Medication shows promise for patients with severe chronic constipation May 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
A new medication appears to offer significant relief to patients with severe chronic constipation while minimizing the likelihood of cardiac-related side effects, according to results of a study published this week in the ... | |
Aprotinin associated with increased risk of death May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Aprotinin is associated with a 50 per cent increase in the relative risk of death, according to a major Canadian clinical trial comparing three drugs routinely used to prevent blood loss during heart surgery. The trial, published ... | |
Risks for painkiller abuse do not outweigh benefits in chronic pain May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As controversy swirls about proper clinical use of opioids and other potent pain medications, research reported at the American Pain Society annual meeting shows that, contrary to widespread beliefs, less than 3 percent of ... | |
Do antidepressants enhance immune function? May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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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 shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | 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 ... | |
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 ( 3 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. | |
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 OKs Relistor for opioid patients April 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Relistor (methylnaltrexone bromide) to help restore bowel function in patients receiving opioids. | |
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 ... | |
Osteoporosis drug fosamax linked to heart problem April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Women who have used Fosamax are nearly twice as likely to develop the most common kind of chronically irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) than are those who have never used it, according to research from Group Health ... | |
Baxter may stay out of Heparin business April 25, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The head of Baxter International Inc. said the company has not decided whether it will resume selling the blood thinner heparin in the United States. | |
New technology for boosting vaccine efficiency April 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
One of the most pressing biomedical issues is the development of techniques that increase the efficiency of vaccines. In a paper published on April 24, 2008 in the journal Vaccine, a Massachusetts’s biotechnology company, ... | |
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