Blood Disorders

Black Youth, Over-Medicated and Underserved (New America Media)

16 May 2008

Psychotropic drugs are prescribed to treat mental disorders and diseases. That means the same drugs may be used to calm youngsters who are hyper and to stimulate young people who may be depressed.

Azor(TM) Reduces Blood Pressure In Difficult To Treat Special Populations (Medical News Today)

16 May 2008

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., announced that data presented at the American Society of Hypertension's Twenty- Third Annual Scientific Meeting (ASH 2008) in New Orleans demonstrated that the powerful combination drug AZOR(TM) (amlodipine and olmesartan medoxomil) safely and effectively helped patients across several major subpopulations lower their blood pressure (BP).

New Data Highlighting Possible Impact of ESA Reimbursement Policies on Patient Care, Nation's Blood Supply, to be ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

16 May 2008

Data from three studies evaluating associations between lower mean baseline hemoglobin levels and the rate of blood transfusions, as well as the possible effect of restrictions on reimbursement for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in Medicare patients on the nation's blood supply, will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting later this month.