Raising the safety bar-The FDA's coxib meeting

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A panel of experts advising the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rendered an ambivalent verdict on the future of the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors. They voted unanimously that the available evidence on the three approved coxibs-rofecoxib, celecoxib, and valdecoxib supports the conclusion that each of the drugs significantly increases users' risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and strokes.

Complications and side effects, Risk factors, Heart attack, Stroke (Disease), Stroke, COX-2 inhibitors

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Betting on a malaria vaccine

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Inoculation on a large scale of African infants with a new experimental vaccine called RTS,S for malaria within the 2006 and 2007 is reported. The inoculation attempt is considered a huge gamble for various agencies, as its success will be regarded as a public health victory, while a costly failure could retard the progress towards controlling the disease.

Science & research, Goods & services distribution, Channels of Distribution, Family Planning & Child Care, Research, Child care, Prevention, Distribution, Malaria, Malaria vaccine, Malaria vaccines, Company distribution practices

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Immigrants and health care - at the intersection of two broken systems

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The problems faced by uninsured immigrants at the U.S. health care centers are discussed. The federal Medicaid program has reduced benefits due to increasing number of uninsured persons and rising health care costs.

United States, Services information, Medicaid, Immigrants, Health aspects, Care and treatment, Services, Medically uninsured persons, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs

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