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Men far less likely to prevent, screen for osteoporosis

Written by | 19 May 2015

While the consequences of osteoporosis are worse in men than women – including death – older males are far less likely to take preventive measures against the potentially… read more.

Melanoma drugs show efficacy in BRAF-mutant lung cancer

Written by | 5 May 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Lung cancer patients whose tumors carry specific mutations in the BRAF gene appear to benefit from drugs used to treat melanoma, researchers from the retrospective… read more.

World Health Matters: Canada: Universal public drug coverage would save Canada billions

Written by | 30 Apr 2015

by Gary Finnegan: Canada could save $7.3 billion annually with universal public coverage of medically necessary prescription drugs, according to new research from the University of British Columbia… read more.

Morphine/antidepressant combo tops monotherapy for chronic neuropathic pain relief

Written by | 21 Apr 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that a combination morphine and nortriptyline successfully relieves chronic neuropathic pain in 87 per cent of patients, and the efficacy of the combination… read more.

Paracetamol appears to lack efficacy for lower back pain and osteoarthritis

Written by | 17 Apr 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Paracetamol is not effective for treating neck and lower back pain, and it provides only slight relief for osteoarthritis, researchers reported on March 31, 2015… read more.

Stinging nettle chemical improves cancer drug

Written by | 9 Apr 2015

A cancer drug could be made 50 times more effective by a chemical found in stinging nettles and ants, new research finds.

25 percent of acne patients fail to get prescribed medications

Written by | 6 Apr 2015

Medicine obviously can’t do much good if it sits on a pharmacy shelf. Yet more than one-quarter of the acne patients surveyed by researchers didn’t get medications prescribed… read more.

ACC Report 2015: Digoxin treatment for atrial fibrillation tied to higher mortality

Written by | 31 Mar 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Atrial fibrillation patients treated with digoxin have a 27 percent greater risk of dying than atrial fibrillation patients not treated with the drug, according to… read more.

ACC Report 2015: At one year, Evolocumab shows significant efficacy in preventing cardio events

Written by | 25 Mar 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Patients treated for one year with evolocumab, an investigative drug used to lower LDL cholesterol, have achieved significant reductions in mortality, heart attack and stroke,… read more.

How C. difficile bacteria wreak havoc in guts

Written by | 6 Mar 2015

In a new paper in the journal Infection and Immunity, the researchers lay out for the first time exactly how C. difficile wreaks havoc on the guts of animals in a… read more.

Lenvatinib improves survival in radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer

Written by | 18 Feb 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Lenvatinib treatment has resulted in significant improvement in progression-free survival among patients with advanced radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer, researchers from a Phase III trial reported in… read more.

World Health Matters: Denmark: Superbug ‘overcoat’ helps evade test

Written by | 12 Feb 2015

by Gary Finnegan: A superbug present in hospitals across Europe and the US can become resistant to treatment even without undergoing genetic changes, according to a new study… read more.

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