12th June 2009
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 ...
12th June 2009
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...
12th June 2009
Washington D.C. researchers at Georgetown University may have found a link between the onset of Alzheimer's disease among patients who have suffered previously from a brain injury.
According to a Reuter's news report on the study, Alzheimer's disease i...
12th June 2009
A price tag of nearly $1 billion has recently been associated with the peanut butter recall, with the cost affecting both manufacturers and health officials as well as consumers, according to reports deriving from the Peanut Butter Corp of America Congres...
04th June 2009
Columbia University is continuing its trial of a mesothelioma treatment that will potentially be used to treat the two most deadly forms of mesothelioma known as malignant pleural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma.
The trial will involve approxi...
09th March 2009
A recent issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine found that heart failure patients consuming nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be at an increased risk for NSAIDs side effects and dangers. The article, from January 26, reported that, "no...
17th February 2009
The dosage levels of medicinal treatments for mesothelioma patients are being studied by physicians and researchers in Boston in order to acquire more suitable treatments for patients suffering from the fatal lung cancer.
Researchers are using two meth...
17th February 2009
Recently, a Florida Trend news article reported that although the unemployment rate dropped from 2006 to 2007, there were the same number of on-the-job fatalities as the previous year. Additionally, according to the article, truck drivers, who earn a mean...
17th February 2009
The Chicago Tribune recently reported on the most up-to-date figures relating to the peanut butter recall, which included the deaths of eight Americans as well as the poisonings of approximately 575 individuals across 43 states, affecting more than 400 pr...
10th February 2009
The commonplace practice of using blood transfusions among traumatic brain injury patients has recently met controversy following reports from the National Anemia Action Council (NAAC) that the practice may actually increase the risk of fatality among pat...
10th February 2009
The results of a study published in the Archives of Neurology may from researchers at the University of Washington have found a potential link between the onset of dementia and diabetes. The scientists found that an increase of vascular disease, rather th...
10th February 2009
Recent research deriving from scientists at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has found that the use of surgical procedures to remove parts or all of the esophagus among esophageal cancer patients may be being underused and causing an increas...
21st January 2009
Scientists recently garnered a breakthrough for heart failure patients after finding success by administering hypothermic therapy. News reports told of the outcome of a heart failure study that found "only 10 to 15 percent [of cardiac arrest patients] rec...
17th January 2009
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, ano...
17th January 2009
A Science Daily news article recently reported on the research being conducted by University of Pittsburg Cancer Institute (UPCI) researchers that pancreatic cancer patients find more success prior to surgery by receiving a combination of therapies includ...
