EMA Highlights: EMA gives green light for infant tumour drug
by Gary Finnegan – The European drug regulator has given a paediatric-use marketing authorisation (PUMA) for Hemangiol to treat proliferation of infantile haemangioma.
by Gary Finnegan – The European drug regulator has given a paediatric-use marketing authorisation (PUMA) for Hemangiol to treat proliferation of infantile haemangioma.
by Bruce Sylvester: Ongoing statin treatment appears to prevent delirium in critically ill patients who had taken a statin prior to hospitalization, researchers reported online on Jan. 17,… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: The antidepressant citalopram (Celexa/Cipramil, and generic) significantly reduces agitation among patients with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers reported in the Feb. 19, 2014 issue of JAMA/Journal of… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: The antidepressant citalopram (Celexa/Cipramil, and generic) significantly reduces agitation among patients with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers reported in the Feb. 19, 2014 issue of JAMA/Journal of… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Topiramate, an FDA-approved anticonvulsant drug which had been shown to reduce drinking in patients committed to complete abstinence, appears to help problem drinkers whose want… read more.
“Despite already being rolled-out in many countries, our study is the first to look at the feasibility of the Xpert test in a real-life clinical setting in southern… read more.
Exacerbation severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be reliably assessed with the COPD Assessment Test™ (CAT), according to a new study from the UK.
Researchers in the U.K. report that non-restorative sleep is the strongest, independent predictor of widespread pain onset among adults over the age of 50.
Effects evaluated in new study published in PAIN. Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioural instability… read more.
A recent pharmacokinetic study with buprenorphine transdermal patches showed similar systemic exposures of buprenorphine in subjects aged 75 and 50–60 years. The current prospective, open-label study aimed to… read more.
Researchers have pinpointed why normal aging is accompanied by a diminished ability to regain strength and mobility after muscle injury: Over time, stem cells within muscle tissues dedicated… read more.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created artificial muscles by twisting and coiling ordinary fishing line. University of Texas researchers and their international collaborators have… read more.
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