Clinical Updates

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, have identified the pattern of cell signaling induced by antipsychotic drugs in a… »   

A low-cost diabetes drug seems to beat the growth of breast cancer, especially by preventing a number of natural and… »   

Britain is to stop using GlaxoSmithKline’s cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix from next September and will instead offer girls Merck &… »   

Novartis’s costly eye drug Lucentis has been rejected for another new use by Britain’s health cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE, following a… »   

A novel antibacterial protein targeted against E. coli O157:H7 may offer a way to prevent or treat serious food-borne bacterial… »   

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, in collaboration… »   

Researchers have discovered a group of chemical compounds that might one day be developed into drugs that can treat malaria… »   

A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and their Zambian colleagues detected contrasting patterns of… »   

U.S. drug reviewers said Pfizer’s Prevnar 13 vaccine was effective for protecting adults over age 50 from pneumococcal infections, paving… »   

Low doses of Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson’s Xarelto blood clot preventer cut the risk of death by more… »   

Patients who are dependent on opioids (narcotic pain relievers) for pain management before knee replacement surgery have much more difficulty… »   

A Medtronic product, when used in high doses during spinal fusion procedures, might increase patient cancer risks, according to data… »   

As guidelines recommend, doctors appear to be stopping anti-TNF medications before surgery, but may be doing so far sooner than… »   

The Medicare federal health insurance program has confirmed plans to remove a requirement that kidney dialysis providers keep patient hemoglobin… »   

What was hoped to be a promising new drug to protect the kidneys has failed to benefit diabetes patients with… »