Unlike some major sports leagues, the NBA has few concerns about changing its rules for what it sees as improvements to the quality of the game and the fan experience. The goal is to get closer to perfect, not to preserve an arcane sense of history and consistent, at least in theory. It's a...
Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new labeling for ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) Film-coated Tablets, Merck's integrase inhibitor for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adult patients as...
The FDA has approved the morning after pill for women of any age as an over-the-counter medication and with no point-of-sale restrictions. Over-the-counter (OTC) means that no prescription is required. The FDA said the approval is for "women of child bearing age potential", i.e. any female who...
There's good news, ladies: A new type of birth control pill has been approved by the FDA! Quartette has a combination of*levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol and ethinyl estradiol and can help prevent breakthrough bleeding. More »
No More Breakthrough Bleeding? FDA Approves Quartette, A New Form Of...
Arkansas’s new “Human Heartbeat Protection Act” will outlaw abortions that happen after 12 weeks, the earliest time that a fetus’s heartbeat would be detectable by ultrasound. No other state has ever passed legislation to restrict abortion within a pregnancy’s first trimester. More »
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Having a severe headache is a horrible feeling: you can’t bandage it up or put pressure on the wound or inject some novocaine to help yourself sleep. Migraines can affect your work, social life, mental health and several other aspects … More »
Looking For Relief From Severe Headache Pain? FDA...
Nine months on from the Wall Street Journal spotting a massive Google privacy issue—namely, that it was circumventing cookie privacy settings in Safari—the search giant's fate is now sealed. A judge has approved the FTC's largest ever fine, in the process rejecting appeals from a consumer-rights...
The FDA has finally*approved a new drug that prevents HIV infection. The medicine, Truvada, is a daily pill expected to be taken by people at a high-risk of becoming infected with HIV (gay and bisexual men usually, but the drug has been approved for all HIV-negative people). This is awesome news...
Yesterday, the FDA finally granted approval to*OraQuick,*the first-ever at-home HIV test. The test, which the New York Times calls "as easy as a home-pregnancy test" would make it super-simple to get tested and diagnosed, right in the privacy of your own home. Which is huge for stopping the...
The FDA just approved Belviq, the first weight loss drug to get their green light in 13 years. The agency claims that its safety standards were set high (because of weight loss drugs' sketchy history), but it's hard to shake the feeling that their approval was made in the best interest of public...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Korlym (mifepristone) to control hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) in adults with endogenous Cushing's syndrome, who have type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance, who remained unresponsive to previous surgery or are not eligible candidates...
Just in time for holiday parties? A fancy new 'hangover cure' with the Food and Drug Administration's stamp of approval. The remedy, an over-the-counter cocktail of aspirin and caffeine that you dissolve in water and take after a night of drinking, sells for*$2.99 for a single dose or $11.99 a...
The Food and Drug Administration has licensed HEMACORD™ (Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells-Cord, HPC-C) for allogeneic hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cell transplantation, the first such approval of a stem cell product in the world. According to the Food and Drug Administration's notification...
Intelliject, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted tentative approval for the company's New Drug Application (NDA) for a novel epinephrine auto-injector, e-cue™, for emergency treatment of allergic reactions including anaphylaxis. The tentative approval of...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Boostrix vaccine to prevent tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough) in people ages 65 and older. Currently, there are vaccines approved for the prevention of tetanus and diphtheria that can be used in adults 65 and older. Boostrix...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new genetic test that will help health care professionals determine if women with breast cancer are HER2-positive and, therefore, candidates for Herceptin (trastuzumab), a commonly used breast cancer treatment. The test, called Inform Dual...
The New Jersey Senate on Monday voted 26-12 to pass a bill (A3273) that aims to expand access to subsidized family planning services for uninsured women, the Woodland Park Record reports. The funding would help provide cervical cancer screenings, contraceptives and other family planning care to...
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Board of Directors on Wednesday approved 79 grants with a two-year commitment of "$1.7 billion dollars for projects against the diseases, amid warnings that some hard-hit African countries were being left out," Agence France-Presse reports...
AstraZeneca announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation to BRILIQUE™ (ticagrelor tablets) for the prevention of atherothrombotic events in adult patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS). This decision follows the positive opinion from the Committee for...