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The truth about drug innovation Medicine & Health / Medications June 24, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new report co-authored by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Benjamin Zycher, and Joseph DiMasi, and Christopher-Paul Milne, researchers from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, examines case histories for ...

Anti-inflammatory drug blocks brain plaques Medicine & Health / Medications June 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Pharmacists as educators can improve asthma outcomes Medicine & Health / Medications June 24, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet New research has shown that up to 90 per cent of people on asthma medications are using their inhalers incorrectly leading to poor asthma control, increased hospital visits and increased cost of treatment.

US Pharmacopeia announces revised heparin monographs and reference standards Medicine & Health / Medications June 23, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Standards updated in response to public health threat associated with blood-thinning drug's adulteration with over-sulfated chondroitin The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention announces that revised monographs ...

Leukemia drug could save lives of stroke patients Medicine & Health / Medications June 22, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Studies in mice reveal why tPA may cause brain damage The drug tPA is the most effective treatment currently available for stroke patients, but its safety is limited to use within the first three hours following ...

Stroke study reveals key target for improving treatment and suggests that Gleevec may help Medicine & Health / Medications June 22, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Research in mice shows why tPA carries risks as well as benefits, and suggests that Gleevec or other drugs could prevent problems For over a decade, the drug called tPA has proven its worth as ...

Drug reverses mental retardation caused by genetic disorder Medicine & Health / Medications June 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet UCLA mouse study offers hope for correcting how autism disrupts brain UCLA researchers discovered that an FDA-approved drug reverses the brain dysfunction inflicted by a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis ...

New drug trial for serious blister disease Medicine & Health / Medications June 20, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet It's itchy, very painful and potentially fatal but a new clinical trial by University of Nottingham scientists is hoping to give sufferers of a rare skin condition a safe and effective treatment at last.

Same drug, different results: MUHC researcher on the path to personalized medicine Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Minor genetic differences between individuals change the effect of a common medication, study shows Medicine has moved a little bit closer to the era of tailor-made treatments, based on the unique genetic profiles ...

First steps towards a new approach to epilepsy treatment Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The most prestigious funding body in the world for epilepsy has financially backed Australian research into new approaches to treat the condition.

Failure to take seizure drugs linked to increased risk of death Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet People with epilepsy who fail to take their seizure medication regularly could be as much as three times more likely to die, according to a study published in the June 18, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical ...

New test makes cheating with drugs in sports easier to detect Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Research news from Journal of Mass Spectrometry A new mass spectrometry test can help sports anti-drug doping officials to detect whether an athlete has used drugs that boost naturally occurring steroid levels. ...

New test makes cheating with drugs in sports easier to detect Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Research news from Journal of Mass Spectrometry A new mass spectrometry test can help sports anti-drug doping officials to detect whether an athlete has used drugs that boost naturally occurring steroid levels. ...

Indiana U scientists uncover potential key to better drugs to fight toxoplasmosis parasite Medicine & Health / Medications June 18, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Discoveries by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have opened a promising door to new drugs for toxoplasmosis and other parasites that now can evade treatments by turning dormant in the body.

Kidney transplant patients may benefit from going off of certain immunosuppressive drugs Medicine & Health / Medications June 18, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Withdrawal of calcineurin inhibitors provides long-term health benefits and saves money Withdrawing certain immunosuppressive drugs following kidney transplantation prolongs survival and saves money compared with ...

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The truth about drug innovation Medicine & Health / Medications June 24, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new report co-authored by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Benjamin Zycher, and Joseph DiMasi, and Christopher-Paul Milne, researchers from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, examines case histories for ...

Anti-inflammatory drug blocks brain plaques Medicine & Health / Medications June 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Pharmacists as educators can improve asthma outcomes Medicine & Health / Medications June 24, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet New research has shown that up to 90 per cent of people on asthma medications are using their inhalers incorrectly leading to poor asthma control, increased hospital visits and increased cost of treatment.

US Pharmacopeia announces revised heparin monographs and reference standards Medicine & Health / Medications June 23, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Standards updated in response to public health threat associated with blood-thinning drug's adulteration with over-sulfated chondroitin The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention announces that revised monographs ...

Leukemia drug could save lives of stroke patients Medicine & Health / Medications June 22, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Studies in mice reveal why tPA may cause brain damage The drug tPA is the most effective treatment currently available for stroke patients, but its safety is limited to use within the first three hours following ...

Stroke study reveals key target for improving treatment and suggests that Gleevec may help Medicine & Health / Medications June 22, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Research in mice shows why tPA carries risks as well as benefits, and suggests that Gleevec or other drugs could prevent problems For over a decade, the drug called tPA has proven its worth as ...

Drug reverses mental retardation caused by genetic disorder Medicine & Health / Medications June 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet UCLA mouse study offers hope for correcting how autism disrupts brain UCLA researchers discovered that an FDA-approved drug reverses the brain dysfunction inflicted by a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis ...

New drug trial for serious blister disease Medicine & Health / Medications June 20, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet It's itchy, very painful and potentially fatal but a new clinical trial by University of Nottingham scientists is hoping to give sufferers of a rare skin condition a safe and effective treatment at last.

Same drug, different results: MUHC researcher on the path to personalized medicine Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Minor genetic differences between individuals change the effect of a common medication, study shows Medicine has moved a little bit closer to the era of tailor-made treatments, based on the unique genetic profiles ...

First steps towards a new approach to epilepsy treatment Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The most prestigious funding body in the world for epilepsy has financially backed Australian research into new approaches to treat the condition.

Failure to take seizure drugs linked to increased risk of death Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet People with epilepsy who fail to take their seizure medication regularly could be as much as three times more likely to die, according to a study published in the June 18, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical ...

New test makes cheating with drugs in sports easier to detect Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Research news from Journal of Mass Spectrometry A new mass spectrometry test can help sports anti-drug doping officials to detect whether an athlete has used drugs that boost naturally occurring steroid levels. ...

New test makes cheating with drugs in sports easier to detect Medicine & Health / Medications June 19, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Research news from Journal of Mass Spectrometry A new mass spectrometry test can help sports anti-drug doping officials to detect whether an athlete has used drugs that boost naturally occurring steroid levels. ...

Indiana U scientists uncover potential key to better drugs to fight toxoplasmosis parasite Medicine & Health / Medications June 18, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Discoveries by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have opened a promising door to new drugs for toxoplasmosis and other parasites that now can evade treatments by turning dormant in the body.

Kidney transplant patients may benefit from going off of certain immunosuppressive drugs Medicine & Health / Medications June 18, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Withdrawal of calcineurin inhibitors provides long-term health benefits and saves money Withdrawing certain immunosuppressive drugs following kidney transplantation prolongs survival and saves money compared with ...

The truth about drug innovation

Anti-inflammatory drug blocks brain plaques

Pharmacists as educators can improve asthma outcomes

US Pharmacopeia announces revised heparin monographs and reference standards

Leukemia drug could save lives of stroke patients

Stroke study reveals key target for improving treatment and suggests that Gleevec may help

Drug reverses mental retardation caused by genetic disorder

New drug trial for serious blister disease

Same drug, different results: MUHC researcher on the path to personalized medicine

First steps towards a new approach to epilepsy treatment

Failure to take seizure drugs linked to increased risk of death

New test makes cheating with drugs in sports easier to detect

New test makes cheating with drugs in sports easier to detect

Indiana U scientists uncover potential key to better drugs to fight toxoplasmosis parasite

Kidney transplant patients may benefit from going off of certain immunosuppressive drugs

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