A late-stage study of Pfizer s Prevnar 13 pneumonia vaccine has met the main trial goal, the company announced.A late-stage study of Pfizer s Prevnar 13 pneumonia vaccine has met the main trial goal, the company announced.
In the past decade, according to a study sponsored by Prevent Blindness America and the National Eye Institute, there has been a nearly 90 percent increase in the incidence of diabetic retinopathy an often progressive condition caused by tiny hemorrhages in the small arteries of the retina. In fact, diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness among adults in America.In the past decade, according to a study sponsored by Prevent Blindness America and the National Eye Institute, there has been a nearly 90 percent increase in the incidence of diabetic retinopathy an often progressive condition caused by tiny hemorrhages in the small arteries of the retina. In fact, diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness among adults in America.
ACSH often reports on junk studies that employ dubious statistical methods including our favorites: GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) and data-dredging in order to produce valid-appearing studies crafted to yield predetermined results. But it seems like some researchers are actually engaging in not just junk science, but conscious fraud.
Until recently, New York had seemed poised to approve the method of natural gas extraction dubbed fracking, which would have not only allowed access to vast amounts of safe and clean natural gas, but would also have provided an economic bounty for depressed New York State areas, including more jobs for struggling communities along the Pennsylvania border. But now Gov.
With states cracking down on so-called pill mills that dispense painkillers willy-nilly, some doctors and patients are complaining it s become too difficult to get legitimate prescriptions for chronic pain. The Wall Street Journal describes a pharmacy crawl in which patients have to go to multiple pharmacies and several towns to get their pain medication.
A fear campaign has dissuaded some parents from vaccinating their children with Gardasil, one of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a Merck product on the market since 2006.
Ordering drugs over the Internet may seem convenient, but the Food and Drug Administration is warning that the vast majority of online pharmacies are fake and probably selling counterfeit drugs.
The Oklahoma Legislature is scheduled to have a committee hearing this Wednesday to discuss using tobacco harm reduction strategies as a means to reduce the health damage from cigarettes.
Last week, the Canadian government reaffirmed the safe use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, upholding its 2008 stance that dietary exposure to the chemical does not pose a health risk to the general population, including newborns and young children.
