Brevard News

FDA Adds Diabetes Warning To Statin Label

WASHINGTON — The FDA said today that all statins must carry warnings about increased risks of elevated blood sugar and possible transient memory and cognition problems, but at the same time the agency removed a standing recommendation for routine liver function tests for patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs.
The FDA said the label changes apply to atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Mevacor), lovastatin extended-release (Altoprev), pitavastatin (Livalo), pravastatin (Pravachol), rosuvastatin (Crestor), and simvastatin (Zocor). […]

Brevard Sports News

Houston Fires Away, for One Night Only

Allan Houston still looks good in a basketball uniform. Shoots well, too. He even occasionally scrimmages with current Knicks players. So when Houston, the team’s 40-year-old assistant general manager, led a three-player franchise contingent to victory in the Shooting Stars competition Saturday, during the N.B.A. All-Star festivities, a questioner began to ask him about a possible comeback. […]