Merck finally ditches osteoporosis drug odanacatib after stroke risk
Merck ($MRK) is giving up on its delayed and long-troubled bone drug odanacatib after it became apparent the safety risk from using the experimental med was just too high. Two years’ ago the Big Pharma announced it was to delay a filing with the FDA after Phase III results showed that while the drug could reduce fractures, it also increased the risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke. It had hoped for a 2015 U.S. approval, but was forced to hold fire on the safety concerns. Today, finally, Merck..>> view originalItaly's PM criticises government led fertility campaign
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin said the campaign has been misunderstood Italy's prime minister has distanced himself from a campaign promoted by his health minister which encouraged couples to have more children.The Fertility Day campaign was criticised on social media for appearing not to understand the reasons behind Italy's low birth rate.In one advert a woman holds an hourglass next to the words: "Beauty ha..>> view originalFederal survey: U.S. marijuana acceptance trending up
Published: Sep 1, 2016, 6:12 am • Updated: Sep 1, 2016, 12:54 pm By Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press NEW YORK — Marijuana use is becoming more accepted among U.S. adults as states loosen pot laws, new national survey data shows. That’s understandable, experts say, as dozens of states now allow medical marijuana and four states have recently legalized pot for recreational use. More than a half million U.S. adults participated in the survey over a dozen years, and the responses show a shift in..>> view originalYoga, Acupuncture Can Help Some Pain, Studies Find
Some "natural" techniques can help ease pain, including acupuncture, yoga, tai chi and massage, government researchers said Thursday. A review of high-quality studies shows these approaches rarely cause any harm and can help people with lower back pain, headaches and arthritic knees, the team at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health found. They found evidence that: Acupuncture and yoga can help back painAcupuncture and tai chi can help osteoarthritis of the kneeMas..>> view originalModest Progress or a New Normal in War on Obesity?
The rate of adult obesity declined in four states in 2015, the first time any state has weighed less on the scales in the past decade, according to an analysis of government data issued yesterday by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Obesity rates have stabilized as opposed to growing in most other states, but that's actually a problem, because they're stabilizing at alarmingly high levels, the TFAH and RWJF stated in an annual report titled ..>> view originalDengue Fever Vaccine Could Cause Severe Illness
The first vaccine marketed to prevent dengue fever could be making people sick, according to a new study. The authors are urging public health officials to consider carefully which individuals to vaccinate, to prevent severe illness. An estimated 400 million people globally are infected each year with dengue fever, a mosquito-borne virus found most often in tropical regions. People who live in dengue-prone areas frequently are infected more than once, but most suffer relatively mild symptoms, i..>> view originalZika spraying kills millions of honeybees
"On Saturday, it was total energy, millions of bees foraging, pollinating, making honey for winter," beekeeper Juanita Stanley said. "Today, it stinks of death. Maggots and other insects are feeding on the honey and the baby bees who are still in the hives. It's heartbreaking."Stanley, co-owner of Flowertown Bee Farm and Supply in Summerville, South Carolina, said she lost 46 beehives -- more than 3 million bees -- in mere minutes after the spraying began Sunday morning."Those that didn't die im..>> view originalSingapore Zika cases top 150; China steps up arrivals checks
China intensified its checks on people and goods arriving from Singapore on Thursday, as an outbreak of the Zika virus in the small city-state was confirmed to have spread to at least one person in neighboring Malaysia. Authorities in Singapore, a leading regional financial center and busy transit hub for people and cargo, said they had detected 151 people with the Zika virus, including a second pregnant woman, as of midday Thursday. The first locally-transmitted Zika infection was reported on ..>> view originalWest Nile Virus Found in Sudbury
SUDBURY, MA—West Nile Virus (WNV) was found in a mosquito during routine surveillance in the southeast section of Sudbury. WNV has now been identified in 21 of the 25 towns that participate in the Eastern Middlesex Mosquito Control Project, announced Sudbury's Board of Health. There has only been one confirmed case of human West Nile Virus in Massachusetts this year. As a result, there are no increased health alerts and no scheduled truck mounted spraying. Surveillance is ongoing and any new i..>> view original
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