The FDA reported recently that Zostavax, Merck's experimental vaccine to prevent shingles, helps curb zoster-related pain but does not significantly affect the rate of death or hospitalization, according to regulatory staff in documents released recently. The finding was based on Merck data.
Nine percent of adolescents between 12 and 17 years old (a total of 2.2 million teenagers) in the US experienced at least one major depressive episode in the past year, according to an analysis by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report.
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) and the National Jewish Medical and Research Center (NJMRC) have issued statements protesting new black box cancer warnings that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered on Elidel Cream (pimecrolimus; Novartis) and Protopic ointment (tacrolimus; Astellas Pharma US, Inc.), both use to treat atopic dermatitis (eczema).
A major component of soy that is found in, among other foods, soy-based infant formula disrupts the development of the ovaries in newborn female mice, according to the findings of a study conducted by researchers at the National Institute of Health of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), an arm of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with an investigator at Syracuse University. Results of the early study were published in the January issue of Biology of Reproduction.
The US Food and Drug Administration earlier this month approved Merck's vaccine to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis, a leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children. RotaTeq, an oral, three-dose vaccine, is given to infants 6 to 32 weeks old.
Don't let the FDA warning about suicidality discourage you from prescribing an antidepressant for the child or adolescent who needs it. These recommendations provide a guide to monitoring patients for suicidal ideation and other adverse effects.
Older anti-flu meds are sidelined. New drug approvals fall off. Is "D" for "disaster" in the Medicare drug plan? Amid all, Justice Alito takes a seat.
Part three of three: Access and enrollment
Jealousy among siblings is natural and probably inevitable. But it doesn't have to be destructive if you provide parents with anticipatory guidance and practical suggestions for managing conflict.
This update answers key questions about emergency contraception and will help increase your patients' access to this form of pregnancy prevention. Includes a Guide for Patients.
A trip to a developing country offers exciting opportunities-and some dangers-for children. Here's what you can do to help ensure that the family enjoys a happy, healthy adventure. Includes a Guide for Parents. First of two parts.
Don't let the FDA warning about suicidality discourage you from prescribing an antidepressant for the child or adolescent who needs it. These recommendations provide a guide to monitoring patients for suicidal ideation and other adverse effects.
What do you do for a 6-year-old boy complaining of fever and chest pain?
A newborn girl with skin eruption involving the face and scalp, and no adenopathy or organomegaly
How to balance providing effective treatments for your patients and the need to protect them from undesirable side effects of drugs
A 16-year-old girl with type 1 diabetes mellitus had had asymptomatic, sharply demarcated, waxy plaques, with atrophic, shiny centers, in both pretibial areas for several years.
During their physical examination of this infant who had been born at term via cesarean section, Richard W. Hartmann, Jr, MD, and J. Christiane Salansky, MD, of Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach, Fla, found no evidence of an external anal opening (A). A soft bulge was present at the anal site, and the external sphincter was palpable. The median raphe was thick; a drop of meconium was noted on the surface of the perineum midway from the anus to the base of the scrotum (B). The remainder of the examination findings were normal.
