Archive for February, 2008

Avelox Has Risks

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

It was recently announced that Bayer was sending letters with additional warnings to doctors in Europe for their product Avelox, used as an antibiotic. The company says that the use of this drug could cause rare incidents of severe liver and skin side effects. Yvonne Moeller, a spokeswoman at Bayer said "The ...

Bill 282 - Mississippi Obesity Legislation Faces Opposition

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Mississippi has a new bill coming up before politicians slated to help fight obesity in the state that has the highest obesity rate in all of America. Bill 282 sets guidelines for determining whether a restaurant patron is obese based on criteria set forth by the Mississippi State Health Department. ...