food and drug administration
No extra heart attacks for adults who use ADHD meds
Although there have been cardiovascular safety concerns about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications because of their ability to increase heart rate and blood pressure levels, an analysis that included more than 150,00…
University Hospitals system-approach to stroke care increases the use of tPA therapy by 13.5-fold
University Hospitals (UH) Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center recently reported that it has increased the use of tPA or “clot busting therapy” for ischemic stroke by 13.5 times throughout UH system hospitals since implementing the System Stroke Progra…
Speedy generic approval may not benefit consumers as much as expected, Rotman model shows
Toronto — Faster approval times for generic drugs will get them into consumers’ hands quicker, but may not make the price any better, a pricing and marketing researcher has found.
A mathematical model created by Andrew Ching shows that fewer f…
An earlier start on diagnosing breast, prostate cancers
Using biological samples taken from patients and state-of-the-art biochemical techniques, a Florida State University researcher is working to identify a variety of “biomarkers” that might provide earlier warnings of the presence of breast and pr…
International clinical trial tests targeted drug for melanoma
CHICAGO — Rush University Medical Center has just enrolled the first U.S. patient in an international clinical trial testing a novel drug to treat certain kinds of melanoma, a deadly skin cancer that in its advanced stages currently has few effect…
Concerns about the safety of certain ‘healthful’ plant-based antioxidants
Scientists are calling for more research on the possibility that some supposedly healthful plant-based antioxidants — including those renowned for their apparent ability to prevent cancer — may actually aggravate or even cause cancer in some i…
Succimer found ineffective for removing mercury
Succimer, a drug used for treating lead poisoning, does not effectively remove mercury from the body, according to research supported by the National Institutes of Health. Some families have turned to succimer as an alternative therapy for treating …