[Health] Compounding pharmacy recalls drugs over safety concerns

Compounding pharmacy recalls drugs over safety concerns
http://www.wkyc.com/news/national/290639/22/FDA-Georgia-pharmacy-recalling-some-Avastin-drugs
A Georgia compounding pharmacy on Thursday recalled all of its sterile products because of Food and Drug Administration concerns about safety.

Woman Gets New Face After Assault
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/woman-face-boyfriend-slashes-100-times/story?id=18740264
Ilianexy Morales was in her 20s when she met a man outside her home in New York City as he was asking for directions. He was older, 38, but doting and generous, and they began dating exclusively.

Mental Illness Not a Barrier to Weight Loss
http://www.sciencecodex.com/nih_study_shows_people_with_serious_mental_illnesses_can_lose_weight-109062
Overweight and obese individuals with serious mental illness who participated in a behavioral intervention were able to significantly reduce their weight, a randomized trial showed.

As "telehealth" grows, experts question cost benefits
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/21/us-telehealth-cost-idUSBRE92K1FJ20130321
By Ben Hirschler. LONDON | Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:37pm EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - Monitoring patients at home using modern technology, so-called 'telehealth', is tipped as the next big thing in healthcare, but a new study by British researchers suggests it may ...

UK: Public OK with creating babies from 3 people
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/9946441/Three-parents-Five-parents-All-that-really-matters-is-healthy-babies.html
U.K.: Public O.K. with creating babies from 3 people. Maria Cheng, Associated Press1:59p.m. EDT March 20, 2013. Britain's fertility regulator did not find evidence to suggest the techniques were unsafe.

Titan's Addiction Implant Wins FDA Panel Nod
http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/fda-committee-approves-implant-to-treat-opioid-addiction-8819178.html
By a two-to-one margin, an FDA advisory committee recommended approval for an implantable version of the addiction treatment buprenorphine (Probuphine).

More fatal food: Salty diets leading to 2.3M deaths each year
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/more-fatal-food-salty-diets-leading-to-2-3m-deaths-each-year-1.1205611
For the second time in a week, scientists are warning us that what we're eating is killing us. This time it's salt. Cardiologists gathered for a meeting in New Orleans report that excessive salt in our diets contributed to a stunning 2.3 million deaths around the ...

New leukemia treatment shows promising results
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health&id=9036532
Researchers are seeing some very promising results for a treatment for a specific type of leukemia and they're hoping it might work for other cancers as well.

Bill aims to tighten restrictions on painkiller hydrocodone
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/mar/20/lawmakers-seek-tougher-rules-addictive-painkillers/
Taking aim at "America's most abused narcotic," congressional lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would place tighter restrictions on the painkiller hydrocodone, which is a key contributor to the nation's prescription drug death epidemic.

Changes at CVS Pharmacy Sparks Health Care Debate
http://www.longislandpress.com/2013/03/21/cvs-to-workers-tell-us-your-weight-or-pay-600/
“No that's not fair. That's outrageous! They shouldn't be doing that,” says Marie Shell who opposes CVS's latest health plan.

Antibiotics not worth risk in most chest colds: study
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/21/us-antibiotics-colds-idUSBRE92K16620130321
By Andrew M. Seaman. NEW YORK | Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:12pm EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors need to give antibiotics to more than 12,000 people with acute respiratory infections to prevent just one of them from being hospitalized with ...

March Madness Signals More Vasectomies
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/03/21/march-madness-signals-more-vasectomies/
A Cape Cod clinic is offering free pizza with a vasectomy for March Madness. (Image credit: John E. Kelly/Getty Images). March Madness is here, and a Cape Cod, Mass.

Tuberculosis Cases In The US Keep Sliding
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/21/174944671/tuberculosis-cases-in-the-u-s-keep-sliding
The U.S. is slowly but steadily closing in on tuberculosis. For the first time since the government started tracking the disease in the 1950s, the number of annual TB cases has dropped below 10,000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...

Medical experts to petition FDA to restrict caffeine in energy drinks
http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S2971878.shtml?cat=566
Researchers say energy drinks have an immediate impact on your heart rhythm and cause an increase in blood pressure. If you have teenagers or children who are young adults, the effect can be stronger for them.

Woman's health problems linked to super-strong tea
http://updatednews.ca/2013/03/21/too-much-tea-causes-unusual-bone-disease/
DETROIT -- A 47-year-old woman's lower back, arm, leg and hip pains have been linked to her daily consumption of a super-strong pitcher of tea, according to findings from a medical team at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.