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Congressional briefing on moving away from dog studies in the development of new medicines

At a congressional briefing Tuesday, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and the Humane Society of the United States urged Congress to task the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with moving away from dog studies and other animal testing in the development of new medicines.

30 Oct 2019

Cannabis is not an effective treatment for mental health conditions, conclude experts

A team in Australia has reviewed scientific evidence from the past 30 years to investigate the therapeutic effects of medicinal cannabinoids on mental health.

30 Oct 2019

New online course launched to help providers understand every facet of opioid crisis

Even if they never write a single prescription for an opioid painkiller, or care for someone who has overdosed on heroin or fentanyl, people who work in every area of American healthcare need to understand how the opioid epidemic is affecting their patients, their families and their communities, and how to prevent new cases of opioid addiction.

30 Oct 2019

Study examines link between gift-giving and opioid prescribing by medical specialty

Physicians who received gifts from pharmaceutical companies related to opioid medications were more likely to prescribe opioids to their patients the following year, compared to physicians who did not receive such gifts, according to a new analysis led by health policy scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

30 Oct 2019

American culture is uniquely favorable toward prescribing opioids, suggests study

The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to use prescription opioids--a fact that contradicts popular views linking wealth and health, and suggests that American culture is uniquely favorable toward prescribing opioids.

30 Oct 2019

New TB vaccine: mid-phase trials confirm safety, long-term prevention

A new study published on October 29, 2019, in the New England Journal of Medicine, reports a new vaccine which could change the face of tuberculosis prevention. The disease kills 1.5 million people worldwide each year.

30 Oct 2019

Researchers are confronting opioid epidemic in multiple ways

With opioid drug overdose deaths skyrocketing in recent decades, researchers at Brown University's School of Public Health are confronting the epidemic in multiple ways.

30 Oct 2019

Researchers find 221% increase in opioid-related drug overdoses in Connecticut

Opioid overdose deaths in Connecticut doubled in the past six years, largely driven by use of multiple drugs together, according to a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut and Yale University.

29 Oct 2019

UGA researcher working to correct penicillin allergy misconception

More than 30 million people in the United States wrongly believe they are allergic to penicillin - resulting in millions of dollars in added health care costs, adverse side effects from the use of more powerful antibiotics and a risk in the rise of dangerous antibiotic resistant infections.

29 Oct 2019

Healthcare groups announce strong support for Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act

The American Hospital Association, American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Clinical Oncology, ASHP, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices announced their strong support for the Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act, introduced today by Senators Susan Collins and Tina Smith.

29 Oct 2019

Bortezomib drug helps re-balance disrupted muscle growth, prevent contractures

When children experience brachial plexus injury at birth, or are born with cerebral palsy, some of the most disabling problems that follow are muscle contractures, or tightness of muscles, that severely restrict limb function.

29 Oct 2019

Study shows significant decrease in use of antidepressants by pregnant women

A pregnancy is not always a happy event and as many as 10-15 per cent of pregnant women in Denmark have depressive symptoms. Despite years of critical focus on the side effects of antidepressants in the healthcare system, consumption of antidepressants by pregnant women actually increased drastically during the period 1997 to 2011.

29 Oct 2019

Gabapentinoid medications increasingly prescribed off-label for adults with cancer

Between 2005 and 2015, as the opioid crisis in America came into focus, prescriptions for gabapentinoid medications -- gabapentin and pregabalin -- to adults with cancer saw a two-fold increase, a University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center study has found.

29 Oct 2019

Researchers investigate whether aspirin can decrease rate of intracranial aneurysm growth

Researchers conducted a database search to investigate whether aspirin can aid in the prevention of intracranial aneurysm rupture by hindering aneurysm growth. The researchers identified 146 patients harboring multiple intracranial aneurysms, five millimeters or less in diameter, that had been observed for at least five years.

29 Oct 2019

Moved overseas for school, stayed for insulin

Every now and then, Katie West considers returning to the United States. She moved to Germany for graduate school three years ago and now works as a health systems researcher in Hamburg. Her family is an ocean away. Then she remembers why she stays.

29 Oct 2019

Anti-inflammatory agents can safely, effectively reduce symptoms of major depression

Anti-inflammatory agents, such as aspirin/paracetamol, statins, and antibiotics, can safely and effectively curb the symptoms of major depression, finds a pooled analysis of the available evidence, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

29 Oct 2019

Femtogenix announces new data on ADCs containing reduced potency payloads in solid tumor models

Femtogenix Ltd, a UK biotechnology company developing the next generation of DNA-interactive Antibody Drug Conjugate payloads, today announced data demonstrating the potent efficacy and favorable toxicity profile of a reduced potency analogue from its Pyridinobenzodiazepine ADC payload platform in solid tumor models.

From Pheon Therapeutics 29 Oct 2019

Novel antibodies could provide a universal flu vaccine

Now, a new study published in the journal Science on October 25, 2019, reports on a set of three novel antibodies that bind to another type of viral cell surface antigen called neuraminidase (NA) that is necessary for viral replication.

28 Oct 2019

Work in progress on medicine for treatment of ulcerative colitis

IKBFU center for clinical research scientists have participated in the international VARSITY clinical research. It's the world's first research aimed at finding the most effective drug among anti-inflammatory ones for the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

28 Oct 2019

Cancer drug may delay progression of bone and other myeloma-related organ damage

The largest randomized trial in asymptomatic patients with smoldering multiple myeloma suggests that lenalidomide, a cancer drug, may delay the onset of bone and other myeloma-related organ damage.

28 Oct 2019

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Congressional briefing on moving away from dog studies in the development of new medicines

Cannabis is not an effective treatment for mental health conditions, conclude experts

New online course launched to help providers understand every facet of opioid crisis

Study examines link between gift-giving and opioid prescribing by medical specialty

American culture is uniquely favorable toward prescribing opioids, suggests study

New TB vaccine: mid-phase trials confirm safety, long-term prevention

Researchers are confronting opioid epidemic in multiple ways

Researchers find 221% increase in opioid-related drug overdoses in Connecticut

UGA researcher working to correct penicillin allergy misconception

Healthcare groups announce strong support for Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act

Bortezomib drug helps re-balance disrupted muscle growth, prevent contractures

Study shows significant decrease in use of antidepressants by pregnant women

Gabapentinoid medications increasingly prescribed off-label for adults with cancer

Researchers investigate whether aspirin can decrease rate of intracranial aneurysm growth

Moved overseas for school, stayed for insulin

Anti-inflammatory agents can safely, effectively reduce symptoms of major depression

Femtogenix announces new data on ADCs containing reduced potency payloads in solid tumor models

Novel antibodies could provide a universal flu vaccine

Work in progress on medicine for treatment of ulcerative colitis

Cancer drug may delay progression of bone and other myeloma-related organ damage

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