Flagging adverse events: new FDA form to ease drug, device reaction reporting

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established MedWatch, a physician reporting program for adverse reactions to drugs and medical devices. Physicians can initiate a report with a call to the agency's toll-free line. Physicians should report serious adverse reactions even if they are unsure that the drug or device was the cause of them. Adverse reaction reports totalled 177,000 in 1992 and resulted in 52 product recalls and many other corrective actions. Such reporting establishes the long-term safety and efficacy of drugs and devices approved by the FDA.

Regulation of agricultural marketing, Drugs, Safety and security measures, Complications and side effects, Physicians, Medical professions, Information services, Medical equipment, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Adverse drug reactions

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Value of mammograms in younger women questioned

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The regular use of mammography to identify breast cancer may not be beneficial for women who are 40 to 49 years of age. Several physicians and medical societies are unsure how the new findings will affect their health guidelines, but they intend to conduct further research while continuing to endorse their current guidelines. The American College of Radiology believes the research was flawed, and they will continue to fully support annual mammograms for women who are 40 to 49 years of age.

Diagnosis, Cancer, Cancer diagnosis

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Study questions use of mammograms; some question study

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A Canadian study has found that for women age 40-49, regular mammograms do not significantly reduce the mortality rate from breast cancer in patients receiving regular, clinical breast examinations. The study was immediately criticized by the medical community because of the poor quality of the mammograms used and because women who were already symptomatic of breast cancer were not excluded from the study.

Hospitals, Breast cancer

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