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06/15/09 - FDA questions heart risk findings on ADHD drugs -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study that found possible heart risks with attention deficit drugs had limitations and should not prompt parents to stop giving the medications to children, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday. The FDA said the study published on Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry found there may be an association between use of stimulant medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and sudden cardiac death in healthy children.
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06/15/09 - Rep. Kirk wants tougher penalties for super pot -- CHICAGO - Congressman Mark Kirk and law enforcement officials say tougher drug penalties are needed to combat the high-potency marijuana that's hitting the streets. Kirk announced a bill Monday that targets drug dealers caught with the powerful pot called "kush." It would impose stiffer penalties than if dealers are caught with regular marijuana.
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06/15/09 - ADHD Drugs: Sudden Death Risk Higher? -- Study Suggests Link Between Some ADHD Drugs and Sudden Cardiac Death in Children -- By Salynn Boyles -- June 15, 2009 -- A new study suggests that children and teens who take stimulants like Ritalin for ADHD have an increased risk for sudden cardiac death, but the FDA says the study has major limitations and should not change the way the drugs are used.
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05/31/09 - Team reports progress on cancer vaccine -- By TODD ACKERMAN HOUSTON CHRONICLE -- Houston scientists are at the forefront of newfound success with therapeutic cancer vaccines, a holy grail of treatment fraught with disappointment in decades of clinical trials. At a cancer conference Sunday, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers presented data from two late-stage trials demonstrating that drugs that stimulate the immune system to attack tumors benefited patients with lymphoma and advanced melanoma, two deadly cancers with limited treatment options.
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05/31/09 - RPT-Kennedy plan to outline U.S. healthcare overhaul -- By Donna Smith -- WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - Democratic plans for revamping U.S. healthcare are taking shape, with Senator Edward Kennedy soon to announce a proposal which could form the core of the nation's new health system. Kennedy, a Democratic stalwart whose thinking is widely believed to track that of President Barack Obama on healthcare, is expected to unveil a plan in early June that will include both a new government program to provide medical coverage for all as well as a mandate that every American acquire some form of health insurance.
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05/29/09 - Daniel sick from chemo treatment, Hausers say -- Associated Press -- After four days of retreat from the media spotlight, the parents of Daniel Hauser issued a statement Friday on their son's medical treatment and said they will post occasional updates on his condition on a website, dannyhauser.com. They said the 13-year-old boy reacted poorly to a chemotherapy treatment on Thursday, his first since February, and was depressed about returning to conventional care. "Danny is not tolerating the drugs well and has been vomiting all day,'' the statement said.
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05/28/09 - FDA Report Urges Tougher Acetaminophen Warning -- By Steven Reinberg -- The risk of overdose, and potential liver damage, is still too high, agency says -- THURSDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- One month after mandating stricter warning labels about the risk of liver damage from the painkiller acetaminophen, U.S. regulators are contemplating even tougher standards.
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05/28/09 - Health insurer suggests ways to save government $500 billion -- By Erica Werner -- WASHINGTON ? A major health insurer says the government can save more than $500 billion in Medicare spending by sending patients to less expensive, more efficient doctors, reducing hospital visits by the elderly and cutting unnecessary care. Those are among 15 suggestions made Wednesday by UnitedHealth Group, a Minnesota-based health management company that is the biggest participant in the government's Medicare insurance program for the elderly. United said the proposals added up to $540 billion in savings over 10 years.
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05/26/09 - Daniel Hauser will stay with parents after they agree to chemotherapy -- NEW ULM, Minn. - A judge returned 13-year-old Daniel Hauser to his parents? custody today despite objections from the Brown County attorney in New Ulm. During a one-hour hearing, Brown County District Judge John Rodenberg asked both parents, Anthony and Colleen Hauser, if they understood that Daniel needs chemotherapy to save his life. Both said: ?Yes.?
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05/21/09 - Manhunt For A Boy...And The Bacteria In Hodgkins Disease (Lymphoma Cancer) -- By Alan Cantwell, MD -- At the time of this writing there is a nationwide manhunt for Daniel Hauser, a 13 year old boy with Hodgkin's disease, a type of lymphoma cancer. Citing religious reasons, his parents have refused to have the boy treated by a cancer doctor. After having received one chemo treatment, the boy also insisted he would physically fight the doctors if he were forced to continue therapy. In the brouhaha, a Minnesota judge declared the boy had to submit to chemotherapy and radiation, thus stirring up a national debate.
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