In a petition filed with the FDA Public Citizen is asking the agency to withdraw the Victoza diabetes treatment sold by Novo Nordisk due to increased risks that patients may developed pancreatitis serious allergic reactions and kidney failure. And citing internal agency documents the consumer ...

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After years of reports and debate about the extent to which cholesterol-lowering meds can lead to memory loss the FDA has asked drugmakers to add information about non-serious cognitive side effects to warning labels. At the same time information is also being added about the possibility that ...

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Meet the new face of diabetes. Yes the self-styled Queen of Southern Cuisine who is famous for her Food Network episodes where she serves up all manner of sugary fried and all-around heavy eats is now the new spokesperson for Novo Nordisk. Specifically Paula is revealing her previously undiscl ...

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For the past few years a key aspect of the controversy over HPV vaccines among some parents and social conservatives has been whether teenage girls will view the preventive shots as a green light of sorts toward premarital or unprotected sex. The vaccines you may recall were approved to thwart ...

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Earlier this month we noted that California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that removed parental consent for vaccinating children 12 and older against sexually transmitted diseases. Although state law already allowed children 12 and older to consent to treatment for sexually trans ...

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