Food Information - January 9, 2009

Analysis Targets Public Reports On Medical Studies

December 29, 2005 - Topics studies, vioxx, food, policy and cancer
More information regarding medical studies is made public by drug companies. However, a new analysis of a federal registry finds some details are being withheld.

Merck & Co., despite allegations that it hid information on Vioxx's dangers, improves in the new analysis from the previous one. However, Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Novartis didn't fair so well

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Manufacturer Promises More FluMist

December 28, 2005 - Topics flu, influenza, food, plant and vaccine
MedImmune, maker of the nasal flu vaccine FluMist, says more of the vaccine will be available next year.

MedImmune says it can boost production in 2006 because its newly built plant in England has Food and Drug Administration approval

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Manufacturer Promises Increased Production Of FluMist

December 28, 2005 - Topics flu, influenza, food, plant and vaccine
MedImmune, maker of the nasal flu vaccine FluMist, says more of the vaccine will be available next year.

MedImmune says it can boost production in 2006 because its newly built plant in England has Food and Drug Administration approval

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Research Shows Childhood Infections Stunt Growth

December 27, 2005 - Topics infection, child, research, disease and study
Records from four European countries show that, on average, survivors of generations with rampant childhood infection were shorter and died sooner than counterparts from generations with less childhood disease.

When rates of infection dropped due to improved public health practices, adult survivors grew taller and lived longer

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Tylenol Linked To Liver Failure

December 26, 2005 - Topics food and study
Acetaminophen is quickly becoming the leading cause of acute liver failure.

Use it correctly and acetaminophen, best known by the Tylenol brand, lives up to its reputation as one of the safest painkillers

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