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FDA Finally Admits That Drugs for Crohn’s Disease and Arthritis May Promote Cancer by Dr. MJ Wegmann Posted Thu 12 Aug 2010 11:55am The FDA has ordered makers of drugs for a variety of inflammatory diseases to add a “black box warning” about an increased risk of cancer in children and adolescents. A black box warning is the most severe warning that the FDA can place on a product without withdrawing it from the market. The FDA began analyzing the drugs, known as tumor Read on »

What are true health-promoting and disease-promoting foods? by DiseaseProof Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 28 Apr 2010 7:12am To truly consume a healthy diet, the vast majority of the diet must be composed of health-promoting foods, and disease-promoting foods must be avoided. To define health-promoting and disease-promoting foods, we can turn to science to learn which foods are consistently shown to be protective against chronic disease (or associated with disease risk Read on »

Drug Promotion Database - protecting the patient by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:18am Drug Promotion Database: "“There continues to be an imbalance between commercially produced drug information and independent, comparative, scientifically validated and up... promotional techniques pharmaceutical companies often employ in order to sell their drugs. Read on »

Bad Ad Program: FDA Aims to Keep Drug Promotion Truthful by FDA Posted Thu 13 May 2010 9:00am advertisements. Drug companies promote their products to consumers through these and other media. However, drug companies promote their products to health care professionals in other... promotional efforts by pharmaceutical companies can give health care professionals valuable information about the latest drug treatments. But when drug promotion is misleading Read on »

Truthful Prescription Drug Advertising and Promotion (Bad Ad Program) by FDA Posted Thu 17 Mar 2011 1:30pm the role they can play in helping the agency make sure that prescription drug advertising and promotion is truthful and not misleading. The "Bad Ad" Program is administered... prescription drug promotion and provide them with an easy way to report this activity to the agency. Content on this Page * DDI/DDMAC - Bad Ads Program Webinar - April 28, 2011 Read on »

Drug Promotion Coupon Codes – A great benefit by Yusuf Posted Sat 20 Feb 2010 12:00am Drug Promotion Coupon Codes The trend today is that of online shopping and smart shoppers all over the globe are looking out for smarter... cell phones, travel, flowers, jewellery, medicines, medical services and computers. Drug promotion coupon codes attract discounts on medicines and medical services too Read on »

Antihypertensive Drug Carvedilol May Protect against Alzheimer’s Disease and Promote Healthy Memory by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Sat 26 Jun 2010 10:22am By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that the drug carvedilol, currently prescribed for the treatment of hypertension, may lessen the degenerative impact of Alzheimer's Disease and promote healthy memory functions. The new findings are published in two studies in the current issues Read on »

Osteoporosis drug promotes heali ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 22 Apr 2009 11:45pm Osteoporosis drug promotes healing of fractures, study finds Teriparatide, or Forteo, helped 93% of patients after only eight to 12 weeks on the drug. The treatment could reduce pain suffered and time spent in nursing homes. By Thomas H. Maugh II 23 april 2009--A drug used to treat severe osteoporosis promotes healing of hard-to-mend fractures Read on »

Curing the practice of paying doctors to promote drugs and devices by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert

Posted Mon 12 Jul 2010 12:45pm By Ed Howe Former President and CEO, Aurora Health Care Johnson & Johnson made a big step in the right direction by beginning to disclose details of their payments to physicians. Eventually, my hope is that this will reform what has been a somewhat sleazy practice of paying some doctors not for medical expertise, but for market ... Read on »

FDA Approves Risk Education and Awareness For Drugs Used to Promote “Awakeness”–Sleep Apnea & Work Shift Disor by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Fri 22 Oct 2010 7:33pm Ok the title may have caught your attention as it certainly caught mine as I did not know there were drugs to help those who do not get enough sleep due to sleep apnea... the importance of continuing your current OSA treatment while taking PROVIGIL. These are Schedule IV drugs so I can see why they want to ensure they are used properly and everyone knows Read on »