After receiving reports of patients experiencing delirium, psychosis and hallucinations, US FDA staff recommend that flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza should carry warnings about possible side-effects. Tamiflu is made by Roche Holdings, Relenza is made by GSK (GlaxoSmithKline). Tamiflu (oseltamivir) is a pill, while Relenza (zanamivir) is inhaled. [click link for full article]

The American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are providing $100,000 in emergency funding to the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for medical supplies and to facilitate an intensive health, sanitation and hygiene campaign to prevent the further spread of diarrhea in Djibouti. [click link for full article]

Patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) have a substantially increased long-term risk of subsequent arterial cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke. These are the conclusions of authors of an Article published in this week’s edition of The Lancet. Professor Henrik Sørensen, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, and colleagues did a 20-year population-based cohort study using data from nationwide Danish medical databases. [click link for full article]

Lemsip Max Day & Night reveals 242 million working hours lost due to bed-headed workers clocking-on but dozing off (1)’Snoozebuttonitis’ affects two thirds of cold suffering workers (2)The Nation’s Top 10 ‘Groggy Gremlins’ uncovered An estimated 242 million working [click link for full article]

Angst ridden 30 something Bridget Jones starts each day on the scale, obsessively tracking her weight against social expectations. She vows to become svelte, only to confide her personal dieting failures to her diary the next morning. Author Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’ Diary resonated with women near and far, even catapulting her London-based heroine onto the cinematic screen. [click link for full article]

Research funding into deafness in the UK is around only one thousandth of the estimated lost productivity from hearing impairment. This and other deafness related issues are highlighted in an Editorial in this week’s edition of The Lancet. [click link for full article]

Two doses of a rotavirus vaccine co-administered with childhood vaccines provides high protection against rotavirus gastroenteritis episodes of any severity in children, and also reduces the need for hospital treatment and medical attention related to the condition. These are the conclusions of authors of an Article in this week’s edition of The Lancet. [click link for full article]