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Health Highlights: Sept. 16, 2010
Here are some of the latest health as well as health examination news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Celexa Maker Pays $313 Million To Settle Charges The company that makes the antidepressant Celexa has agreed to pay more than $313 million to settle criminal charges as well as civil complaints arising from its marketing of the drug, the U.S. government said Wednesday.
The Justice Department took action against Forest Pharmaceuticals, a unit of Forest Laboratories, for a number alleged violations, The New York Times reported. These included marketing Celexa to treat kids as well as adolescents, even though the drug was approved only for treatment of depression in adults. Federal prosecutors as well as charged that Forest publicized positive findings from a study on Celexa in adolescents but didn't inform doctors about another study that yielded negative findings. The government as well as alleged that Forest paid physicians to persuade them to write prescription Celexa as well as another antidepressant called Lexapro, The Times reported. "Forest pharmaceuticals deliberately chose to pursue corporate profits over its obligations to the FDA as well as the American community," Carmen Ortiz, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said in a federal government news release. ----- Scientists Create Earliest Artificial Ovary The world's earliest artificial ovary has been created by U.S. scientists, who said their success could benefit infertile women as well as help preserve fertility in women facing cancer treatments. The lab-grown ovary has already been used to mature human eggs, said the researchers at Copper University as well as Women & Infants Hospital in Rhode Island, FoxNews.com reported. "An ovary is composed of three main cell types, as well as this is the earliest time that anyone has created a 3-D tissue structure with triple cell line," Sandra Carson, professor of obstetrics as well as gynecology at the Warren Alpert Health examination School of Copper University as well as director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology as well as Infertility at Women & Infants Hospital, said in a news release from the school. The research appears in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction as well as Genetics. ----- Chuck E. Cheese Toys Recalled A recall of more than 1.2 million Chuck E. Cheese light-up rings as well as toy eyeglasses was announced Wednesday, says the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The agency said the Chinese-made toys can break as well as expose the tiny batteries inside, which may be swallowed by tiny kids as well as cause esophagus, stomach or intestine problems, the Associated Press reported. So far, there possess been no reported injuries but two kids did remove batteries from light-up rings. One child swallowed a battery as well as another put a battery up his nose, the CPSC said. The toys should be used from kids as well as returned for a refund of cash or prizes. This is the fourth time since 2001 that Texas-based Chuck E. Cheese has been involved in recalls of children's toys, the AP reported. ----- Many Health examination Residents Work While Sick: Study Doctors typically tell sick patients not to go to work, but many junior doctors don't follow that basic health rule, finds a recent study. An analysis of an anonymous survey of 537 health examination residents at 12 U.S. hospitals conducted final year found that nearly 58% said they had worked at least once while sick as well as 31% said they had worked more than once while sick in the previous year, the Associated Press reported. About half of the respondents claimed they didn't possess time to see a healthcare professional about their illness. The study was published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Health examination Association. The survey used in the study was conducted by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Health examination Education. Council CEO Dr Thomas Nasca told the AP that residents are trained to put patients' needs before their own. But, they need to understand that incase they're sick, it would be best for their patients incase they were seen by other doctors. ----- Birth Control Omitted From 1 in 3 Teen Sex Ed Programs: Survey Nearly all U.S. teens possess received formal sex education, but only about two-thirds possess been acquainted with birth control methods, according to a Centers for Disease Control as well as Prevention survey. It found that 97% of teens said they'd had formal sex education by the time they were 18, the AP reported. However, the sex education instruction was more likely to discuss sexually transmitted diseases or teach teens how to say no than inform them about birth control. By the end of high school, only 62% of boys as well as 70% of girls had learned about birth control, the AP reported. ----- Watching Others Can Lead To Incorrect Memories: Study People can create incorrect memories by watching someone else doing a clear action, say German researchers. "This is a completely recent class of incorrect memory," said study co-author Gerald Echterhoff, a psychology professor at the University of Muenster, USA Today reported. "This is a incorrect memory from just observing someone." He as well as his colleagues found that more than 25% of participants created incorrect memories by watching videos of other people doing things. "It's very rocklike to counteract this class of incorrect memory, even when participants were warned it could happen," said Echterhoff, USA Today reported. The study appears in the September issue of the journal Psychological Science. -----  Copyright © 2010 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
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