Clinical Updates

Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster… »   

Young women who took the commonly used epilepsy drug phenytoin for one year showed significant bone loss compared to women… »   

Alendronate, a medication used to prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis, may be associated with an increased risk of atrial… »   

Older patients given antipsychotic drugs are at increased risk of pneumonia, particularly during the first week after starting treatment, Dutch… »   

Patients unhappy with their laser eye surgery urged U.S. health regulators to do more to limit poor results, saying complications… »   

For patients who underwent angioplasty to open narrowed coronary arteries, the use of stents releasing the drug everolimus reduced the… »   

Tuberculosis (TB) has long been one of the world’s great killers. Now, forms of drug-resistant TB--multidrug (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant… »   

A cheaper, generic version of GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s Wellbutrin XL antidepressant is just as safe and effective, despite complaints from some… »   

Vitamin supplements taken by millions of people in the hope of extending their lives may actually increase the risk of… »   

Biogen Idec and its partner Elan Corp said on Tuesday no new cases of a potentially deadly brain infection… »   

New clinical data showed some cancer patients with recurrent lymphoma benefited from an experimental drug called AME-133v, said a researcher… »   

In a study of heroin-dependent patients, hospitalizations due to opioid use decreased significantly following treatment with a naltrexone implant, while… »   

As promising cancer therapies and drugs emerge, researchers strive to find ways to deliver them to patients with minimal side… »   

People with Alzheimer’s disease who take vitamin E appear to live longer than those who don’t take vitamin E, according… »   

Compared to older drugs for Parkinson disease, a newer class of medications called dopamine agonists might be better at preventing… »