Pharmaceutical News and Articles
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- Sunscreen can help reduce the risk of skin cancer, but people forget to apply it. Now, researchers say, daily text-message reminders could increase usage.
Researchers from the University of California-Davis Health System, in...
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- Recent reports show that the rate of preterm deliveries continues to climb in the United States. Now, a new study suggests one reason why: Many women are confused about what constitutes a full-term birth in the first place.
About...
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- Unapproved non-steroidal and tissue-selective anabolic drugs called selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are being sold on the Internet as sports doping agents, according to a new report.
Though SARMs offer promise for...
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- Buying a three-month supply of prescription drugs is up to one-third cheaper than buying a one-month supply, according to a new study.
U.S. researchers analyzed 26,852 prescriptions filled for 395 drugs between 2000 and 2005, and...
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- Long-term exposure to formaldehyde used for embalming increases funeral industry workers' risk of death from myeloid leukemia, according to a new U.S. government study.
Researchers in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and...
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- Some areas of the United States are seeing declines in H1N1 swine flu activity, a federal health official said Friday, and while the disease remains widespread in 43 states, that's down from the 46 states reported last week.
"We...
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- Canadian researchers are reporting that children with asthma are more likely to develop severe cases of H1N1 flu than seasonal flu.
"Asthma has been identified as a significant risk factor for admission with pandemic H1N1...
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- New research suggests it may become possible for pre-pubescent boys stricken by cancer to prepare for the future when they may be infertile but still want to become natural fathers.
Scientists in the Netherlands found that...
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- Most smokers around the world support workplace smoking bans, according to a new study.
Researchers surveyed more than 3,500 employees who smoke and more than 1,400 employers (smokers and nonsmokers) in the United States and 13...
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 -- Researchers may be moving closer to better treatments for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease, and the related condition called Creutzfeldt Jakob disease.
A protein called Glypican-1 is crucial to the...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
University of Nebraska May Restrict Stem Cell Research
The University of Nebraska may become the first such state institution in the United States to...
(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
H1N1 Flu Vaccine
This study seeks volunteers 18 and older to evaluate an experimental H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine.
The research site is in Mesa, Ariz.
More...
THURSDAY, Nov. 19 -- People's genetic makeup has been shown to affect how they respond to asthma medications, but a new study finds that many people respond well to a particular combination treatment regardless of their genes.
However, the study...
THURSDAY, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Veterans Administration has taken the lead in improving patient safety, but its efforts are still a work in progress as surgical errors in and out of the operating room persist, a new study shows.
Each day in the...
THURSDAY, Nov. 19 -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey.
Obesity...
THURSDAY, Nov. 19 -- New research may provide the foundation for future medical treatment of memory deficits associated with Down syndrome.
The research was conducted in mice that were genetically engineered to have a condition similar to Down...
THURSDAY, Nov. 19 -- Screening for cancer and other preventive health measures can prolong lives, but only 25 percent of adults aged 50 to 64 in the United States are getting these recommended screenings, a new report shows.
Prepared by the U.S....
THURSDAY, Nov. 19 -- A Spanish study has found that long-term moderate drinking decreased the risk of heart disease by up to one-third in men and to a lesser degree in women.
The type of alcohol -- beer, wine or spirits -- made no difference, the...
THURSDAY, Nov. 19 -- A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it.
PSD502 -- which combines the drugs lidocaine and prilocaine -- is...
-- Diarrhea in infants is common, often a quick bout caused by a virus. But in some cases among young children, diarrhea can quickly become dangerous, says the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
If you have a newborn younger than 3 months, call...
