An FDA advisory panel will meet in February to decide the fate of a blood clot preventing drug called prasugrel.
The FDA have stalled twice in the approval process of the drug, which does not bode well for the future for the blood clot preventer.
The drug is jointly marketed by Eli Lilly and Daiichi Sankyo, and [...]
A popular Atheist group has filed suit in attempt to prevent Barack Obama from swearing to God during his presidential inauguration.
The lawsuit has been filed before the U.S. District Court in Columbia by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
“So help me God” is the term in question here that the group wants taken out of the [...]
Actor Woody Harrelson has tied the knot with his long time girlfriend Laura Louie.
The pair were married in the state of Hawaii in front of family and friends.
Some big names attending the wedding included Owen Wilson, Willie Nelson and Sean Penn.
The wedding was a very intimate affair, and included a live performance by Alanis Morissette.
Laura [...]
A new study finds that vitamin supplements do not reduce a person’s risk of developing cancer.
This finding is a huge blow to the supplement industry as millions of dollars are spent on vitamins each year.
This latest study suggests that the vitamins C and E do not prevent cancer in women.
It featured 8,171 women assigned to [...]
The Obama family are moving to Washington to prepare for the move into the White House.
They will be spending the next 3 weeks at a hotel, until the day when Obama is officially sworn into office.
The family spent the Christmas holidays in the state of Hawaii.
Before moving into the White House, the Obama family will [...]
High levels of insulin have been shown to increase breast cancer risk in obese women.
This finding comes from the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study featuring more than 1600 participants.
The study participants were post-menopausal women, and were free of diabetes at the beginning of the study.
By analyzing blood levels of insulin, researchers learned that the blood [...]
Actress Cate Blanchett has come out and stated that she is not a fan of plastic surgery.
Cate says that if she ever did go under the knife, that her husband Andrew Upton would not be impressed.
Blanchett does not deny that her body has changed after giving birth to 3 kids, but that it does not [...]
Researchers have uncovered 3 genes that they say made the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic so deadly.
According to the Japanese-US research team, the genes allowed the virus to reproduce inside lung tissue making it impossible to contain.
The researchers noted that the virus replicated in the upper respiratory tract, but also in the lungs, causing primary pneumonia [...]
It is being reported that the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is the proud mom of a baby boy.
Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston was born to 18-year-old Bristol Palin over the weekend.
At birth, Tripp weighed in at 7.4lbs, and mother and child are reportedly doing well.
Father of the child, is a guy named [...]
Jazz great Freddie Hubbard has died at the age of 70.
Hubbard was a Grammy winning trumpet player, one of the best horn players of his era.
He died at Sherman Oaks Hospital, only a month after having a heart attack.
Hubbard’s career began back in 1958, and saw him join forces with greats including Ornette Coleman, John [...]