Search results for "Side effects"
New test detects MRSA within 24 hours
Approvals, alerts, warnings, and recalls.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/06/fifteen.htm
1 Jun 2008
FDA issues alert for CellCept, recalls for Solodyn, Digitek
An overview of agency actions, including an alert for CellCept and recalls for Solodyn and Digitek.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/07/fda.htm
1 Jul 2008
Consider race-based risks, but treat patients individually
Data on the prevalence of certain diseases and health risks among different populations should surely play a role in crafting public health screenings and education programs targeted to specific groups. Once in the doctor's office, though, a patient's treatment is an individual matter.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/07/race.htm
1 Jul 2008
Post-war, vets face new battle with PTSD
While the military screens soldiers returning from combat, post-traumatic stress disorder can show up months or years after, when the person may have left the military health system and returned to private care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/ptsd.htm
1 Sep 2008
Endo ‘08: new research ignites debate about best A1C goals
From diabetes and dyslipidemia to hormones and hirsutism, the Endocrine Society's 90th annual meeting in San Francisco last June was a wellspring of new information and fresh debate.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/endo.htm
1 Sep 2008
Patients band together to research conditions, themselves
The next wave of online patient web sites allow patients to compare treatments and results, pulling together data that looks and acts like a research study despite its source.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/patients.htm
1 Oct 2008
Recall of generic drugs, acne cream; depression device OK'd
A summary of approvals, recalls and a record number of deaths and serious injuries reported.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/recall.htm
1 Jan 2009
Ask questions to get past social stigma of pelvic floor disorders
John H. Stone, III, MACP; Mark E. Silverman, MACP; and Robert E. Tyson, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/pelvic.htm
1 Jan 2009
Mistrust, costs, side effects keep patients from taking pills
Medication non-adherence is a big problem—much bigger than most physicians realize. The first step in getting patients to adhere is understanding the reasons why they don't.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/02/adherence.htm
1 Feb 2009
A silent syndrome with serious side effects
Polycystic ovary syndrome can cause infertility, diabetes and/or metabolic syndrome, and distressing physical symptoms like hirsutism and alopecia. Fortunately, once internists recognize the symptoms the condition can be managed effectively.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/02/pcos.htm
1 Feb 2009