990, with the passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments (specifically Section 211), the use of oxygenated gas was required in areas with excessive levels...
Protect Yourself Against Tainted Body Tissue Transplants
The human body tissues industry is on the rise. Unfortunately, so are claims of negligence, malpractice, and the transplant of tainted and infected tissues into unknowing victims, who contracted infectious diseases such as syphilis and hepatitis from human body tissues. Unlike the organ donation industry, which has been carefully regulated and tracked for years, the human body tissue industry is notoriously unregulated.
In fact, the FDA recently shut down Biomedical Tissue Services, a tissue...
Composix Mesh Hernia Patches Can Cause Intestinal Fistulae
Patients who have had surgery within the last two to three years might be at risk for serious complications and even death due to recently-recalled Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patches.
The patches, which are used in the repair of ventral (incisional) hernias, were first recalled by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2005. However, the FDA has issued a new hernia mesh recall for additional sizes of the Composix patches. The culprit? Defective "memory recall rings" that lead to...
Tendon Rupture: Signs and Symptoms
An Achilles tendon is a tendon located at the back of the lower leg and is connected to the heel bone. Achilles tendon rupture occurs when an individual tears the tendon, either partially or completely. Tendon rupture can occur in many instances and is caused by an array of physical activities.
Most recently, however, one such activity that has been related to tendon rupture is occurring among patients who are consuming any one of the antibiotic drugs from the fluoroquinolone prescription...
New Drug Study for Abdominal Mesothelioma
Researchers recently published the results of a study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology detailing a potentially new treatment for patients of abdominal mesothelioma that will likely improve the condition for patients.
The study found that when patients suffering from abdominal mesothelioma were given a combination of two drugs, Alimta (pemetrexed) and Gemzar (gemcitabine), their condition improved. The following are the results of the study:
* Response rate among patients was 15 percent....
DuPont's Benlate Fungicide
Benlate is a fungicide, which is used pre-harvest and post-harvest as a dip or dust to combat a wide range of fungal diseases in arable and vegetable crops. Benomyl is the active ingredient in the brand name product Benlate, produced exclusively by DuPont.
Before DuPont discontinued manufacturing Benlate in 2001, this fungicide had long been one of DuPont's most successful products and was registered worldwide for many crops. Benomyl was first synthesized by DuPont in 1959.
Production of...
Silicosis May Cause Occupational Risks
Silicosis is a fibronodular lung disease caused by inhaling excessive amounts of silica dust. Silica is a common mineral found in sand and rock. In fact, it is the second most-often occurring mineral in the Earth's crust.
As dust, it can be inhaled, which scars and inflames lung tissue. When silica is first inhaled, the body creates macrophages to combat the particles. The silica dust destroys macrophages. This leaves scarring, known as fibrosis, in the lungs.
In turn, the fibrosis can...
Vinyl Chloride Considered A Carcinogen By EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as the National Toxicology Program, classifies vinyl chloride as a documented carcinogen. In fact, vinyl chloride appears in all registered carcinogen indices, and there is no level of exposure at which the adverse health effects are negligible.
It is considered both a nephrotoxin (substance harmful to the kidneys) and a heptotoxin (substance harmful to the liver).
The following are some health risks and symptoms which may develop with...
Details of Soil Contamination
Soil contamination is the diffusion of hazardous material throughout soil. The material can be either solid or liquid and usually bonds with the soil in which it is mixed. Contaminants do not have to be directly deposited in the soil to negatively affect it; for example, many airborne toxic molecules can settle in soil.
Soil contamination may also occur as a peripheral effect of ground water contamination, aggravated by flooding or improper waste water disposal. Plants, animals, and humans...
Paxil Linked To Dangerous Withdrawal Symptoms
Popular serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant drug Paxil has been linked to SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome, a severe and sometimes life-threatening condition that occurs upon withdrawal from the drug.
This is just one of many recent Paxil side effects, such as complications in pregnancy, increased risk of suicide and serotonin syndrome, that have brought the drug and its manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, under fire.
What is SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome?
SSRI Discontinuation...
The Dangers of Prescription Pain Killers - Oxycontin
Millions of people suffer from untreated pain for a variety of illnesses and ailments. In fact, since 1986, the World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that inadequate treatment of cancer and non-cancer pain is a serious public health concern.
Therefore, in the face of this knowledge, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new, controlled release pain reliever in 1995 called Oxycontin.
Oxycontin (Oxycodone HCI controlled-release) is the brand name of a drug that contains the...
Reports Surface Detailing Levaquin Risks
Levaquin, also know as levofloxacin, is an anti-bacterial treatment for adults, and was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for children.
Levaquin levofloxacin is part of the fluoroquinolone group of oral medications prescribed to treat acute bacterial sinusitis, acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, noscocomial pneumonia, community-acquired pneumonia, complicated skin and skin structure infections, mild to moderate uncomplicated skin and skin...
Recent Research Suggests Chemotherapy Ineffective for Mesothelioma Victims
A UK medical journal, The Lancet, released disturbing results of a study finding no benefit of chemotherapy on patients suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).
The research, considered a setback for scientists seeking treatment for the condition, was conducted by Nicholas J. Vogelzang, MD, director of the Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas, and was released in May 2008.
Chemotherapy Ineffective Mesothelioma Treatment
The study found that chemotherapy not only did not offer...
Levaquin Approved for Children Despite the Potential Link to Severe Tendon Ruptures Among Patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved an antibiotic known as Levaquin (levofloxacin), part of the fluoroquinolone antibiotic group of drugs used to fight infections, for use by children even though the drug's potential link to severe side effects remains uncertain.
Potential Serious Levaquin Side Effects
Levaquin, from makers Ortho-McNeil, was released to the market in 2004. The drug is used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections including pneumonia,...
Digitek Digoxin Recalled Due to Manufacturing Defect
Digoxin, also known as Digitalis, Lanoxin, Digitek, and Lanoxicaps, is a refined plant extract, a purified cardiac glycoside(drugs used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and arrythmia.
It is widely used in the treatment of various heart conditions, namely atrial fibrilation and atrial flutter, both abnormal heart rhythms It is sometimes prescribed for heart failure that cannot be controlled by other medication.
Digoxin is commonly marketed under the name Lanoxin, Digitek, and...
Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Research and Methods Increase
Each year in America, there are millions of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that severely debilitate citizens from a number of common, everyday activities that often depend on the severity of their injury.
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), common TBI disabilities include difficulties with cognition affecting memory and reasoning; communication through expression and understanding; sensory processing, affecting the five senses in various...
Given Silica Dangers, Employer Compliance is a Must
Given what we know about the toxic, even fatal, effects of silica exposure in the workplace, it is more vital than ever for employers to comply with local, state, and federal laws governing silica exposure. The crystalline toxin, which causes such fatal diseases as silicosis, pneumonia and even tuberculosis, is extremely dangerous - but with the proper safety measures, silicosis and other occupational diseases related to silica exposure are entirely preventable.
What Should Employers Do?...
Demographics Reveal The Truth About Traumatic Brain Injury
They may seem like mere numbers, but statistics and demographics information can give important information on who is affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) - and possibly shed light on how to prevent brain damage. This article takes a closer look at who is impacted by TBI in an attempt to show the true costs of brain damage to victims, their families, and society at large.
Traumatic Brain Injury: Who Is Affected?
Though studies vary slightly, it is generally accepted that at least 1.4...
Welding Rods and Exposure to Welding Gases
Welding is the joining of metals by applying heat, sometimes with pressure and sometimes with an intermediate or filler metal having a high melting point. The intermediate or filler metal that is used to join metals together is commonly referred to as a welding rod. Many welders use welding rods containing a high percentage of the element manganese.
Maganese is used in welding rods because it strengthens a metal as it is being fused by the welding process. When metals are heated and melted...
Failure to Diversify or Over Concentrate a Portfolio Could Be Fraud
Failure to diversify a client's portfolio can be a form of stock fraud. In order to protect a client's assets, the broker should vary the types of stock purchased. Stock fraud through over concentration strips the client of the protection diversification affords.
Diversification of investment holdings is the most important shield against risk. Since some investments rise in value while others fall, diversification smoothes out some of the volatility of the overall return from a portfolio....
Retirement Plan Losses May Be Able To Be Recovered
Many pension funds throughout the country have been victimized by the unethical practices of corporations, stockbrokers and brokerage houses. Pension funds and their trustees have an important role in ensuring the securities that invested are appropriate for that plan.
The fiduciary obligations of trustees also make it vital that actions be taken to recover losses due to securities fraud. Additionally individuals who have lost their retirement benefits, or whose plan value has significantly...
Anti-Cholesterol Drugs: A Background
It is estimated by the American Heart Association that nearly 1 in 5 Americans are candidates for increased chance of heart disease, liver failure, and other serious health complications due to high cholesterol levels. While this is one of the most dangerous and prevalent health concerns facing the US, it is also one that is moderately easy to manage. As Americans become more informed of the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, they are increasingly exposed to advertisements touting...
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