United States Army researchers have found that a bio-nanomaterial can help solve a public health issue involving people showing up in emergency rooms with dangerous reactions to marijuana substitutes sold at gas stations and head shops, ...
Denmark-based pharmaceutical company ALK-Abello has announced that the FDA Allergenic Products Advisory Committee of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet on 28 January 2014 to discuss the biologic license application (BLA) ...
The French maker of a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis is "extremely disappointed" it was rejected for U.S. sale, a corporate official said. David Meeker, president of Sanofi's Genzyme subsidiary, maker of the drug Lemtrada, said he ...
Today confirmed that its subsidiary, Warner Chilcott Company LLC, has filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market Ethinyl Estradiol and Etonogestrel Vaginal ...
Xiaflex (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Peyronie's disease, an uncomfortable curvature of the penis. The drug -- first sanctioned three years ago to treat a hand ...
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The first drug treatment for unusual curvature of the penis has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Friday. Men with the condition, called Peyronie's disease, have a lump in the penis that causes ...
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Nebulizers -- devices that transform liquid asthma medications into an easy-to-inhale mist -- aren't providing people with asthma a full dose of medication, according to a small new study. Researchers found that less than 20 percent of ...
A certain type of diabetes drug may lower cancer risk in women with type 2 diabetes by up to one-third, while another type may increase the risk, according to a new study. Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed data from more than 25,600 ...
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Does it really cost more to stick to a healthy diet? The answer is yes, but not as much as many people think, according to a new study. The research review combined the results of 27 studies from 10 different countries that compared the ...
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Among patients with idiopathic (of unknown cause) gastroparesis, use of the antidepressant nortriptyline compared with placebo for 15 weeks did not result in improvement in overall symptoms, according to a study appearing in the December 25 ...
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Among children and adolescents with chronic migraine, the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) resulted in greater reductions in headache frequency and migraine-related disability compared with headache education, according to a study ...
A recent study led by researchers from the Amyloidosis Center at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) demonstrates that diflunisal, a generic anti-inflammatory drug, successfully reduced neurological ...
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Madison Dearborn Partners announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement under which it will acquire a majority ownership position in Ikaria, Inc., a leading provider of proprietary and innovative therapies for the critical care ...
A survey of opioid treatment programs finds that the proportion offering on-site testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) declined substantially between 2000 and 2011, despite guidelines ...
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A specific type of therapy helps reduce the number of migraines and migraine-related disabilities in children and teens, according to a new study. The findings provide strong evidence for the use of "cognitive behavioral therapy" -- which ...
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