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Some Panel Members Want Serevent Withdrawn From Market; FDA And GSK Say Asthma Drug Recall Is Not Appropriate

(Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)

On November 28, 2007 an FDA pediatric advisory panel recommended that the safety warnings on Serevent and Advair needed to be strengthened in order to emphasize the increased risk of hospitalization and death for children using these two asthma drugs from GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK).

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NASCAR driver Aaron Fike reached an agreement with a Warren County (Ohio) judge to deliver anti-drug messages to youths in exchange for avoiding jail time in his arrest for heroin possession last summer, Associated Press Sports reported Nov. 27.

NASCAR driver Aaron Fike and his fiancee Cassandra Davidson was arrested in an amusement park parking lot in Cincinnati. After four months of rehabilitation, Fike presented a proposal to the judge to avoid jail time by going to schools and racetracks to deliver an anti-drug message.

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Two global Men’s health experts have come up with a compromise they hope will convince Indonesia to again begin sharing the latest avian flu samples (H5N1) with the World Men’s health Organization or WHO.

Indonesia’s refusal, which has gone on for most of 2007, is based on their belief that poor countries like theirs don’t get a fair share of the vaccines developed from the virus samples they supply.

Typically 250-300 million influenza vaccine doses are made each year and they are based primarily on samples of viruses circulating in Asia. But most of those who are vaccinated are in rich countries. The Indonesians feel that by withholding the needed samples, they will be able to change that.

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Contrary to current thinking, people that have lost their personal memories due to a brain injury may still be able to understand the feelings and intentions of others. It is commonly believed that such understanding is based on our own memories. It’s known as the “Theory of Mind” and it is thought to be the basis of our ability to socialize.

But a new study challenges that thinking. It indicates that severe loss of what is called ‘autobiographical episodic memory’ does not necessarily alter someone’s capacity to assess the mental state of others.

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More than one third of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the early stages end up making medically inappropriate treatment choices. A new study reports that these treatment ‘mismatches’ could likely be a result of a patient’s unwillingness to discuss pre-existing conditions with their doctor.

The study was led by Dr. James Talcott of the Center for Outcomes Research at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Prostrate cancer patients experience the same fears and hard decisions as all cancer patients do but prostate cancer treatment directly affects very personal things that most people aren’t comfortable talking about – urinary, bowel and sexual function,” says Talbot.

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By Lindsay Braun, Ivanhoe Men’s health Correspondent

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — The key to stopping cancer may lie in one drug’s ability to first speed it up. By accelerating the activity of a cancer-promoting gene, it may be possible to send cancer cells into overdrive until they self-destruct.

Recent research reveals an FDA approved drug called bortezomib is able to selectively kill cancer cells by promoting an acceleration oncogene called c-MYC. By creating a heightened release of c-MYC, a reaction occurs in which a cell-killing protein called NOXA is released.

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A review of various studies shows that people who keep track of their steps with pedometers are motivated to walk more. According to an article in the Nov. 21, 2007 JAMA, pedometer users walk an extra mile every day and show decreases in body mass index and blood pressure.

Researchers, led by Dr. Dena M. Bravata, of Stanford University, reviewed 26 studies with 2,491 participants, all women, between the ages of 49 and 85. Over an average 18-week period, pedometer users increased their physical activity by 26.9% over baseline. The key factor in the increased activity of the pedometer users is having a step goal.

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