Treatment with chemotherapy and Avastin ( Bevacizumab ), an anticancer drug, is associated with a greater risk of blood clots ...
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For patients with chronic kidney disease ( CKD ), the risk of elevated levels of parathyroid hormone ( PTH ), ...
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University of Texas ( UT ) Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered a treatment that counteracts the effects of Cocaine ...
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Vitamins C and E and Beta-Carotene, either individually or in combination, do not appear to reduce the risk of cardiovascular ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Tasigna ( Nilotinib ) capsules for treatment of Philadelphia chromosome ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Ixempra ( Ixabepilone ), a new anti-cancer treatment, for use ...
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Rimonabant ( Acomplia / Zimulti ) is a cannabinoid receptor antagonist. It acts by blocking a specific type of receptor ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) and Cephalon notified healthcare professionals of updates to the Warnings section of ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has expanded the approved age range for Menactra, a bacterial meningitis vaccine, ...
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Data Safety Monitoring Board’s ( DSMB ) has recommended to stop patient enrollment in the Aprotinin ( marketed as Trasylol ...
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Sibutramine ( Meridia, Reductil ), a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor ( SNRI ), is an antiobesity agent marketed in ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved labeling changes for erectile dysfunction drugs in the class that ...
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Many people, including significant proportions of active duty military personnel and veterans, suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ), ...
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The Women’s Health Study has found that women who have high blood pressure levels are three times more likely to ...
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A newly developed DNA vaccine appears safe and may produce beneficial changes in the brains and immune systems of individuals ...
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Aclasta ( Zoledronic acid 5 mg ) has received European Union approval as the first once-yearly treatment for women with ...
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A study showed that more than two-thirds of patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis receiving two doses of Ustekinumab ...
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Premature ejaculation is a frequent male sexual complaint that is mediated mainly by disturbances of serotonergic neurotransmission and certain serotonin ...
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy ( CRT ) is an effective therapy in symptomatic, drug-refractory heart failure ( HF ) patients with ...
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Stent thrombosis is a recognized complication occurring in 1-2% of patients with coronary artery disease treated by percutaneous coronary intervention ...
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Patients with atherosclerosis in the leg arteries face a substantially increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk.
The German epidemiological study on ...
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The NICE ( National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ) has published final guidance on the use of Rituximab ...
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Johnson and Johnson and FDA( Food and Drug Administration ) informed Healthcare Professionals that the Warnings section of the ...
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Women who have migraine headaches with visual symptoms ( or migraine with aura ) may be at increased risk for ...
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A drug increasingly used to prevent cluster headache can cause heart problems, according to a study published in the Neurology.
Those ...
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Not all patients with sepsis mount the same immune response, even when they look the same clinically, according to findings ...
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A newly developed DNA vaccine appears safe and may produce beneficial changes in the brains and immune systems of individuals ...
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Current and past smokers appear to have a higher risk of developing late age-related macular degeneration than those who have ...
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A meta-analysis of previous research suggests that use of Pioglitazone ( Actos ), a glycemic control medication for patients with ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has licensed a new vaccine to protect against smallpox, a highly contagious ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) approved Evista ( Raloxifene ) for reducing the risk of invasive breast ...
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Drug-eluting stents ( DES ) are extremely effective devices to prevent restenosis following angioplasty. Yet, since last year, there is ...
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Hyperprolactinemia and associated side effects often occur with antipsychotics.
Researchers at Inje University, Republic of Korea, investigated the effect of ...
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Leflunomide ( Arava ) is a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug ( DMARD ) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, which has ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) announced the approval of Tekturna ( Aliskiren ) tablets for the treatment ...
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Postmenopausal women without symptoms of cardiovascular problems who have minor or major abnormalities on an electrocardiogram ( ECG ) are ...
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Premenopausal women who were assigned to follow the Atkins diet for one year lost more weight when compared to women ...
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Nosocomial pneumonia and ventilator-assisted pneumonia may be polymicrobial and can be caused by a wide spectrum of pathogens.
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Human growth hormone ( GH ), or Somatropin, is widely used as an antiaging therapy, although its use for this ...
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Prexige is a selective COX-2 inhibitor in the class of drugs called NSAIDs ( non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs ).
In New Zealand, Novartis ...
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The purpose of the researchers at Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France, has been to
monitor the potential clinical neurotoxic symptoms in ...
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Researchers at University of Manchester, UK, evaluated the risk of myocardial infarction associated with the use of selective cyclooxygenase-2 ( ...
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The adjunctive use of Celecoxib ( Celebrex ) for 6 months after stent implantation in patients with coronary artery disease ...
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As of 10 August 2007, the TGA ( Therapeutic Goods Administration ) had received eight reports of serious liver adverse ...
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A cancer-suppressing gene has been successfully delivered into the tumors of stage 4 lung cancer patients via an intravenously administered ...
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration ( TGA ) has cancelled the registration of the osteoarthritis drug, Lumiracoxib because of serious liver ...
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A Glucosamine-like dietary supplement has been found to suppress the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis and type-1 diabetes ...
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When compared with intensive drug therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention ( PCI, angioplasty ) was more beneficial in reducing the long-term ...
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In a commentary published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ( CMAJ ), Abby Lippman, an epidemiologist at McGill University ...
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A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of cholinesterase inhibitors and Memantine ( Ebixa, Namenda ) in ...
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Active cellular immunotherapy is an approach that uses live human cells to re-engage the patient's own immune system. The goal ...
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Dendreon announced publication of results from a Phase 1 study of Neuvenge, an investigational active cellular immunotherapy, in the Journal ...
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As of 10 August 2007, the TGA ( Therapeutic Goods Administration ), in Australia, had received eight reports of serious ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) announced manufacturers, GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) and Takeda, of glitazones approved to ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) is concerned that nursing infants may be at increased risk of Morphine ...
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The National Vaccine Information Center ( NVIC ) issued a new report on HPV vaccine ( Gardasil ) safety analyzing ...
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Three forms of garlic, including raw garlic and two types of commercial garlic supplements, did not significantly reduce low-density lipoprotein ...
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Women who take low to moderate doses of Acetylsalicylic acid ( Aspirin) have a reduced risk of death from any ...
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Small doses of the antioxidant coenzyme Q10 appear to increase blood levels of this naturally occurring compound in patients with ...
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HPV infection is necessary for the development of cervical cancer and the vaccine may prevent primary infection with HPV types ...
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Most of the cases of osteonecrosis of the jaw are seen in oncology patients that, besides intravenous
bisphosphonates, have received ...
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Preliminary research suggests that the expression pattern of microRNA may be useful in differentiating between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer ...
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A new type of treatment significantly reduces the severity of muscle weakness in myasthenia gravis, giving hope for a new ...
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One simple blood test could predict relapse or survival for children and young adults with acute leukemias, researchers from the ...
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Hepatitis C infection is associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma of 20 percent to 30 percent, and a ...
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On June 8th 2006, the FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) announced the approval of Gardasil, and on June ...
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Bisphosphonates constitute a group of compounds and their structure is based on that of pyrophosphate:a compound that regulated precipitation and ...
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Zonisamide ( Zonegran ) is a sulphonamide derivative that inhibits carbonic anhydrase; it resembles Topiramate ( Topamax ).
The main clinical ...
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The purpose of the study by researchers from American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, was to identify risk ...
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Cases of osteonecrosis of the jaw ( ONJ ) have been detected in cancer patients taking bisphosphonates as part of ...
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The American College of Cardiology ( ACC ) and the American Heart Association ( AHA ) have jointly released revised ...
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Measuring liver stiffness using transient elastography can predict severe portal hypertension in patients with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis.
As liver disease progresses, ...
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For liver transplant recipients without hepatitis C ( HCV ), survival has improved over time. However, for recipients with HCV, ...
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A new immunosuppression regimen for heart transplant patients can improve kidney function and prevent transplant coronary artery disease, according to ...
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Rosiglitazone ( Avandia ) is widely used to treat patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, but its effect on cardiovascular ...
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A study published in the the New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM ) suggests that repeated topical use of ...
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Gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease is a common and potentially deadly side effect for patients who undergo an allogeneic stem-cell transplant to ...
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Patients with symptoms of depression who have coronary artery disease showed improvement of their symptoms with use of the drug ...
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Low doses of steroids can inhibit joint damage when used in the early phase of rheumatoid arthritis, according to a ...
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Although they were prescribed widely in the 1960s to women looking to avoid dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy, diuretic ...
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Regular exercise is recommended for middle-aged and older people, but the effect of exercise on the development of osteoarthritis in ...
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Women living in areas with higher levels of air pollution have a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease and subsequently ...
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Roche Laboratories, following discussion with the FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ), informed Health Care Professionals of important safety ...
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Taking Folic acid supplements in early pregnancy seems to substantially reduce the risk of cleft lip.
It is widely known that ...
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A study has shown a significantly increased risk of HIV infection among women with a common sexually transmitted disease, trichomoniasis. ...
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Men who have been treated for breast cancer face a significantly high risk of getting cancer once again, according to ...
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Risperidone ( Risperdal ), a drug used to control schizophrenia symptoms, may also help treat behaviors found in autism spectrum ...
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Aromatase inhibitors, a type of hormone therapy used to treat advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women, result in a small ...
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Marked by chronic inflammation of the joints and tissue, rheumatoid arthritis is a painful and potentially disabling autoimmune disease. A ...
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Any form of arthritis that affects one or more vertebral joints, spondylarthritis ( SpA ) represents a group of closely ...
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In 49 young people who died suddenly and inexplicably at an average age of 14, conventional autopsies found no cause ...
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Taking daily Selenium supplements appears to increase the level of the essential mineral in the blood and may suppress the ...
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Daily use of the antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ( SSRIs ) by adults 50 years and ...
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Narcotic drugs ( opioids ) are commonly prescribed for short-term relief of chronic back pain, but their effectiveness long-term has ...
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Pancreatic cancer is an extremely difficult disease to treat and little is known about what causes it. One established risk ...
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Patients who undergo combined heart bypass surgery and carotid endarterectomy, the most commonly used stroke prevention surgery, significantly increase their ...
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In a large, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 22,071 healthy male physicians, taking a low-dose of Aspirin every other day lowered ...
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Combination gene therapy delivered in lipid-based nanoparticles drastically reduces the number and size of human non-small cell lung cancer tumors ...
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Measuring a patient's ratio of white blood cell types may help physicians accurately distinguish between the similar conditions infectious mononucleosis ...
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Benzodiazepine use was not shown to be associated with hip fractures after all, according to a new study from Harvard ...
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