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...AVAILABILITY The fiber-optic scope was okayed by the FDA last summer. Using it for treatment may be less than five years away...
...Another method, called MammoSite, does the job in five days. MammoSite delivers radioactive seeds to the tumor site through tiny balloons temporarily implanted after lumpectomy surgery. So far, a few dozen women have tried MammoSite, which may get FDA approval as early as this year. Trials on hundreds of women for several years are still needed to be certain that the new methods are as effective as conventional radiation...
...that quick comes at a price, however, as Baycol users learned this fall. The popular statin was pulled off the market after health officials discovered that a disturbing number of users were suffering from muscle disorders. Other statins, including atorvastatin, lovastatin and pravastatin, remain safe, according to the FDA...
Cipro was just another antibiotic used mostly for treating stubborn infections when it was catapulted to pharmaceutical stardom by the anthrax attacks. Cipro, it turned out, was the only antibiotic specifically approved by the FDA to treat anthrax, and suddenly it was the hottest drug in town. Doctors were besieged by patients demanding prescriptions "just in case," and pharmacies, particularly in New York, Washington and Florida, couldn't keep up. Other antibiotics, including doxycycline and that old standby penicillin, are just as effective against the particular strain that was showing up in tainted letters, and a few weeks later, when...
...they are taxing and inconvenient reminders of their disease. Studies of inhaled insulins, in the form of oral and powdered sprays, suggest that they may be nearly as effective as injections are in quickly normalizing blood-sugar levels. While no injection-free insulins have yet been approved by the FDA, doctors--and their diabetic patients--are looking forward to the day when those hated needles can be replaced by inhalers...