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UK and US policies risk conscription into unwanted 'war against dementia'

A political drive, led by the UK and US, to screen older people for minor memory changes (often called mild cognitive impairment or pre-dementia) is leading to unnecessary investigation and potentially harmful treatment for what is arguably an inevitable consequence of ageing, warn experts on bmj.com today.

11 Sep 2013

Rutgers scientist finds important clue on origins of multiple sclerosis

The search for the cause of multiple sclerosis, a debilitating disease that affects up to a half million people in the United States, has confounded researchers and medical professionals for generations. But Steven Schutzer, a physician and scientist at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, has now found an important clue why progress has been slow - it appears that most research on the origins of MS has focused on the wrong part of the brain.

11 Sep 2013

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital kicks off Block Out Cancer campaign

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital kicked off a new campaign today to "Block Out Cancer" with a month of promotions designed to increase awareness of the need for research into pediatric cancer.

11 Sep 2013

Personalized treatment may be effective in wild type cancers

As a woman in her mid-forties who didn't smoke, Elizabeth Lacasia never expected to be diagnosed with lung cancer. But in 2006, after she developed a persistent and serious cough, a chest X-ray and CT scan revealed several tumors in her lower left lung.

11 Sep 2013

Large numbers of kidney disease patients inappropriately prescribed statins to lower cholesterol

A new analysis concludes that large numbers of patients in advanced stages of kidney disease are inappropriately being prescribed statins to lower their cholesterol - drugs that offer them no benefit and may increase other health risks such as diabetes, dementia or muscle pain.

11 Sep 2013

Safety labeling changes announced for extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced class-wide safety labeling changes and new postmarket study requirements for all extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesics intended to treat pain.

11 Sep 2013

Interferon-alpha 2b and ribavirin treatment may be effective for MERS-CoV infection

Treatment with two common drugs reduced viral replication and lung damage when given to monkeys infected with the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. The condition is deadly pneumonia that has killed more than 100 people, primarily in the Middle East.

10 Sep 2013

New Report Lays Out Guidelines To Improve Cancer Care

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10 Sep 2013

Not-So-Total Recall: Selectively Erasing Unwanted Memories

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10 Sep 2013

Three rapid diagnostic tests could be used to diagnose drug resistance in TB

Results of a new study suggest that three new diagnostic tests could each be used to successfully diagnose drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB) patients in a quarter of the time taken by the current method.

10 Sep 2013

Screening older people for minor memory changes may lead to harmful treatment

10 Sep 2013

Hospira announces EC approval of Inflectra, Europe's first biosimilar mAb therapy

Hospira, the world's leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, today announced the European Commission (EC) approval of Inflectra™ (infliximab), Europe's first biosimilar monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy. Inflectra has been approved for the treatment of inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and psoriasis.

10 Sep 2013

Studies suggest need for more research to better understand caffeine addiction

Studies have shown that caffeine users can become dependent on or addicted to caffeine and may have difficulty reducing their consumption, as can occur with other drugs of dependence. A comprehensive review of the current evidence on caffeine dependence is presented in an article in Journal of Caffeine Research, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

10 Sep 2013

UCLA receives multimillion-dollar gift to provide patients with innovative home health program

A multimillion-dollar gift has allowed the UCLA Division of Digestive Diseases to provide patients with an innovative home health program; supported new, minimally invasive treatment procedures; and funded state-of-the-art gastroenterology research.

10 Sep 2013

Combination of 2 antiviral drugs improves outcome in monkey model of MERS-CoV infection

National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists report that a combination of two licensed antiviral drugs reduces virus replication and improves clinical outcome in a recently developed monkey model of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection.

10 Sep 2013

Novel viral therapy to treat specific types of cancer in children

Parents do everything they can to protect their children against all of the nasty germs floating around classrooms across the country this time of year. Doctors and researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital, however, are looking into how those same types of common viruses can actually help treat a child who is diagnosed with certain cancers.

10 Sep 2013

Most patients who report statin intolerance can actually tolerate drugs on subsequent trials

Most patients who report statin intolerance, including muscle aches and other side effects from the cholesterol-lowering drugs, can actually tolerate drugs from this class on subsequent trials, according to research from Cleveland Clinic recently released online and forthcoming in the September issue of the American Heart Journal. The study is the largest ever to examine the effects of re-challenging statin-intolerant patients.

10 Sep 2013

Research offers focused explanation for cardiac arrest predilection for morning hours

Evidence from people with heart disease strongly supports the existence of the molecular link first discovered in laboratory mice between the body's natural circadian rhythms and cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death (SCD) - the No. 1 cause of death in heart attacks, a scientist said here today.

10 Sep 2013

Little STING could go long way in avoiding arthritis, type 1 diabetes, report researchers

A little STING could go a long way in helping treat or even avoid autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis, researchers report.

10 Sep 2013

Amino acid arginine improves treatment for type 2 diabetes

More than 371 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes, of whom 90% are affected by lifestyle-related diabetes mellitus type 2 (type 2 diabetes).

10 Sep 2013

Drugs News and Research

UK and US policies risk conscription into unwanted 'war against dementia'

Rutgers scientist finds important clue on origins of multiple sclerosis

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital kicks off Block Out Cancer campaign

Personalized treatment may be effective in wild type cancers

Large numbers of kidney disease patients inappropriately prescribed statins to lower cholesterol

Safety labeling changes announced for extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesics

Interferon-alpha 2b and ribavirin treatment may be effective for MERS-CoV infection

New Report Lays Out Guidelines To Improve Cancer Care

Not-So-Total Recall: Selectively Erasing Unwanted Memories

Three rapid diagnostic tests could be used to diagnose drug resistance in TB

Screening older people for minor memory changes may lead to harmful treatment

Hospira announces EC approval of Inflectra, Europe's first biosimilar mAb therapy

Studies suggest need for more research to better understand caffeine addiction

UCLA receives multimillion-dollar gift to provide patients with innovative home health program

Combination of 2 antiviral drugs improves outcome in monkey model of MERS-CoV infection

Novel viral therapy to treat specific types of cancer in children

Most patients who report statin intolerance can actually tolerate drugs on subsequent trials

Research offers focused explanation for cardiac arrest predilection for morning hours

Little STING could go long way in avoiding arthritis, type 1 diabetes, report researchers

Amino acid arginine improves treatment for type 2 diabetes

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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