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Aprotinin associated with increased risk of death Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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? Medicine & Health / Medications May 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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.

Osteoporosis drug may be associated with irregular heartbeat Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

New technology for boosting vaccine efficiency Medicine & Health / Medications 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, ...

Experimental drug shows promise in treating certain lymphomas Medicine & Health / Medications April 16, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet New clinical data showed some cancer patients with recurrent lymphoma benefited from an experimental drug called AME-133v, said a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Older epilepsy drugs do not prevent first seizure from brain tumors Medicine & Health / Medications April 16, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Many physicians prescribe antiepileptic medications to patients with brain tumors, even to those with no seizure history. Now, a new review of studies casts doubt on the wisdom of using these drugs — which can carry serious ...

Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of developing pneumonia in elderly Medicine & Health / Medications April 15, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Elderly patients who use antipsychotic drugs have a 60 percent increased risk of developing pneumonia compared to non-users. This risk is highest in the first week following prescription and decreases gradually thereafter. ...

Antidepressants account for only 10% of fall in suicide rates among older people Medicine & Health / Medications April 15, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The use of antidepressants is likely to account for only 10 per cent of the fall in suicide rates among middle aged and older people, suggests a large study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Globally, more ...

No 'convincing evidence' that glitazones work better than older diabetes drugs Medicine & Health / Medications April 10, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet There is no convincing evidence that the newer class of diabetes drugs, known as glitazones, offer real advantages over other diabetes drugs, when used on their own, concludes the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB).

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Aprotinin associated with increased risk of death Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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? Medicine & Health / Medications May 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications 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.

Osteoporosis drug may be associated with irregular heartbeat Medicine & Health / Medications 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 Medicine & Health / Medications April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

New technology for boosting vaccine efficiency Medicine & Health / Medications 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, ...

Experimental drug shows promise in treating certain lymphomas Medicine & Health / Medications April 16, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet New clinical data showed some cancer patients with recurrent lymphoma benefited from an experimental drug called AME-133v, said a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Older epilepsy drugs do not prevent first seizure from brain tumors Medicine & Health / Medications April 16, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Many physicians prescribe antiepileptic medications to patients with brain tumors, even to those with no seizure history. Now, a new review of studies casts doubt on the wisdom of using these drugs — which can carry serious ...

Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of developing pneumonia in elderly Medicine & Health / Medications April 15, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Elderly patients who use antipsychotic drugs have a 60 percent increased risk of developing pneumonia compared to non-users. This risk is highest in the first week following prescription and decreases gradually thereafter. ...

Antidepressants account for only 10% of fall in suicide rates among older people Medicine & Health / Medications April 15, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The use of antidepressants is likely to account for only 10 per cent of the fall in suicide rates among middle aged and older people, suggests a large study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Globally, more ...

No 'convincing evidence' that glitazones work better than older diabetes drugs Medicine & Health / Medications April 10, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet There is no convincing evidence that the newer class of diabetes drugs, known as glitazones, offer real advantages over other diabetes drugs, when used on their own, concludes the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB).

Aprotinin associated with increased risk of death

Risks for painkiller abuse do not outweigh benefits in chronic pain

Do antidepressants enhance immune function?

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

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

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

Antidepressant found to alleviate symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in adolescents

Osteoporosis drug may be associated with irregular heartbeat

Osteoporosis drug fosamax linked to heart problem

New technology for boosting vaccine efficiency

Experimental drug shows promise in treating certain lymphomas

Older epilepsy drugs do not prevent first seizure from brain tumors

Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of developing pneumonia in elderly

Antidepressants account for only 10% of fall in suicide rates among older people

No 'convincing evidence' that glitazones work better than older diabetes drugs

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