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Pfizer Says Nigeria Gave Approval for 1996 Drug Test

US drug giant Pfizer Thursday said it had got the go-ahead from Nigerian authorities before administering a drug that claimed the lives of 11 children in the northern Kano state in 1996. "We have written approv...

US TB Traveler Sued Over 'reckless and Selfish Behavior'

...y strain of tuberculosis generally irresponsive to drug treatment and asked him to turn himself into Italian authorities. But he refused, choosing to return home to the United States from his Greek wedding and Italian honeymoon through Canada to avoid detection. Nassim Tabri, who sat one row behind Sp...

Avastin Dropped Out Of Funded Drugs List

...lth Minister Chris D'Entremont says Oxaliplatin, a drug that treats colorectal cancer, and Mab Campath, a drug that treats chronic lymphocytic leukemia have been added to the list. The decision was based on r...

FDA Approves Phase I Clinical Trial of Topaz Pharmaceuticals' New Head Lice Treatment

...tration (FDA) has approved an investigational new drug application; allowing Topaz to begin clinical trials of the company's topical solution for the treatment of head lice. The Topaz product is designed to give healthcare professionals a new choice for the treatment of head lice infestations - it will...

Meth Users Involved in Violence, Sexual Risk-Taking: Study

...users, there is a strong link to alcohol and other drug use, the study found. Additionally, the findings...ing regretted a sexual situation due to alcohol or drug use also was more prevalent among meth users." Additionally, about 16 percent of reported meth use...

Modified Herpes Virus Keeps Arteries Free-flowing Following Procedures

...lot formation which has been a recent concern with drug eluting stents. The researchers found that the endothelial layer was partially restored at 14 days and completely restored at 28 days post-balloon angioplasty in the group treated with the herpes virus. The ability to target the smooth muscle cell...

Study Shows Positive Results for Zestra(R) Feminine Arousal Fluid

...e dysfunction (ED), there is still no FDA-approved drug treatment for any form of female sexual dysfunction or disorder. "Results from the Zestra(R) study will provide important direction for future studies in women's sexual health," said Dr. Ferguson. "Because the study has only just concluded, there i...

China Declares War on Unsafe Foods for Soldiers

...us goods emanating from the nation's huge food and drug industry. Buns filled with cardboard, toxic seaf...this week executed the former head of its food and drug safety watchdog for corruption, in what was widely seen as an attempt by the government to show it i...

Research into Suppressed Memories Could Help Treatment for Depression

...r research into better therapies and possibly even drug treatments for people suffering from conditions such as PTSD, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive syndrome. The symptoms of these disorders include flashbacks to disturbing events, and intrusive or obsessive thoughts. "The first step is to understand...

'Old and Haggard' Moss Turns to Her Mentor Sarah to Revitalize Career

...s to revitalize her following her harsh split with drug addict Pete Doherty. Moss has been severely panned for her wild behaviour and waning looks during her stormy relationship with the Babyshambles frontman. But, now Moss is determined to get her act clean, and is said to have halved her cigarette ...

Inquest of Date-rape Drug Victim Attracts Wide Attention in Australia

...ed by a toxic combination of alcohol and date-rape drug gamma hydroxybutyrate, also known as fantasy. Sh...rts later revealed that the amount of the sedative drug in her system was three times the amount that a recreational user would have used. Her body was foun...

Pain Doctor in Virginia Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment

... Friday to nearly five years in prison on federal drug charges. Thats more time than his supporters and...rwitz was serving after being convicted in 2004 on drug trafficking and other charges. (The conviction was overturned and resulted in a retrial, at which he...

Hepatitis Day of Reckoning for a Happening Virus

..., Bristol-Myers Squibb India while launching a new drug in India, for Hepatitis B. The Drug Controller General of India has recently given the go-ahead for Baraclude (entecavir) to treat chronic HEPATITIS B. Baraclude is an oral antiviral therapy which will arrest the multiplication of Hepatitis B vir...

New Target for Muscular Dystrophy Drug Therapy Discovered

...discovered a new target for the muscular dystrophy drug therapy . The researchers have found how the ge...Muscle Institute, says the removal of silencing by drug intervention may help increase utrophin expression, which in turn may substitute for dystrophin as a...

Doctor Pours Ethics Down The Drain In A Bid To Make A Quick Buck

...ncluding health care fraud, conspiracy and illegal drug distribution. Santi also is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in a similar steroids case earlier this year in New York....

Cytokine IL6 as a New Chemotherapeutic Target for Ras-driven Cancers

...ed, why not go after something that you can make a drug against that Ras activates"" explains Dr. Counter. Dr. Counter and colleagues sought to identify other proteins that are secreted when Ras is activated, and evaluate them as potential therapeutic candidates. One factor, in particular, is receiving ...

First Drug for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

...umatic events . The work could lead to the first drug to treat the millions of adults who suffer each year from persistent, debilitating fears - including hundreds of soldiers returning from conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. A study conducted by the Army in 2004 found that one in eight soldiers returni...

Kate Moss to Pay for Dohertys Anti-heroin Implant

...Kate is very aware that Pete still has issues with drug use and doesn't want to leave him in the lurch completely. Helping with his medical care is one thing that Kate wants to do for him, the Mirror quoted the source, as saying. The singer put out a message on his site saying that he has scaled down his...

Patients Taking Inhaled Steroids may Develop Pneumonia

...ment of medicine, analyzed the hospitalization and drug prescription information from 1988 to 2003 of 175,906 patients with COPD living in Quebec, Canada. During that time, 23,942 of the patients were hospitalized for pneumonia. In their report, the researchers noted that the admission rate for pneumonia...

Right Foods Could Improve Drug Effectiveness, Lower Drug Costs

...mining research that showed taking a breast cancer drug with fatty food, rather than on an empty stomach, ...expensive drugs. The study found that taking the drug with a meal increased the bioavailability of the drug by 167 percent. Taking the drug with a high-fa...

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