By Christina Dickenson FORT COLLINS – A clinic in Northern Colorado is advising parents of children who received a pediatric flu shot from their offices to get tested for some blood-borne diseases including HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C after their vaccine syringes were shared between patients. Med Peds Clinic of Fort Collins sent out […]
Jury convicts Mass. mom who withheld cancer meds
By Denise Lavoie LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who withheld at-home chemotherapy medications from her autistic, cancer-stricken son was convicted of attempted murder Tuesday by jurors who dismissed her claim that she thought the side effects of the treatment could kill him. Kristen LaBrie also was found guilty of child endangerment and assault […]
Mom's charges halted in Detroit
By Doug Guthrie, The Detroit News Delay issued pending ruling in similar case before top state court. Detroit — Criminal assault charges are on hold against a mother accused of an armed standoff with police and child welfare workers over the removal of her teenage daughter from her home as the state Supreme Court considers […]
Few students vaccinated against whooping cough so far
Less than 15 percent of the Coachella Valley students required to get a whooping cough booster shot have received the vaccine, school district officials report. “It’s going to be a mess if they all show up in July,” said Denise Magee, director of Student Support Services for Desert Sands Unified School District. A new law […]
FDA regulation, and off label use of atypical antipsychotic drugs
By Jan Henderson, PhD Abilify, Seroquel, Zyprexa, Risperal – these are among the atypical antipsychotics for which Americans paid $10 billion in 2008. $6 billion of that was for off-label use. The FDA only approves drugs when their safety and efficacy have been tested for specific conditions. For example, an antipsychotic might be approved for […]
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