To Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers, A New Drug Harnesses Stem Cells Inside Us All

Diabetic foot ulcers are the primary cause of hospital admissions for diabetics. Foot ulcers that heal improperly are at risk for infection, which can lead to amputation.  According to the...

Health Care Pro Sentenced To Prison For Product Tampering

Demerol Diverted at Bellevue Surgery Clinic DREA LYNNE GIBSON, 43, of Fall City, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year and a day in...

FDA Warns Companies against Marketing Illegal Flavored Cigarettes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is enforcing the flavored cigarette ban provision of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) by issuing several warning letters...

Know the Difference Between Colds, Flu and H1N1

 With flu season upon us, and with the increasing number of H1N1 flu cases being reported, more people are making the trip to the doctor. So how can...

New Research Points to Genetic Propensity in Lung Cancer Patients

By Andrea Archibald and Kevin Meagher Newly developed breath test and isolation of specific gene markers could possibly double the survivability rating of the disease in the not-so distant future Not widely...

Editorial: Teabaggers Tactics Reprehensible

Rep. Joe Wilson yelled, "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during Wednesday's presidential address to Congress Rep. Joe Wilson’s tactics at presidential address reprehensible By Matthew B. Zeidman During the past several months,...

Warner Chilcott Acquires P&G's Global Pharmaceuticals Business

P&G Focuses on Winning in Consumer Health Care The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) and Warner Chilcott plc (Nasdaq: WCRX) today announced an agreement for the sale of P&G's global...

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Body Building Products Marketed as Containing Steroids or Steroid-Like Substances

Agency issues Warning Letter to American Cellular Laboratories for marketing and distributing potentially harmful steroid-containing products WASHINGTON, D.C. (RPRN) 7/29/2009--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a Public Health Advisory...

Cancer-Killing Virus May Be The Answer For Patients With KRAS Mutated Tumors

Calgary, AB (RPRN) 7/28/2009--According to the American Cancer Society, about 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2009.  These patients are widely treated with a drug regimen that...

Lung Cancer News: National Foundation Raises Awareness For Number One Cancer Killer

By Kevin Meagher, staff writer Number One Cancer Killer Gets Its Walk SAN FRANCISCO (RPRN) 7/28/2009--On August 2nd the Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation is sponsoring a 5k walk/run in the...