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Medical device companies will come under scrutiny on Wednesday when a U.S. Senate committee probes financial payments to doctors, which… »   

AstraZeneca Plc is stopping a clinical trial of Recentin as a treatment for lung cancer after a mid-stage study failed… »   

In an article published in the March issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, researchers from Florida Atlantic… »   

An experimental, combination vaccine against Ebola and Marburg viruses using virus-like particles (VLPs) provides complete protection against infection in monkeys.… »   

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists have developed a new large-scale method to identify the interactions between proteins that are a… »   

The United States and European Union are in talks to resolve their dispute over the EU’s ban on genetically modified… »   

A small number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu, a top antiviral drug, have been detected in Europe, health authorities… »   

Doctors in England are writing over a million obesity drug prescriptions a year, eight times more than in 1999, health… »   

Weeks before a damaging report on the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) was to appear in The New England Journal of… »   

A new study published in the February 2008 print edition of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) describes a scientific advance… »   

Administering flu vaccines under the tongue may be more effective and offer more protection than injecting or inhaling the drug,… »   

Companies can fire employees who use marijuana for medical reasons even if California law allows such use because federal law… »   

Dr. Bukata is the medical director of the emergency department at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel, CA,… »   

Changes in a gene that protects the brain from foreign substances may affect whether commonly used antidepressants work—and a simple… »   

Taking a “statin” drug to keep cholesterol levels down may have another benefit for smokers and former smokers: the… »