News tagged with drug trials
Short fasting cycles work as well as chemotherapy in mice
Man may not live by bread alone, but cancer in animals appears less resilient, judging by a study that found chemotherapy drugs work better when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Study evaluates antibiotic option for treating bladder infection in women
Short-term use of the antibiotic cefpodoxime for the treatment of women with uncomplicated cystitis (bladder infection) did not meet criteria for noninferiority for achieving clinical cure compared with ciprofloxacin, a drug ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Study: Rapid bone loss as possible side effect of anti-obesity drug now in clinical trials
An endocrine hormone used in clinical trials as an anti-obesity and anti-diabetes drug causes significant and rapid bone loss in mice, raising concerns about its safe use, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Antidepressant-suicide link in youths absent in new analysis
In 2004, concerns about antidepressant drugs increasing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 06, 2012 |
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FDA approves new skin cancer drug
A new skin cancer drug tested for the first time in the world five years ago at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare just received expedited approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a remarkable ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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S. Korea approves sales of new stem cell drug
South Korea's government drug agency cleared the way Thursday for commercial sales of what it called the world's first approved medicine using stem cells collected from other people.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 19, 2012 |
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First detailed data of risk of using Rasilez with certain blood pressure-lowering drugs
Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have published the first detailed figures showing the risk of using the prescription drug Rasilez in combination with certain other blood pressure-lowering medications.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 12, 2012 |
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New study helps predict which lung cancer drugs are most likely to work
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that DNA changes in a gene that drives the growth of a form of lung cancer can make the cancer’s cells resistant to cancer drugs. The findings show that some ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Dabigatran associated with increased risk of acute coronary events
The anticoagulant dabigatran is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) or acute coronary syndrome in a broad spectrum of patients when tested against some other medicines, according to a ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Drug to treat HIV in children shows promise via national study
(Medical Xpress) -- For children and adolescents with HIV infection, the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the use of raltegravir, an antiretroviral drug that slows the spread of HIV infection, offers ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Analysis does not support genetic test before use of anti-clotting drug
Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that a certain type of genetic testing (for the genotype CYP2C19) be considered before prescribing the drug clopidogrel to identify individuals who may ...
Dec 27, 2011 |
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HIV prevention research named scientific breakthrough of the year by Science
The HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 study, led by Myron S. Cohen, MD of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 22, 2011 |
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HIV/AIDS vaccine developed at Western proceeding to human clinical trials
The first and only preventative HIV vaccine based on a genetically modified killed whole virus has received approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to start human clinical trials.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Statins may reduce mortality in patients hospitalized with influenza
The two main ways to prevent and control influenza today are annual immunization and antiviral drugs. A team of investigators has found that statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs, may offer an additional treatment to complement ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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'PARP' drug sabotages DNA repair in pre-leukemic cells
Looking for ways to halt the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells, scientists at Johns Hopkins have found that a new class of drugs, called PARP inhibitors, may block the ability of pre-leukemic cells to repair broken bits ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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