Sunscreen regulations take effect
The Food and Drug Administration’s final rule for sunscreen labeling requirements went
into effect Dec. 17, impacting manufacturers with annual product sales of more than $25,000. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Software-generated, surgeon-controlled procedure plans
The LensAR Laser System software creates a procedure plan, using patient-specific
parameters. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
New US food safety rules aim for more accountability
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Massachusetts governor seeks rules on compounding pharmacies
BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Friday proposed new state rules to more
closely regulate the type of pharmacy at the heart of a U.S. meningitis outbreak that has killed 39
people. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Rituximab improves outcomes in low-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Progression-free survival in younger patients with low-risk localized
diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is better when rituximab is added to a chemotherapy regimen currently
considered optimal, a European team reports. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Off-label marketing gets free speech protection
A recent court ruling allows pharmaceutical representatives to tell doctors about appropriate
off-label uses of medications without risking a penalty from federal authorities. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Sumatriptan-naproxen speeds cognitive recovery after migraine
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment of acute migraine with a combination of sumatriptan and naproxen
facilitates earlier recovery of cognitive efficiency, researchers report. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Pulmonary embolism risk increased in asthma patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) is nearly four times higher in asthma
patients than in the general population, European researchers report. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Transobturator suburethral tape effective for at least 5 years for stress urinary incontinence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Transobturator suburethral tape (TOT) is effective for at least five years
in most women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), although its effectiveness declines with time, researchers
from Spain report. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
In bacteremia from rapidly growing mycobacteria, remove the CVC
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bacteremia from rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) "almost always
occurs" in cancer patients with indwelling central venous catheters (CVC), according to doctors from The
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
FDA warns telaprevir can cause fatal rash
Patients taking telaprevir for hepatitis C are at risk of developing a serious skin rash that could be
fatal, the Food and Drug Administration has warned. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Laparoscopic appendectomy no better with single incision
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Single-port appendectomy was no better than conventional three-port
laparoscopic surgery for any outcome measure in a randomized controlled trial from Korea. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Desvenlafaxine safely curbs hot flushes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Desvenlafaxine (Pristiq, Pfizer) maintains its efficacy in reducing
menopausal vasomotor symptoms and does so safely, according to two reports online December 24 in
Menopause. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Diabetes boosts risk of adhesive capsulitis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder (ACS) is significantly more prevalent
in diabetics, according to Taiwanese researchers. (Source: Modern Medicine)
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Fiscal cliff lifeline affects more provisions than SGR
The sustainable growth rate wasn't the only Medicare provision patched at the start of the New Year.
Learn about the other facets of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
