Day: July 15, 2010

An FDA advisory committee has recommended that rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline) stay on the U.S. market as a treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes, but with restrictions on use and revised labeling that includes additional warnings about cardiovascular safety.…

Having discovered a dramatic increase of an easy-to-detect enzyme in the red blood cells of people with diabetes and pre-diabetes, Johns Hopkins scientists say the discovery could lead to a simple, routine test for detecting the subtle onset of the…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules issued in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Health Information Technology…