Friday, September 17, 2010

Kids Are Getting Vaccinated



FDA Panel Says No To New Obesity Drug Lorcaserin
Medical News Today
A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee has voted against recommending federal approval of the new obesity drug lorcaserin, made by Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc under the brand name Lorqess, making it the third time this year that an ...
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Study: Glucosamine, Chondroitin No Help for Arthritis
WebMD
By Denise Mann Sept 16, 2010 -- The popular supplements glucosamine and chondroitin don't do much to relieve the pain associated with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a new analysis of 10 studies. This is not the first time that research ...
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Kids Are Getting Vaccinated
WebMD
By Bill Hendrick Sept. 16, 2010 -- Children between 19 and 35 months of age are getting immunized at high rates against diseases that can be prevented by vaccines, the CDC says in a new report. "Nearly all parents are choosing to have their children ...
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Gene variant linked to aggressive Alzheimer's disease
Food Consumer
An international team of Alzheimer's disease experts declared in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics they have discovered a gene variant that is associated with the aggressiveness of Alzheimer's disease, a common form of dementia. ...
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A good chat can help women's sex lives
Times of India
Women with low sex drive might only need to talk about their problems to improve their love life, according to a new study. Scientists discovered that a third of women who talked with doctors about sexual dysfunction later reported a greater ...
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