Unsuccessful drug against anxiety opens a novel gateway for the treatment of cancer 16 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Unsatisfying drug for anxiety reveals scientists a promising novel anti-cancer drug target. Cancer cells have multiple ways to avoid apoptosis, programmed cell death the means by which organisms deal with defective cells. ... | |
Ondansetron reduces vomiting, hospital admissions in children with gastroenteritis September 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have demonstrated that a drug called ondansetron helps reduce vomiting, the need for intravenous fluids and hospital admissions in children with acute gastroenteritis. | |
Value of direct-to-consumer drug advertising oversold, study finds September 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Direct-to-consumer advertising may not be giving big pharma such a big bang for their buck after all. Despite the billions spent on bringing drug marketing campaigns straight into patients' living rooms, such strategies have ... | |
Post-marketing studies finding adverse events in drugs used in children September 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA, 1997), designed to stimulate more drug safety studies in children, has resulted in more than 130 label changes since its inception nearly six years ago, according ... | |
All types of antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of stroke August 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
All drugs used to treat psychosis are linked to an increased risk of stroke, and dementia sufferers are at double the risk, according to a study published on bmj.com today. | |
Class of diabetes drugs carries significant cardiovascular risks August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A class of oral drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes may make heart failure worse, according to an editorial published online in Heart Wednesday by two Wake Forest University School of Medicine faculty members. | |
 Helping the medicine go down August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Getting little Doug and Debbie to take a spoonful of medicine is more than just a rite of passage for frustrated parents. Children's refusal to swallow liquid medication — and their tendency to vomit it back ... | |
New vaccine to fight multiple vaccine strains August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A universal vaccine effective against several strains of influenza has passed its first phase of testing, according to Dr. Christine Turley of the University of Texas at Galveston. | |
Compounds have potential for diagnosis, treatment of Alzheimer's disease August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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New research suggests that a select group of compounds that interact with a protein in the brain might be used in the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementia disorders. | |
New studies managing psychiatric meds in transition to college August 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An increasing number of students are packing more than their computers and iPods when leaving for college. They are bringing along prescribed psychiatric medications. Case Western Reserve University researchers will survey ... | |
FDA approves first drug for Huntington's disease August 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved tetrabenazine, the first drug approved for use in the United States to treat Huntington's disease, a fatal, inherited neurodegenerative disorder for which there is no cure. ... | |
New decision model seeks to avert flu vaccine mismatch of 2007-2008 season August 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
To avoid producing vaccines that treat the wrong strains during flu season, the FDA should consider deferring some of its selections as well as other changes to the vaccine composition, according to a study by two decision ... | |
Treatment with anti-anemia drugs may not be safe for multiple myeloma patients August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A recent study published in American Journal of Hematology demonstrated that Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), a widely used drug to treat anemia, may have a negative impact on the survival of myeloma patients. ... | |
1 in 10 children using cough, cold medications August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that approximately one in ten U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week. These findings appear in the August issue ... | |
Epilepsy drug may help alcoholics recover from dependence, small study suggests August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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It's a Catch-22 of the highest order. People with alcohol problems often use alcohol to get to sleep -- but it actually keeps them from getting good-quality sleep all night long. | |
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