Saturday, January 26, 2013

[Health] FDA Panel Votes to Restrict Vicodin and Other Painkillers

FDA Panel Votes to Restrict Vicodin and Other Painkillers
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/4574/20130126/fda-panel-votes-restrict-vicodin-painkillers.htm
(Photo : Flickr) The FDA voted in favor of moving hydrocodone combination drugs, such as Vicodin, into the more restrictive schedule II category of controlled substances.

PepsiCo replacing Gatorade ingredient after online petition
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/25/good-news-gatorade-will-no-longer-contain-flame-retardant-chemical/
(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc is removing a controversial chemical from its Gatorade drinks following concerns from consumers and an online petition by a Mississippi teenager.

Alogliptin Wins FDA Go-Ahead for Type 2 Diabetes
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Diabetes/37023
SILVER SPRING, Md. -- After a long delay, the FDA approved the oral drug alogliptin (Nesina) for treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes, as well as two products combining alogliptin with other antidiabetic drugs.

Giants' Flannery Has Gift for Coaching and Carrying a Tune
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Bryan-Stow-Back-in-Hospital-With-Blood-Clot-188445681.html
The back-spinning, bases-clearing grounder that Hunter Pence and his broken bat cued past the St. Louis Cardinals' infield in October sent the San Francisco Giants' third-base coach, Tim Flannery, to work.

CDC Warns of Powerful Norovirus Passing Through the US
http://www.counselheal.com/articles/3587/20130126/cdc-warns-powerful-norovirus-passing-through.htm
(Photo : Reuters) File photo of an elderly woman leaving a quarantined Rhine cruising ship with two Red Cross paramedics in full protection gear in Boppard, Germany after a norovirus outbreak on the vessel.

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