The Danish pharmaceutical firm Lundbeck said on Monday that the results of phase III trials of etilevodopa for Parkinson’s disease, which Lundbeck developed in collaboration

Swiss-owned Slovenian drugmaker Lek took aim at GlaxoSmithKline on Monday, saying it had started selling the generic form of the British company’s antibiotic Augmentin (amoxicillin

WellPoint, one of the nation’s biggest health insurers, said that it would refund the full price of generic prescription drug to encourage its 13 million

Iron supplementation in Sri Lankan children reduces the number and duration of upper respiratory tract infections, a multinational team of researchers reports. “Iron deficiency anemia

בכינוס השנתי של הסתדרות הרוקחים, אירוע שהתקיים במוצ”‘ש ב-5/1 ושבו השתתפו מאות רוקחים,  נאם שר הבריאות, הרב ניסים דהאן. השר עמד על חשיבות מקצוע הרוקחות והסכים

In the study, 90 male outpatients (mean age, 45 years) with major depression in remission and sexual dysfunction associated with SSRI antidepressant treatment were randomised

The study was conducted by researchers from Hong Kong University and involved patients who used NSAIDs for arthritis with ulcer bleeding. After their ulcers had

Prophylactic inhaled zanamivir (Relenza; GlaxoSmithKline) prevents the spread of influenza types A and B within families even when the index case is not treated. That’s

In children with mild cystic fibrosis (CF), daily doses of montelukast reduce markers of inflammation, according to the results of a randomized crossover trial. Dr.

Treatment with tacrolimus ointment appears to be an effective and well tolerated therapy for chronic actinic dermatitis, according to a report published in the December

Carvedilol appears to reduce the inappropriate elevated ventilation levels seen in heart failure patients during exercise, say Italian researchers.  Beta-blockers are known to improve the

A study of obese hyperinsulinemic rats that exhibit defective dopamine receptor function in the proximal tubules shows that rosiglitazone reverses this defect, researchers at the

Candesartan (Atacand) given as prophylaxis reduced the severity and duration of migraine, according to the results of a randomized trial reported in the Jan. 1

Sildenafil (Viagra) is effective in treating antidepressant-associated sexual dysfunction (AASD), according to the results of a multicenter study reported in the Jan. 1 issue of

בתגובה לדו”ח שפורסם אתמול, על פיו החיסונים נגד אבעבועות שחורות מזוהמים ומסוכנים, מודים במשרד הבריאות שאכן התגלו ליקויים, אולם טוענים כי החיסון יעיל ובטוח לשימושלכתבה

דוח סודי: ליקויים חמורים בהכנת החיסון לאבעבועות שחורות, מתחקיר “ידיעות אחרונות” עולה כי החיסונים אוכסנו בתנאים מזוהמים, יחד עם חיידקי דבר וכולירע;  שיטת הכנת החיסון בישראל

על פי סקירה במוסף הבריאות של הארץ, השימוש בבוטוקס (botox) לצרכים קוסמטיים (העלמת קמטים) מתפשט במהירות, אף מעבר להתוויה שאושרה ע”י משרד הבריאות. בארה”ב, כ-20% מהטיפול

A French study of HIV-infected patients with documented zidovudine resistance mutations shows that continued treatment with the drug in a highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen

An Ohio organization representing labor, health, religious and consumer groups on Thursday submitted petitions seeking to force the state’s General Assembly to consider legislation that

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday that it has granted marketing approval to Pfizer Inc.’s acute migraine drug Relpax (eletriptan). The