Medications/Drugs News

  • A boy plays by the Yangtze river in Chongqing. Beijing hopes to stave off an obesity epidemic among its youth with a dramatic increase in physical education,(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)
    Addiction Drug Causes Rapid Weight Loss in Rats HealthDay - Wed Aug 20, 11:47 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Vigabatrin, a medication that holds potential as a treatment for drug addiction, has been found to cause rapid weight loss in animals.

  • Study head Amy DeMarco in an undated photo. An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday. (Brookhaven National Laboratory/Handout/Reuters)
    Addiction drug reverses obesity in rats Reuters - Wed Aug 20, 7:13 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday.

  • A lab worker looks at DNA samples. Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA their response to medication and risk of developing disease.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)
    Matsushita says new DNA technology identifies disease risks AFP - Wed Aug 20, 12:08 PM ET

    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA their response to medication and risk of developing disease.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 19, 2008 HealthDay - Tue Aug 19, 11:47 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

  • More Juices Found to Affect Drugs' Effectiveness: Study HealthDay - Tue Aug 19, 11:47 PM ET

    TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Grapefruit juice, long known to boost the absorption of certain medications, isn't the only juice that doesn't mix well with drugs, according to the Canadian researcher who first identified the ill effects of grapefruit juice.

  • Oranges are seen for sale at a Safeway grocery store, in Washington, DC. Grapefruit, orange and apple juices can harm the body's ability to absorb certain medications and make the drugs less effective, said a Canadian study released Tuesday in the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)
    Some fruit juices can harm drug absorption: study AFP - Tue Aug 19, 10:43 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Grapefruit, orange and apple juices can harm the body's ability to absorb certain medications and make the drugs less effective, said a Canadian study released Tuesday in the United States.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 18, 2008 HealthDay - Mon Aug 18, 11:46 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

  • Gum Chewing May Speed Colon Surgery Recovery HealthDay - Mon Aug 18, 11:46 PM ET

    MONDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Chewing gum helps improve recovery of intestinal function after all or part of the colon has been surgically removed, according to British researchers who reviewed data from five clinical trials involving 158 patients.

  • FDA reports deaths with diabetes drug Byetta AP - Mon Aug 18, 8:28 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. after deaths were reported with the medication despite earlier government warnings.

  • An Austrian government report charges that clinical trials conducted by researchers at a major medical school in Austria were riddled with procedural and ethical problems, the Nature Publishing Group said Monday.(The Lancet)
    Austrian health researcher may face fraud, criminal charges AFP - Mon Aug 18, 2:08 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - An Austrian government report charges that clinical trials conducted by researchers at a major medical school in Austria were riddled with procedural and ethical problems, the Nature Publishing Group said Monday.

  • Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums to Rise in '09 HealthDay - Fri Aug 15, 11:47 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The average monthly premium for Medicare's prescription drug plan will increase to an estimated $28 in 2009, three dollars more than this year's monthly premium, Medicare officials announced Thursday.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 15, 2008 HealthDay - Fri Aug 15, 11:47 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

  • Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 14, 2008 HealthDay - Thu Aug 14, 11:47 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

  • Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 13, 2008 HealthDay - Wed Aug 13, 11:46 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

  • Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses HealthDay - Wed Aug 13, 11:46 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- It may be possible to prevent a drug addiction relapse by disrupting the brain's attempts to retrieve drug-associated memories, according to new research.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 12, 2008 HealthDay - Tue Aug 12, 11:47 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

  • Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 11, 2008 HealthDay - Mon Aug 11, 11:46 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

  • Should Clinical Trials Be Outsourced? Time.com - Mon Aug 11, 3:40 AM ET

    Western drug makers are increasingly outsourcing human clinical drug trials - and India is getting the lion's share of the market. Is it putting millions at risk?

  • Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 8, 2008 HealthDay - Fri Aug 8, 11:47 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

  • FDA: Some cholesterol and heart drugs don't mix AP - Fri Aug 8, 6:13 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Patients taking some common medications for high cholesterol and irregular heart beats can suffer severe muscle damage because of a problem in the way the drugs interact, the government warned on Friday.

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