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FDA Approves GARDASIL and Cervarix Vaccines

Oct. 16 | Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GARDASIL for use in boys and men 9 through 26 years of age for the prevention of genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11. “We are pleased that...

Tylenol May Cut the Effectiveness of Vaccine in Babies

Oct. 16 | According to new research published in the October 17, 2009 issue of the British medical journal The Lancet, giving Tylenol to babies to protect against a fever after a vaccination may actually cut the effectiveness of the vaccine. A research team led...

UPDATE: Placebo Effect To Treat Pain

Oct. 16 | According to new research out of Germany, it is possible for the ‘placebo effect’ or fake procedure to help treat pain. A placebo is a scientific strategy that up until now, was believed to have no effect and which is given to study participants...

Placebo Effect To Treat Pain

Oct. 15 | According to a new study from German researchers, the placebo effect can create measurable activity in part of the spinal cord. People, who believe a placebo treatment for pain is working, in fact feel reduced pain signaling in their spinal cord. A placebo...

UPDATE: Smoking Bans are Saving Lives

Oct. 15 | The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released new research today that said smoking bans are saving countless lives in the U.S. every year. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered the independent Institute of Medicine to examine research...

Bans on Smoking in Public Places are Saving Lives

Oct. 15 | According to a new report, bans on smoking in public places are working to reduce the number of heart attacks from secondhand smoke. The research, sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found drops in the number of heart attacks...

Stents May Have ED Sufferers Smiling Again

Oct. 15 | Medical device maker Medtronic has started testing on a new pelvic stent for those men who have not been help by Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra. Researchers will begin with 50 patients at 10 different medical centers across the U.S. There are approximately...

GSK Ordered to Pay $2.5 million for Boy’s Birth Defects

Oct. 15 | A U.S. family has been awarded $2.5 million in damages after a Philadelphia jury decided that the antidepressant drug Paxil made by GlaxoSmithKline, was responsible for heart defects Lyam Kilker developed in the womb while his mother was taking the medication....

UPDATE: Study Says New Prostate Surgery Not Better

Oct. 14 | A new study suggests a hi-tech minimally invasive prostate surgery certainly has some advantages over traditional surgery; however, it also has more risks. According to the report’s lead author, Dr. Jim Hu, a urologist at Boston’s Brigham...

Study Says New Prostate Surgery Not Better

Oct. 14 | According to new research, men who receive minimally invasive prostate cancer surgery, frequently done using robots, are at a higher risk of urinary and other complications than those who undergo conventional open surgery. The report suggests the benefits...