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Vitamin D boosts survival of breast cancer patients

Breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are twice as likely to survive the disease as women with low levels of this nutrient, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers in the March issue of Anticancer Research.

7 Mar 2014

Researchers identify communication strategies aimed at creating risk perceptions about generic drugs

Although there is widespread consensus among the scientific community that the composition of generic drugs is identical to that of brand name drugs, this is not the case among the public.

7 Mar 2014

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines with opioid analgesics may lead to medication-related deaths

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines are rising in primary care, and their frequent combined use with opioid analgesics may be contributing to medication-related deaths, a finding that goes largely unreported, according to Stanford researchers.

7 Mar 2014

Study shows how changes in organized cell membrane network of heart muscle leads to heart failure

Colchicine, a drug that's used to treat gout, has the beneficial side effect of lowering the risk of heart attack in patients taking it. Conversely, taxol, a drug for treating cancer, has the opposite effect; raising the risk of heart failure.

6 Mar 2014

Scientists open door to development of new drugs to combat osteoporosis

Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) have opened the door to the development of new drugs against osteoporosis, one of the most common chronic illnesses in the world, especially among women 65 or over.

6 Mar 2014

New drug is effective against superbug MRSA

"I routinely call hospitals and request their yearly antibiotic susceptibility testing data," said Washington University in St. Louis' Timothy Wencewicz. "The log might say, for example, that they've treated hundreds of patients for Acinetobacter baumanni, a bacterium brought into U.S. hospitals by soldiers wounded in the Iraq war, with 30 different antibiotics.

6 Mar 2014

Low-dose oral interferon may reduce risk of HCV relapse in patients with mild liver fibrosis

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can lead to serious diseases such as cirrhosis and cancer of the liver, so viral clearance and prevention of relapse are important treatment goals.

6 Mar 2014

Calcium and vitamin D supplements can improve cholesterol profiles in postmenopausal women

Calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause can improve women's cholesterol profiles. And much of that effect is tied to raising vitamin D levels, finds a new study from the Women's Health Initiative just published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society.

6 Mar 2014

Bio-Rad announces release of beta version of the USP Spectral Library

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the release of beta version of USP Spectral Library™ powered by Bio Rad's KnowItAll® software technology platform for spectral analysis, identification, search, data management, and reporting.

From Bio-Rad Laboratories 5 Mar 2014

Curie-Cancer, DNA Therapeutics renew partnership to identify new class of cancer drugs

Curie-Cancer, the body responsible for developing Institut Curie’s industry partnership activities, and DNA Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that is developing a new class of cancer drugs, are renewing their partnership.

5 Mar 2014

$Meta-analysis study shows association between BTMs s-CTX, s-PINP and risk of future fractures$

Meta-analysis study shows association between BTMs s-CTX, s-PINP and risk of future fractures

A new study by an International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) scientific working group summarizes the clinical performance of serum procollagen type I N propeptide (s-PINP) and serum C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen (s-CTX) in fracture risk prediction in untreated individuals in prospective cohort studies.

5 Mar 2014

Stock-outs of ARV drugs in Central African Republic impact health of HIV-infected people

According to Pierre-Marie David of the University of Montreal's Faculty of Pharmacy, stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in recent years in the Central African Republic have had a dramatic impact on the health of HIV-infected people.

5 Mar 2014

Small-molecule drug effective in protecting nonhuman primates from lethal Marburg virus

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated the effectiveness of a small-molecule drug in protecting nonhuman primates from the lethal Marburg virus. Their work, published online in the journal Nature, is the result of a continuing collaboration between Army scientists and industry partners that also shows promise for treating a broad range of other viral diseases.

5 Mar 2014

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories launches Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride Tablets

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. announced today that it has launched Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride Tablets, 400 mg, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Avelox (moxifloxacin HCl) tablets 400 mg in the US market on March 04, 2014, following the approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration.

5 Mar 2014

Georgia Regents Medical Center explores new treatment for Parkinson's disease-related constipation

Georgia Regents Medical Center is among about a dozen centers nationally exploring the potential of a new drug that may offer relief to people with Parkinson's who have failed standard approaches to treating constipation.

5 Mar 2014

HPV vaccine offers protection against cervical abnormalities in young women

The HPV vaccine offers significant protection against cervical abnormalities in young women, suggests a paper published on bmj.com today.

5 Mar 2014

Alzheimer's drug pioneer to be awarded Israel Prize for Medicine

Israel's Minister of Education Shai Piron has announced that the Israel Prize for Medicine will be awarded to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Prof. Marta Weinstock-Rosin. A professor emeritus at the Hebrew University's School of Pharmacy-Institute for Drug Research in the Faculty of Medicine, Weinstock-Rosin is best known for developing Exelon, a blockbuster drug for the treatment of confusion and dementia related to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

5 Mar 2014

Mcl-1 protein enables NSCLC to survive radiation and drug treatments

Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute have discovered a protein, Mcl-1, that helps enable one of the most common and deadly types of cancer to survive radiation and drug treatments.

5 Mar 2014

Women using DMPA injection more likely to acquire HIV than women using NET-EN

Women who used an injectable contraceptive called DMPA were more likely to acquire HIV than women using a similar product called NET-EN, according to a secondary analysis of data from a large HIV prevention trial called VOICE, researchers from the National Institutes of Health-funded Microbicide Trials Network reported today at the 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston.

5 Mar 2014

Study: Combination intervention completely eliminates HIV transmission

A computer model has created the most effective formula for reducing the spread of HIV among drug users in New York City over the next 25 years.

5 Mar 2014

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Vitamin D boosts survival of breast cancer patients

Researchers identify communication strategies aimed at creating risk perceptions about generic drugs

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines with opioid analgesics may lead to medication-related deaths

Study shows how changes in organized cell membrane network of heart muscle leads to heart failure

Scientists open door to development of new drugs to combat osteoporosis

New drug is effective against superbug MRSA

Low-dose oral interferon may reduce risk of HCV relapse in patients with mild liver fibrosis

Calcium and vitamin D supplements can improve cholesterol profiles in postmenopausal women

Bio-Rad announces release of beta version of the USP Spectral Library

Curie-Cancer, DNA Therapeutics renew partnership to identify new class of cancer drugs

Meta-analysis study shows association between BTMs s-CTX, s-PINP and risk of future fractures

Stock-outs of ARV drugs in Central African Republic impact health of HIV-infected people

Small-molecule drug effective in protecting nonhuman primates from lethal Marburg virus

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories launches Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride Tablets

Georgia Regents Medical Center explores new treatment for Parkinson's disease-related constipation

HPV vaccine offers protection against cervical abnormalities in young women

Alzheimer's drug pioneer to be awarded Israel Prize for Medicine

Mcl-1 protein enables NSCLC to survive radiation and drug treatments

Women using DMPA injection more likely to acquire HIV than women using NET-EN

Study: Combination intervention completely eliminates HIV transmission

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