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Darvocet (propoxy-APAP) safety decreases the chance for undesirable side effects. Safety warnings about Darvocet should be respected. To enhance patient safety, Darvocet must be taken according to directions. Darvocet is an analgesic medication used to relieve pain.

A California company now has permission to begin a study involving stem cell research. It's providing hope to patients across the country, including CBS 2's disabilities reporter, Jim Mullen. Kristyn Hartman has the story.

The FDA has given Geron pharmaceuticals the okay to begin stem cell studies this summer. The California biotech company received FDA approval to implant human embryonic cells in eight to ten patients with spinal cord injury, beginning this summer. The studies will be performed at several hospitals throughout the country.Geron has been anxiously awaiting the go-ahead from the FDA to begin trials using stem cells from humans. In April 2008, Geron attended FDA hearings, submitting their request to begin clinical trials.read more

Last night on Grey's Anatomy, Dr. Mark 'McSteamy' Sloan, suffered a penile fracture during sex with intern Lexie Grey. Did they make up a medical issue or is penile fracture something that can truly happen?Penile fracture is a true medical problem. Medical literature reports about 2,000 cases each year, so it is likely to be twice that number. It is a problem that is under reported. Patient's are embarrassed by the problem.read more

A patient is being treated for Lassa fever at the high security infectious diseases unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London.

Many patients who suffer a heart attack have levels of 'bad' LDLcholesterol well below recommended limits, supporting efforts torevise current guidelines to include lower target levels, newresearch shows.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Doctors in western New York have a new, electronic way to access patient records with the hope of reducing medical errors and avoiding costly duplicative tests....

Federal regulators have cleared the way for the first human trials of human embryonic stem-cells for use in spinal injury patients.

Guidelines published in today's MMWR Reports and Recommendations are aimed at ensuring that trauma patients with more severe injuries are taken to trauma centers designed to handle such injuries. The recommendations designed to standardize decision-making at the injury scene also offer guidance on new technologies such as vehicle crash notification systems, which alert emergency services that a crash has occurred and automatically summon assistance.The guidelines in the publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were developed by CDC and key experts in trauma care.read more

Studies have shown that donor DNA in blood transfusion recipients persists for a number of days, sometimes longer, but its presence is unlikely to alter genetic tests significantly. Red blood cells, the primary component in transfusions, have no nucleus and no DNA. Transfused blood does, however, host a significant amount of DNA-containing white blood cells, or leukocytes--around a billion cells per unit (roughly one pint) of blood. Even blood components that have been filtered to remove donor white cells can have millions of leukocytes per unit.Investigators have detected donor DNA after transfusion with a process called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that amplifies minuscule amounts of genetic material for detection and identification of specific genes. Studies using PCR to amplify male genes in female recipients of transfusions from male donors have demonstrated that donor DNA endures in recipients for up to seven days. And a study of female trauma patients receiving large transfus