Smoking cessation drugs do not increase suicide/self-harm risk
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the BMJ – British Medical Journal – Patients prescribed the smoking cessation drugs varenicline and buproprian are not at an increased risk… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the BMJ – British Medical Journal – Patients prescribed the smoking cessation drugs varenicline and buproprian are not at an increased risk… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from The Lancet – An investigative, single-pill combination drug shows efficacy for treating patients with the most difficult-to-treat types of hepatitis C, researchers… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from JAMA – Journal of the American Medical Association – A retrospective analysis of data on Danish women exposed to the nausea medication… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) – Addition of nab-paclitaxel to gemcitabine for treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer has resulted in… read more.
by Esther Drain reporting on the presentation by Dr Timothy Price – A randomized, multicenter, open-label, phase 3 study of panitumumab (pmab) vs cetuximab (cmab) for previously treated… read more.
Report by Esther Drain – Cetuximab resulted in a significant improvement in survival in TP53 WT, high-risk Rectal Cancer.
Investigators reported on Oct. 22 in the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) that treatment with adalimumab may be effective for patients with steroid-resistant… read more.
Taken from the European Cancer Congress ( ECCO / ESMO / ESTRO ) from the 27th September – 1st October 2013 in Amsterdam.
by Bruce Sylvester – Cholesterol lowering statin therapy appears to also reduce inflammation associated with gum disease, researchers reported on Oct. 2, 2013 in the Journal of the American… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – A newly published meta-analysis suggests that influenza vaccination lowers the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events like heart failure or hospitalization for heart attack,… read more.
People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are more vulnerable to developing an addictive disorder.
World Psoriasis Day is 29 October 2013. World Psoriasis Day is held today with the theme “Global access to treatment” to highlight the fact that more than 125… read more.