FDA Approves Merck’s LIPTRUZET™ (ezetimibe and atorvastatin), a New Product...
LIPTRUZET Approved for Patients with Primary or Mixed Hyperlipidemia, as an Adjunct to Diet When Diet Alone Is Not Enough WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD...
View ArticleAmerican Journal of Medicine Publishes Hypertension Study Comparing the...
Trial results demonstrated greater clinic systolic blood pressure reductions with the chlorthalidone combination...
View ArticleWhat is Meniere's disease?
We all experience dizziness from time to time, but what happens when the feeling doesn’t go away? Chronic dizziness could be a sign of Meniere’s disease, a condition of the inner ear that causes...
View ArticleCarticept Medical™ Receives FDA Clearance for Automated Injection System...
Navigator™ Delivery System automates drug preparation, delivery, record-keeping and allows physicians to pinpoint needle placement ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Carticept Medical, Inc., a developer of innovative...
View ArticleSeptember 5, 2012 American Journal of Medicine Publishes Hypertension Study...
American Journal of Medicine Publishes Hypertension Study Comparing the Fixed-Dose Combination of Azilsartan Medoxomil and Chlorthalidone versus Azilsartan Medoxomil Co-administered with...
View ArticleFrom Under the Bridge
| Coughing Cats & Dogs: Tests and Treatments I found this article on the web, after doing much research about the subject. I thought I should share it with you. Although written by a vet, always...
View ArticleHealthy Kids: How doctors choose the right treatment
It’s 3 a.m., and your 15-month-old daughter has just awakened crying with noisy breathing. She’s coughing frequently and sounds like a dog barking. When you call your pediatrician, you’re told to take...
View ArticleSantarus Announces Commercial Launch of UCERIS (budesonide) Extended Release...
Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) announced today the U.S. commercial launch of UCERIS™ (budesonide) extended release tablets for the induction of remission in patients with active, mild to moderate...
View ArticleDealing with dizziness
Doing cartwheels, riding roller coasters or spinning until they’re dizzy makes children scream with delight. For older people, though, dizziness is a disaster. When adults feel dizzy, they frequently...
View ArticleInner ear might lie behind dizziness
Q: From the minute I get out of bed, I have bouts of dizziness. I don't know what brings them on. I'm afraid that these spells are going to make me fall and break a bone. Do you have any thoughts that...
View ArticleDizzy spells
Everyone has had at least one episode of dizziness, a common symptom but a vague term for some odd sensations. There are precise medical terms such as vertigo (a spinning sensation), unsteadiness...
View ArticleA faulty boiler. A trip to the pool. Even cat fur... What's behind your...
Most of us have felt dizzy at some point, but can usually put it down to something harmless. It might be from standing up too quickly — causing a momentary lack of blood and oxygen flowing through the...
View ArticleSantarus Begins Promoting Cholesterol-Lowering Product FENOGLIDE
Completes sales force expansion to 150 representatives SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) today announced that it has commenced promotion of prescription FENOGLIDE®...
View ArticleTreating an inner dilemma
Meniere's disease is the second most common inner-ear cause of vertigo, the most common being Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, or BPPV. //--> David Ho Tuesday, January 10, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT...
View ArticleAstraZeneca Launches DUTOPROL™ (metoprolol succinate extended...
1st and only once-daily combination containing the active ingredient of TOPROL-XL® (metoprolol succinate) ER tablets plus low-dose hydrochlorothiazide, offers the dual efficacy of a beta blocker and a...
View ArticleDealing with vertigo -- many causes, many symptoms and many treatments
Vertigo, the sensation of you or your surroundings spinning around, is common -- primary care physician Marc Itskowitz estimates it's in the top 10 of his patients' complaints -- but it isn't a...
View ArticleMaking informed decisions about nutrition and ancestral diets
Related topics Acidic Alkaline Foods Advertisement How do you make informed decisions about the nutrition you need specifically for your body or your children's health? One-size-fits-all approach has...
View ArticleUnderstanding the potential causes of dizziness
Dizziness is a common complaint experienced by millions of Americans every year. You can have symptoms ranging from lightheadedness, where you feel you are about to pass out, to whirling vertigo,...
View ArticleVertigo that spins out of control can disrupt people’s lives
Sandy Marsmaker of Morris will never forget the day she woke up to an upside-down world. It was in August, 18 months ago, when she woke up to a room that was spinning so wildly she felt she could not...
View ArticleHow one woman's dizzy spells started interfering with her life
Abigail Leksell suffered from vertigo for 10 years, experiencing periods of dizziness that came out of nowhere. They were accompanied by nausea and lasted anywhere from a couple of minutes to a couple...
View ArticleTwo home exercises to treat BPPV vertigo compared in new study
Locally, in the Sacramento and Davis regional areas, the Dept. of Otolaryngology at UC Davis health system specializes in treating vertigo as well as other ear disorders such as hearing loss,...
View ArticleWhat seniors can do about benign vertigo: Often linked to osteoporosis
People who have osteoporosis are more likely to also have vertigo, according to a study published in the March 24, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of...
View ArticleFluid imbalance in the ear and vertigo: Do diet changes work? (Video)
The exercises can be done sitting or standing and consist of turning your head to the left and then to the right and nodding your head up and down. Doctors report that this type of exercise can...
View ArticleBanishing those dizzy spells
THE PATIENT’S VIEW At first, it felt as if my right ear was full of water. I had dizzy spells, too — maybe one a day — when I’d have to sit down. I thought it was some kind of infection, and when it...
View ArticleStick a tube in your ear to banish dizzy spells
A simple 15-minute procedure combined with a hand-held device can help reduce chronic dizziness. Sue Parker, 64, a retired school dinner lady from Milford, Surrey, describes her treatment. At first,...
View Article'Poop transplant' helps control gut infection
Q. Many years ago, I developed a terrible Clostridium difficile infection in my gut from antibiotic treatment for chlamydia. Vancomycin did not cure the C. diff, which was painful. My elderly...
View ArticleHelp sought for dizzy spells
Q. I have been diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. This causes dizzy spells that come out of nowhere and are totally disabling. They last from 30 minutes to four hours. I saw a specialist who...
View ArticleDizziness treatment is failing
Q: I have been diagnosed with Meniere's disease. This causes dizzy spells that come out of nowhere and are disabling. They last from 30 minutes to four hours. I saw a specialist who prescribed a...
View ArticleSantarus Completes Patient Enrollment in CONTRIBUTE Study with UCERIS...
(Source: Santarus Inc) SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) today announced the completion of enrollment in the CONTRIBUTE clinical study designed to evaluate the incremental...
View ArticleSantarus Completes Patient Enrollment in CONTRIBUTE Study with UCERIS...
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) today announced the completion of enrollment in the CONTRIBUTE clinical study designed to evaluate the incremental benefit of adding UCERIS®...
View ArticleDoctors develop simple nodding exercises for dizziness and balance problems
Since many seniors often are plagued with dizziness and loss of balance most commonly due to inner ear issues, doctors have developed simple exercises and published them in a pamphlet. The exercises...
View ArticleWhat foods and exercises best help with vertigo episodes?
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is an inner ear disorder that is a common cause of dizziness. But by watching videos on YouTube, you have a chance to look at what may be a new way to show...
View ArticlePersistent dizziness and vertigo: What exercises some doctors have developed...
In a study of persistent dizziness that especially affects seniors, the doctors have developed a booklet of simple exercises. Doctors in the study found that by turning your head right to left and...
View ArticleChecking numbers on high blood pressure
Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach • I have corrected my high blood pressure using medication, exercise and diet. My blood pressure is now between 105/65 and 110/70. I started medication when I had...
View ArticleSantarus Announces UCERIS (budesonide) Poster Presentations at Digestive...
Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) today announced that additional data from two pivotal clinical studies with UCERIS® (budesonide) extended release tablets will be featured in two poster presentations at...
View ArticleSantarus Adds FENOGLIDE to Marketed Products Portfolio
FDA-approved prescription fenofibrate products treat high cholesterol Affirms 2011 financial guidance and introduces financial outlook for 2012 Conference call to begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on...
View Article18 Months After ACCORD, FDA Says Fenofibrate May Not Lower MI or Stroke
Eighteen months after found no benefit for the addition of fenofibrate to simvastatin in patients with type 2 diabetes, the FDA has issued a safety communication. The FDA changed the label for...
View ArticleSantarus Announces Publication in Gut of Results from UCERIS (budesonide)...
Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) today announced that results from its CORE II clinical study, one of two of the company’s pivotal Phase III clinical studies with UCERIS™ (budesonide) extended release...
View ArticleAmarin: A Look Into The Future
Amarin (AMRN) has had a good run this year and the stock has yielded a one year return of ~40%. Amarin's flagship product Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) was approved in July this year and is an ultra-pure...
View ArticleDiscussing Amarin's Vascepa And GlaxoSmithKline's Lovaza With Omthera Pharma
I recently the CEO and CMO of Omthera Pharmaceuticals, which is a private company in the process of developing a future competitor for Vascepa known as Epanova. Epanova, like Amarin's (AMRN) Vascepa,...
View ArticleLannett Receives FDA Approval for Triamterene with Hydrochlorothiazide...
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lannett Company, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: LCI) today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its Abbreviated New Drug Application...
View ArticleTreating chronic diseases: Medications and side effects
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic diseases (i.e. heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc.) are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States....
View ArticleHypertension: A Lifestyle Disorder Needs a Lifetime of Attention
The term "lifestyle disorder" had to be invented to describe hypertension. Almost no aspect of daily life -- diet, sleep, exercise, work and stress -- can be implicated. Your blood pressure responds to...
View ArticleSantarus and VeroScience Announce CYCLOSET (bromocriptine mesylate) Data...
Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) and VeroScience, LLC today announced that clinical data on CYCLOSET® (bromocriptine mesylate) will be featured in two poster presentations at the 73rd Scientific Sessions...
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