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UT Researchers Explore New Treatment Options

UT Researchers Explore New Treatment Options

   Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston are studying a number of medications that may help restore the fragile balance of chemicals or neurotransmitters in the brain destroyed by cocaine abuse, making recovery more possible.

Posted : Fri, May 30, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Computer Programs Help Drug Abusers Stay Abstinent, Yale Researchers Find

Computer Programs Help Drug Abusers Stay Abstinent, Yale Researchers Find

   Drug abusers who used a computer-assisted training program in addition to receiving traditional counseling stayed abstinent significantly longer than those who received counseling alone, a Yale University study has found.

Posted : Sun, May 04, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

U-M researchers ID promising new cancer drug

U-M researchers ID promising new cancer drug

   Researchers have long searched for a novel cancer drug that activates a certain protein to kill tumor cells. But finding a drug that kills the cancer without causing damage to normal cells has stymied researchers.

Posted : Tue, Mar 04, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Newly Approved HIV Drug Shows Great Promise

Newly Approved HIV Drug Shows Great Promise

   The AIDS Institute, a national public policy research, advocacy, and education organization, is encouraged with the FDA's approval of the first new non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) in nearly a decade.

Posted : Thu, Jan 31, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

FDA Issues Second Safety Warning on Fentanyl Skin Patch

FDA Issues Second Safety Warning on Fentanyl Skin Patch

   The Food and Drug Administration today issued its second safety warning about the fentanyl transdermal system, an adhesive patch that delivers a potent pain medicine through the skin.

Posted : Fri, Dec 28, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

FDA Approves New Beta Blocker to Treat High Blood Pressure

FDA Approves New Beta Blocker to Treat High Blood Pressure

   Bystolic is a beta blocker, a well-established class of medications that reduces blood pressure by reducing the force with which the heart pumps.

Posted : Tue, Dec 18, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

FDA Approves First Generic Versions of Trileptal

FDA Approves First Generic Versions of Trileptal

   he U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic versions of Trileptal (oxcarbazepine), an anticonvulsant drug.

Posted : Thu, Oct 11, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

New Drug Delivery System Minimizes Side Effects

New Drug Delivery System Minimizes Side Effects

   A new drug dosing system controlled by light has been developed by scientists at Queen's University Belfast. The system could allow the long-sought ability to deliver drugs where, when, and in the exact doses, required.

Posted : Sun, Aug 05, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Tamiflu 30 mg and 45 mg Capsules Approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Tamiflu 30 mg and 45 mg Capsules Approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

   Roche announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to market Tamiflu(R) (oseltamivir phosphate) capsules in 30 mg and 45 mg doses.

Posted : Wed, Jul 04, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

FDA panel backs Dendreon's prostate cancer vaccine

FDA panel backs Dendreon's prostate cancer vaccine

   At a meeting held Thursday, Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee said that there is substantial evidence of efficacy and safety of Dendreon Corp.'s Provenge (sipuleucel-T) for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.

Posted : Sat, Mar 31, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Roche Applies To Make Kid Doses Of Tamiflu

Roche Applies To Make Kid Doses Of Tamiflu

   Roche said Friday it filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) to approve capsule Tamiflu doses for children.

Posted : Sun, Mar 11, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Obesity drug kills cancerous tumors

Obesity drug kills cancerous tumors

   Researchers from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine discovered that an approved drug for fighting obesity stops the growth of cancerous tumors

Posted : Thu, Feb 01, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

New AIDS drug reveals astonishing results

New AIDS drug reveals astonishing results

   Researchers are developing a new drug that is designed to be inhibitor for the HIV virus in patients new to treatment or those currently taking a drug cocktail.

Posted : Tue, Jan 02, 2007

Category : Science / Health News
 
 
 
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