The Food and Drug Administration FDA is reviewing data submitted in August 2009 from a large, long-term study on possible heart-related risks with the diabetes drug Avandia rosiglitazone. FDA’s review is ongoing. No new conclusions or recommendations about the use of rosiglitazone in the treatment of type 2 diabetes have been made at this time. [...]
Senator Janet D. Howell(D) from Senate District 32 is the chief patron sponsor of new legislation in the Virginia General Assembly that adds critical care specialists to the list of specialists who can make the determination of when a patient is brain dead. It has passed the Senate and has been referred to the Committee [...]
According to an advocacy group known as the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Virginia is among the nine worst states for highway safety laws. Even so, Virginia continues to see fewer and fewer traffic fatalities. The Virginia Highway Safety Office VAHSO reports that Virginia had 821 traffic fatalities in 2008, the fewest since 1966. [...]