• FDA Warns Not to Feed SimplyThick to Premature Infants0

    SimplyThick is designed to help premature babies swallow, but some babies are developing an intestinal disorder that has already proven fatal twice.  Two premature infants died as a result of having the thickening agent SimplyThick added to their breast milk or formula.  There have been 15 cases reported from around the country – all premature

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  • More Trials Needed to Assess Pain Drug Safety in Children0

    Can we be certain that pain medications considered safe for adults, based on extensive clinical data and experience, are equally safe for use in young children? Medical News Today, 5/20/2011

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  • Risks: Allergic to Peanuts, Even in Transfused Blood0

    If you are allergic to peanuts and you're about to receive a blood transfusion, you may want to pay attention to this:  It's possible that, if the blood donor ate peanuts before donating the blood, you could actually experience an allergic reaction.  The New England Journal of Medicine has published a letter citing the story

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  • FDA approves new HIV drug from Johnson & Johnson0

    An exciting advancement in HIV treatment!  Edurant, the name of the drug approved by the FDA, is intended for use by those individuals who have been identified as being HIV+ but have not had any medical treatment.  Patients take the pill daily, and this prevents the virus from reproducing, which will reduce the levels of

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  • Oz- some sales: Shops’ Mehment mania0

    Apparently when Dr. Mehment  Oz speaks (on The Doctor Oz Show), a lot of his viewers are listening.  As soon as he mentions that a particular food or supplement is Good For You, it's reported that health food stores and supermarkets are seeing an immediate- perhaps temporary- increase in sales of the products he is

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  • The nose knows: Allergy season here with a vengeance0

    Here's some unfortunate news related to climate change: The odd and severe weather we’ve been experiencing since last fall has put us in a vulnerable spot in terms of this year's allergy season.  And we can no longer escape to a location free of pollen and its effects on us, as this explosion has hit

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