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Bowel Function: FDA Approves Entereg to Help Restore Bowel Function Following Surgery

...approved Entereg (alvimopan) today to accelerate the restoration of normal bowel function in patients 18 years and up who have undergone partial large or small bowel resection surgery.

Date: 05/21/2008 , Publication: FDA News , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01838.html

IBS-Irritable Bowel Syndrome: FDA Approves Amitiza for IBS-C

Only drug available in United States for irritable bowel syndrome with constipation

Date: 04/29/2008 , Publication: FDA News , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01828.html

Constipation: FDA Approves Relistor for Opioid-Induced Constipation

Drug will help reduce effects of drugs like morphine on bowel function

Date: 04/24/2008 , Publication: FDA News , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01826.html

Crohn's Disease: FDA Approves Cimzia to Treat Crohn's Disease

Cimzia (certolizumab pegol) received approval for adults with moderate to severe Crohn's disease who have not responded to conventional therapies...

Date: 04/22/2008 , Publication: FDA News , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01821.html

Gastroenteritis: FDA Approves New Vaccine to Prevent Gastroenteritis Caused by Rotavirus

...approval of Rotarix, the second oral U.S. licensed vaccine for the prevention of rotavirus, an infection that causes gastroenteritis (vomiting and diarrhea) in infants and children.

Date: 04/03/2008 , Publication: FDA News , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01814.html

Sisters Have Stomachs Removed to Beat Cancer

Two sisters had their stomachs removed on the same day last year in effort to prevent a deadly cancer that took the lives of several of their relatives, it is reported by the Daily Mail.

Date: 03/26/2008 , Publication: Fox News , Author: Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341631,00.html

Proton pump inhibitors: FDA Approves Nexium for Use in Children Ages 1-11 Years

Nexium is part of a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). PPIs decrease the amount of acid produced in the stomach and help heal erosions in the lining of the esophagus known as erosive esophagitis

Date: 02/28/2008 , Publication: FDA News , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01802.html

Salmonella from pet turtles sickens 103 in '07

Despite ban on tiny turtles, kids keep getting sickened by popular pets

Date: 01/30/2008 , Publication: MSNBC , Author: Reuters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22901780/

Crohn's Disease: FDA Approves Tysabri to Treat Moderate-to-Severe Crohn's Disease

Drug currently approved for use in treating some forms of multiple sclerosis

Date: 01/14/2008 , Publication: FDA News , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01775.html

FDA's Safety Reviews of Prilosec and Nexium Find No Evidence of Increased Rates of Cardiac Events

Background: On May 29, 2007 AstraZeneca, the maker of Prilosec (omeprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole), sent FDA data from two long-term studies in patients with severe gastroesophageal reflux disease

Date: 12/10/2007 , Publication: FDA Statement , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01754.html

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