Infant Rotavirus vaccine declared safe by FDA
A vaccine made for infants that prevents severe diarrhea has been declared safe for use by the FDA. The vaccine, made by pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, has been considered possibly dangerous since the British drugmaker supposedly did not follow U.S. safety regulations when testing the vaccine called Rotarix.
The rotavirus can cause bad diarrhea in infants, and Rotarix was the first vaccine to be approved in the U.S. to help ward off the virus.
RotaShield, a similar product made by Wyeth, was pulled from the market in 1999 due to causing an increase in twisting of the intestines in some subjects.
Is the term" Organic" becoming diluted or meaningless? I'm not sure I would go that far, but seeing the USDA's Organic seal on a food package or other food items shouldn't give your mind an automatic pass as "perfectly nutrition-filled organic food" is being presented anything like that.
One central question you can always ask your doctor when you're being seen for a serious medical condition is this: if you were me, what treatment would you suggest?
New research from British and U.S. experts concluded that middle age can be very depressing to much of the world's population. 80 countries and over two million people were involved in the research, which showed that depression is very common for both women and men in their 40s.
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Many a child has been temporarily traumatized by the sight of a shot when vaccine time arrives, and although products like 
The new ABC show "Eli Stone" us under fire from the largest Pediatrician's group in the U.S. due to its portrayal of autism possibly being caused by childhood vaccines.
Don't keep all those emotions and feelings bottled up! We've all heard this from the mental health community, and married couples are now hearing it again.
A huge health care bill up before the California legislature may be seeing a permanent dirt nap soon, leaving that state to end up not setting a precedent for health care coverage to millions of uninsured people.
A new study has found that many parents support the testing of kids that may 
In today's genetic news, medical experts are now saying that personal genetic makeup can affect how a person reacts to blood pressure medications. If you're on generic hypertension medication, this news may be of significance to you.
According to a recent compilation of data by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), heart disease and stroke deaths in the U.S. 
It's unfortunate that the small medical insurance copay cost of a mammogram is causing some women to forgo it. According to a recent study of Medicare customers, though, this is what is happening in many cases.
Those who have had organ transplants know that the regimen of anti-rejection drugs being part of the procedure's lifelong therapy. But, according to research out of Massachusetts, the days of needing to take anti-rejection drugs daily for a patient's entire life could seen be a distant memory.
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