Men in their 50s are the most likely to fall off ladders in the home, causing injury and death, a new study says.
The research, presented at a medical conference in Hong Kong, said pelvic and limb injuries were most common, but some men suffered more serious head and chest fractures.
“This group was your typical victim [...]
WASHINGTON - For years, the nation’s largest drug and medical device manufacturers have courted doctors with consulting fees, free trips to exotic locales and by sponsoring the educational conferences that physicians attend.
Those financial ties don’t have to be disclosed in most cases and can lead to arrangements that some say improperly influence medical care.
Now, under [...]
TRENTON, N.J. - A congressional committee, investigating whether the makers of cholesterol drug Vytorin withheld data that would hurt sales, released new evidence supporting such suspicions Monday.
The Senate Finance Committee said even the researcher who led a crucial study of the drug accused Vytorin makers Merck %26amp; Co. and partner Schering-Plough Corp. of withholding negative [...]
The connection between belly fat and the brain intensified last week. Many Americans have obsessed about abdominal fat for, oh, decades. A new study from the Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Division of Research revealed that people who have large waistlines in their 40s are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia conditions in [...]
NEW ORLEANS — Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend that doctors blame on the obesity epidemic.
Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004. Only about half a percent did in [...]
NEWARK, N.J. - Merck %26amp; Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. said Tuesday they have suspended TV ads for Vytorin, a week after a study revealed the cholesterol drug is no more effective than a high dose of one of its components available generically at a third of the cost.
Vytorin, developed by Merck and Schering-Plough, is a [...]
TRENTON, N.J. - Heart patients can hardly miss the barrage of “food and family” TV ads claiming the drug Vytorin lowers cholesterol from two sources, what you eat and what your body produces due to your genes.
So many patients were stunned when Vytorin’s makers, Merck %26amp; Co. and Schering-Plough Corp., on Monday finally released results [...]
