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Do antidepressants enhance immune function?

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Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is an epidemic of global concern. According to the most recent estimates, released in November 2007, by the Joint ...


Study suggests caution on a new anti-obesity drug in children

May 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1

A new class of anti-obesity drugs that suppresses appetite by blocking cannabinoid receptors in the brain could also suppress the adaptive rewiring of the brain necessary for neural development in children, studies with mice ...


Wal-Mart expands low-price drug program

May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, announced Monday it would expand its discounted prescription drug program to offer 90-day supplies for $10 and add several women's medications at a discount. It ...


Anti-psychotic drug use soars in UK children, too

May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom, according to a comparison based on a new U.K. study. Does it mean U.S. kids are being over-treated? Or ...


Naturally-occuring protein may be effective in limiting heart attack injury and restoring function

May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee have shown for the first time that thrombopoietin (TPO), a naturally occurring protein being developed as a pharmaceutical to increase platelet count in cancer patients ...


Legalizing the production of opium for medical use is neither viable or necessary

May 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Proposals to legalise the production of opium in Afghanistan for medical use are unworkable and unnecessary, says the Minister of State for Africa, Asia, and the United Nations in an editorial in this week’s BMJ.


Antidepressant found to alleviate symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in adolescents

May 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Researchers at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA have found that low-dose antidepressant therapy can significantly improve the overall quality of life for adolescents suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS.


Doctors to reassess antibiotics for 'chronic Lyme' disease

May 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2

(AP) -- Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are claiming victory over a national doctors group. The Infectious Diseases Society of America has agreed to review its guidelines, which say ...


FDA seeks more information from Merck for cholesterol drug

April 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- A Merck & Co. experimental drug has been rejected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the second time in four days.


OxyContin that's harder to abuse? FDA debates new version

May 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- The government is evaluating a new version of OxyContin - the potent painkiller sometimes called "hillbilly heroin" - designed to be harder to abuse.


FDA turns down application for combo allergy drug

April 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has turned down an application by two drugmakers to produce an allergy drug combining the active ingredients of their popular Claritin and Singulair tablets.


FDA OKs Amitiza for treatment of IBS-C

April 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of Amitiza (lubiprostone) to treat constipation associated with irritable bowel syndrome.


FDA rejects Singulair-Claritin combination

April 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected a proposed pill that would combine the drugs Claritin and Singular, Schering-Plough said.


FDA warns Merck to clean up violations at vaccine plant

April 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning drugmaker Merck & Co. to fix problems at its main vaccine plant.


Osteoporosis drug may be associated with irregular heartbeat

April 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Alendronate, a medication used to prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis, may be associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a type of abnormal heart rhythm, according to a report in the April 28 issue ...


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