Morphine kills pain -- not patients March 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Many people, including health care workers, believe that morphine is a lethal drug that causes death when used to control pain for a patient who is dying. That is a misconception according to new research published in the ... | |
 Even more people should benefit from statins, say Oxford researchers November 13, 2006 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Cholesterol-lowering ‘statin’ drugs would be cost-effective if given to far more people than current guidelines recommend, say Oxford researchers in a study published online by the British Medical Journal. | |
British cancer patients buy drugs online November 06, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Cancer patients in Britain are using the Internet for cheaper drugs, often without their doctor's knowledge, a cancer specialist said. | |
Experimental gene therapy 'abolishes' arthritis pain and lessens joint damage May 25, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Work proceeding rapidly toward application for human trials
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Adult stem cells from human cord umbilical cord blood successfully engineered to make insulin May 25, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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In a fundamental discovery that someday may help cure type 1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own insulin-producing cells for a damaged or defective pancreas, medical researchers here have reported that they have ... | |
Doctors cool to herbal tea diabetes remedy November 14, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Some doctors in Texas are throwing cold water on a Mexican herbal tea some claim is a remedy for diabetes. | |
Saline nasal wash helps improve children's cold symptoms January 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A saline nasal wash solution made from processed seawater appears to improve nasal symptoms and may help prevent the recurrence of respiratory infections when used by children with the common cold, according to a report in ... | |
FDA pans Merck's new pain pill April 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected Merck's bid to sell the pain medication Arcoxia in the United States. | |
Commonly prescribed antidepressants associated with lower bone density in older men and women June 25, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The class of antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be associated with an increased rate of bone loss in older men and women, according to two articles in the June 25 issue of Archives ... | |
Old drugs need 'repurposing' for new uses, physician says October 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Overly restrictive intellectual property laws devalue the "repurposing" of existing medications for new uses, slowing their availability as life-saving treatments, a Portland researcher contends. | |
Common blood pressure drug reduces progressive muscle degeneration in mice February 02, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Scientists supported in part by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have found ... | |
Popular osteoporosis drugs triple risk of bone necrosis January 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute study has found that a popular class of osteoporosis drugs nearly triples the risk of developing bone necrosis, a condition that can lead to ... | |
Anti-inflammatory drug blocks brain plaques June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Brain destruction in Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a protein called amyloid beta in the brain, which triggers damaging inflammation and the destruction of nerve cells. Scientists had previously shown that ... | |
New blood pressure medication has fewer side effects: Global study March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A major Canadian-led global study has found that a new blood pressure medication is effective in reducing cardiovascular death, with fewer side effects than the current standard of care. | |
Study finds certain drugs cut Alzheimer's December 06, 2006 | User rating: 2.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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U.S. scientists say they've identified anti-hypertensive agents that can prevent cognitive decline and amyloid neuropathology in Alzheimer patients. | |
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