Pharmacology

Monoclonal Antibody Dupilumab Safe And Effective In Asthma Phase IIa Trial

A novel approach to obstructing the runaway inflammatory response implicated in some types of asthma has shown promise in a Phase IIa clinical trial, according to researchers. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial tested the efficacy and ...

Article - News Staff - May 21 2013 - 3:30pm

Phase III Study: Tiotropium Effective In Symptomatic Asthma Patients

Tiotropium delivered by the Respimat(R) Soft Mist(TM) Inhaler (SMI) increases time to first severe exacerbation and first episode of asthma worsening across a broad spectrum of patients who remain symptomatic despite at least inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) ...

Article - News Staff - May 21 2013 - 9:13am

Is Everything You Eat A Drug?

Did you ever have breast milk or spinach? You might as well start shooting up heroin. If dihydrogen monoxide doesn't scare you enough, food activists have been rehashing an old term- opiates.  ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 23 2013 - 3:07pm

Aspirin Jump Starts Resolvin Production, May Hold Off Cognitive Decline

Hospitalization due to surgery or critical illness can lead to cognitive dysfunction-   inattention, disorganized thinking, altered consciousness and prolonged disruptions in learning and memory functions- in some patients, especially the elderly. The mec ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2013 - 11:00am

THC Can Prevent Brain Damage- Study

Marijuana became popular as a recreational drug and as its legalization movement became more popular, studies were conducted on its therapeutic properties. Medical cannabis is often used by sufferers of chronic ailments, including cancer and post-traumati ...

Article - News Staff - May 30 2013 - 1:40pm

83 Percent Of Oncologists Face Cancer Drug Shortages

How do you allocate lifesaving drugs when there aren't enough to go around?  83 percent of cancer doctors surveyed say that they've faced oncology drug shortages, and of those, nearly all say that their patients' treatment has been impacted ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2013 - 10:44am

Forever Now

So it was that in the summer of 1988 I discovered America. Now doesn’t that sound like a very ‘arty’ sort of statement?  It comes from Forever Today by Deborah Wearing, and though the lady herself has a musical background, there are parts of this book whi ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jun 4 2013 - 9:36am

Do Green Coffee Bean Weight Loss Supplements Work?

A trending "miracle" weight-loss product is green coffee bean dietary supplements. Some people swear by them and marketing claims are not modest about the effectiveness. But do they actually work or is it placebo and/or other changes (exercise, ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2013 - 11:56am

Overmedicated: Nearly 7 In 10 Americans Take Prescription Drugs

Nearly 70 percent of Americans take at least one prescription drug and more than 50 percent take two, scholars writing in Mayo Clinic Proceedings say. Antibiotics, antidepressants and painkilling opioids are most commonly prescribed, they found. 20 percen ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2013 - 5:44pm

Banned Insecticide Causes Changes In Honeybee Genes

A new paper says that exposure to a banned neonicotinoid insecticide causes changes to the genes of the honeybee. The paper was written to support the recent decision taken by the European Commission to temporarily ban three neonicotinoids amid concerns t ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2013 - 10:04pm