Pharmacology

FDA Panels: Conflict Of Interest Vs. Competent Advice

Recently a study was published in the Milbank Quarterly analyzing the voting patterns of FDA Advisory Committee members with apparent conflicts of interest. ...

Article - David Shlaes - Sep 13 2014 - 12:29pm

Epigenetic Drugs?

We inherit certain traits that are predetermined but the field of epigenetics postulates that we might be able to change genes play by taking certain drugs or changing diets.   ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2014 - 3:46pm

Even One Dose Of Antidepressant Dramatically Changes The Brain

Even a single dose of  the commonly prescribed antidepressant SSRI (serotonin reuptake inhibitor) is enough to produce dramatic changes in the functional architecture of the human brain. Brain scans taken of people before and after an acute dose of SSRI r ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2014 - 2:01pm

Drugs For Your Pets

By:  Karin Heineman, Inside Science (Inside Science TV) – Dogs and cats can suffer from some of the same illnesses as humans such as allergies, cancer and even Alzheimer's disease. Currently pets are often given drugs designed for the human body that ...

Article - Inside Science - Sep 26 2014 - 10:30am

Afatinib Improves Progression-Free Cancer Survival

Afatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, significantly improved progression-free survival compared to methotrexate in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck after failure of platinum-based chemotherapy, the result ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2014 - 9:21am

Medications: The Leading Cause Of Allergy-Related Deaths

 An analysis of death certificates from 1999 to 2010 has found that medications are the leading cause of allergy-related sudden deaths in the U.S. The study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology also found that the risk of fatal drug-induced a ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2014 - 7:01pm

Rabies- A Global Killer That Dog Jabs Can Eliminate

When a dog is rabid, it's time to run. Credit: Mytoenailcameoff, CC BY-NC-SA By Katie Hampson, University of Glasgow ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 30 2014 - 5:30pm

In 2014, Over 80 Percent Of Bowel Cancers Are Halted With Medicines

The public may be critical of the War On Cancer and its hundreds of billions of government money, but pharmaceutical companies have continue to make progress. A new study finds that 80 percent of bowel cancers could be treated with existing JAK inhibitors ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2014 - 9:31am

Ibuprofen: Less Inflammation Makes Old Lungs Seem Young Again

A new study has found that lungs become more inflammatory with age and that ibuprofen can lower that inflammation- and the difference can be dramatic. Immune cells from old mouse lungs, after lung inflammation was reduced by ibuprofen, fought tuberculosis ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2014 - 10:42am

Bisphosphonate Osteoporosis Treatment May Also Benefit Breast Cancer Patients

Treatment approaches to reduce the risk of bone complications (metastasis) associated with breast cancer may be one step closer to becoming a reality. According to a study led by a team at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI- ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2014 - 8:30am