FDA OKs Over-The-Counter Defibrillator Sales
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker's  request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a  prescription.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to Boston Scientific Corp. to market its Peripheral Cutting Balloon microsurgical dilation device in the United States.
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A Concord company is recalling 10,000 automated external defibrillators because they didn't work properly and, at times, turned themselves on. Access CardioSystems Inc. is recalling defibrillators that are used by fire departments and hospitals around the nation. Some of the devices are currently in use, while others remained at distributors awaiting shipment. &quot;They're no longer in business. They can't correct ...
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The Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead last week for the Philips HeartStart, an automated external defibrillator (AED), to be sold over the counter without a prescription.
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FDA advisory panel gives the nod to its heart drug.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved for use the first totally implantable artificial heart under a program that will make the complicated, $250,000 device available for as many as 4,000 people.
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An experimental Procter & Gamble antiarrhythmia drug significantly reduced the number of painful and unpleasant shocks to patients with implanted defibrillators in a late-stage clinical trial.
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THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- A programmable device that allows professional caregivers to monitor how patients dispense their medications has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration yesterday gained broad new powers to ensure the safety of prescription drugs used by millions of Americans under a bill signed by President Bush.
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NEW YORK  - Fish oil could potentially save   more lives than cardiac defibrillators, devices used to revive   individuals whose hearts have stopped beating and to prevent   and treat life-threatening heart arrhythmias, researchers   estimate in a new report.
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The CardioWest artificial heart, devloped by University Medical Center&#39;s artificial heart team and used in more than 300 patients worldwide, is the first ever to win approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.
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The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to users of the over-the-counter pain reliever naproxen Monday after federal researchers found an increased number of heart attacks and strokes among users.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc won approval to sell an over-the-counter weight loss drug called Alli in the United States, the company and U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - By delivering a small shock that gets the heart beating regularly again, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or ICDs can save the lives of patients with heart conditions.
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WASHINGTON Oct 22, 2004 - A device that treats fibroids through a combination of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging won approval Friday from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Sales of over-the-counter drugs taken to treat the flu may help the government learn more quickly about local outbreaks.
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The Pittsburg-based generic drugmaker said the Food and Drug Administration has approved its metoprolol tartrate and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, which will compete with the Loppressor HCT tablets made by the Switzerland-based Novartis.