DrugRisk Announces Alternative to Mirena IUD May Be Available Soon

The Drug Risk Resource Center is the Web’s largest source for information on medical device research, side effects and legal news. Visit http://www.DrugRisk.comOrlando, FL (PRWEB) December 19, 2012Earlier this month, Bayer announced it would enter the European market with a new plastic contraceptive implant that can provide birth control for up to three years. The Jaydess device, which was recently...

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US Drug Watchdog Now Urges Yaz Yasmin Birth Control Pill Users Who Suffered a Stroke, Blood Clots, or a Heart Attack to Call the Johnson Law Group for a Legal Review

The US Drug Watchdog is urging any woman who used the birth control pills called Yaz, Yasmin, or their generic version Ocella, and then developed severe side effects occurred, such a pulmonary embolism, a heart attack, a stroke, or other severe medical conditions to please contact the Johnson Law Group immediately at 1-800-996-9900. http://www.johnsonlawgroup.com/(PRWEB) December 19, 2012The US Drug...

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Le Male Yoga Announces Tips to Help All Males Start 2013 as the Best Men They Could Possibly Be

Le Male Yoga presents some very potent Yoga Poses for Men to Boost Their Libido, Enhance Sexual Energy as well as Control in 2013. In addition to the traditional benefits of Yoga, the male only studio in New York City gives men the opportunity to improve their sex life and introduce stimulants other than pills.New York City, NY (PRWEB) December 19, 2012One of the most important activities in a man's...

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Nutra Pharma Introduces Nyloxin(TM) Military Strength

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Dec. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nutra Pharma Corp. (NPHC), a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), HIV and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), has announced today that it will be introducing a stronger version of its over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever, Nyloxin(TM). The new product will be called Nyloxin(TM) Military Strength.Over the past...

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First Condom/Contraceptive Sales for DKT International in Pakistan

DKT International has just launched a new birth control and safe sex project in Pakistan. DKT is one of the world’s largest private providers of contraceptives in developing countries and brings 23 years of social marketing experience to the Pakistan effort. Early work has included hiring key staff, registering with the Government of Pakistan, and building partnerships with the Ministry of Health...

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Modern Family' Star: My Son Nearly Died

What are the odds a child will be exposed to two powerful allergens at the same time? It happened to " Modern Family" actress Julie Bowen's son. He was stung by a bee - at the same time he was eating a peanut butter sandwich. The toddler immediately went into anaphylactic shock. His entire face swelled up, including his eyes and lips, and his breathing became labored. "We took him to the ER, where...

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Teen Dies After Disabled Mom Loses Custody

The last time Doris Freyre saw her 14-year-old daughter, Marie, alive was around 1 p.m. on April 26. She watched helplessly as the disabled girl was strapped to a stretcher and sent by ambulance to a nursing home in Miami -- five hours away from their home in Tampa, Fla.Florida child welfare authorities had deemed Freyre, a 59-year-old single mother with six herniated discs and carpal tunnel syndrome...

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Supreme Court to hear "pay-for-delay" drug case

(Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether brand-name drug companies may pay money to generic drug  rivals to keep their lower-priced products off the market, a practice estimated to cost consumers and the government billions of dollars each year.The arrangements, known as "pay-for-delay" or "reverse payments," have for more than a decade vexed antitrust enforcers, including...

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House panel seeks compounder group papers in meningitis probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee that oversees drug safety issues has asked a compounding pharmacists' industry association to provide documents on the group's role in helping pharmacies in their interactions with federal and state authorities.The request to the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists came as the House Energy and Commerce Committee continues an investigation...

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GlaxoSmithKline in deal with MD Anderson on cancer drugs

(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline signed a collaboration agreement with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to develop new drugs that promote a patient's immune system to attack cancer based on discoveries by Anderson researchers.Anderson, one of the world's premier cancer research and treatment centers, announced the agreement on Friday. Under terms of the deal, it will receive an undisclosed upfront...

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Czech MPs vote to legalize marijuana for medical use

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech lawmakers voted on Friday to allow marijuana and drugs derived from it to be available on prescription from pharmacies from next year, extending narcotics laws which permit possession of small amounts of drugs including heroin and cocaine.Only imported marijuana will be available for the first year, after which the central European country's State Institute for Drug Control...

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When drugs for depression fail, talking therapies help

LONDON (Reuters) - Patients with depression who fail to benefit from antidepressant drugs  may do better if they are also treated with a type of "talking" psychotherapy called CBT, according to new research published on Friday.In the first large-scale trial to test the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, alongside medication for depression, scientists said they found that...

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