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5/18/2006 5:33:00 PM | Remicade® and Humira® Increase Risk of Cancer 
=(0) Medications such as Remicade and Humira, used in threatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis, may increase the patient's risk of some types of cancer and infection. In one study, by the Mayo Clinic, patients on these drugs showed a threefold increase in cancer risk over patients on a placebo, or one additional case of cancer per 154 patients tre...
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5/11/2006 4:22:00 PM | Corticosteroid Therapy May Be Associated with Irregular Heartbeat =(0) Patients on high doses of corticosteroids, used to treat conditions such as asthma, arthritis and some blood cancers, are at higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation, one type of irregular heartbeat. While not immediately fatal, atrial fibrillation in turn increases risk of stroke and other heart conditions. This finding comes from a...
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4/4/2006 2:34:00 PM | Arthritis Care Falls Short for the Elderly =(0) A new study suggests that the elderly in the US are not generally receiving proper arthritis care. In interviews with over 300 patients over the age of 75, researchers learned that only about half received the recommended treatment for osteoarthritis, and less than half report being informed of their medication's side effects. The elderly are part...
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3/31/2006 2:35:00 PM | Judge says class-action Vioxx lawsuit can proceed =(0) A wide-ranging class action suit by insurance companies and HMOs was given the go-ahead by a New Jersey appeals court in one of the many lawsuits against the drug company Merck regarding its pain killer Vioxx. (This is not to be confused with the thousands of individual lawsuits against Merck filed by patients claiming harm because they were n...
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3/28/2006 10:26:00 AM | Drug test victims leave hospital - =(0) Six men who took part in a drug research study and became violently ill are progressing well according to hospital statements, and two have left hospital. The medication being studied was a potential therapy for arthritis, leukemia, and multiple sclerosis; however it caused a painful and dangerous rapid inflammatory response in all the men who took...
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3/27/2006 8:07:00 PM | Analysis: Experts split on DTC drug ads =(0) This article addresses the current debate about "Direct to Consumer" drug ads. Some advocate banning the ads which they say do more harm than good; others claim the ads may need more stringent regulating but on the whole are helpful. The concern is that in some cases such as with vioxx, marketing proceeds before safety issues are fully established...
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3/2/2006 9:53:00 AM | Celebrex Lawsuit Set for Trial in Barbour County =(0) An Alabama woman is suing Pfizer and several other drug companies because she suffered a stroke at age 53 after taking Celebrex. She contends the companies failed to warn the medical community and the public about risks associated with this drug which is in the same family as other arthritis medication removed from the market....
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