Patients with ongoing depression despite apparently adequate treatment with standard drugs may benefit from treatment with ethyl-eicosapentaenoate, 1 gram per day. That’s according to study

A new study confirms a low risk of infection following insertion of a synthetic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) sling to treat stress urinary incontinence. The

The immune enhancer granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) sagramostim significantly improved symptoms in 80% of 15 patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease and induced

Men and women with depression demonstrate similar response rates when treated with tricyclic antidepressants or fluoxetine, according to a recent report. Although the response to

לפי דיווח מאתר וואלה, נרשמו לאחרונה 3 מקרים של הרעלת פארצטמול בבית החולים “בני ציון” בחיפה. הסיבה העיקרית להרעלה היא נטילה במינוני יתר של התרופות

Immtech International Inc. said on Tuesday that data from a phase IIa study show the company’s lead drug, called DB289, to be a safe and

Prior use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in older women, researchers report.  “What the data

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Testim, a patented testosterone replacement therapy gel.  Testim

The influenza virus vaccination is clinically safe for patients with systemic lupus, even though it may trigger the generation of autoantibodies in some patients.  Mahmoud

Once daily fluticasone propionate at 250 µg produces improvement in pulmonary function and asthma symptom control in patients with asthma.  “This new treatment regimen provides

Roche Laboratories and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have extensively revised the safety labeling for isotretinoin (Accutane). The acne drug’s labeling has changed

Patients are often the last to know that a drug has been recalled or that the products may have dangerous side effects, especially when taken

Results of a new study show that statin therapy affects cerebral cholesterol metabolism, but at clinically relevant doses statins do not alter the production of

Biotech firm Actelion’s flagship drug Tracleer, already approved for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), can also help prevent digital ulcers in scleroderma patients, the firm

The pendulum appears to be swinging back again to the development of an HIV vaccine that elicits neutralizing antibodies–an approach, first pursued by researchers in

Elderly women who use central nervous system (CNS)-active medications are at increased risk for falling compared with women not using such drugs.  Furthermore, investigators report

Paroxetine afforded substantial benefit to patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The benefit, which is thought to be independent of the antidepressant activity was described

Dextrin augments haemoglobin levels in patients with iron deficiency, which often goes unrecognised during chronic haemodialysis.  Researchers from the University of Cape Town, South Africa,

Compared with the beta-blocker atenolol, the calcium antagonist lacidipine significantly slows the progression of asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis, according to the results of a randomized trial.

China’s State Drug Administration has ordered the recall and immediate destruction of a drug used to treat a common skin disease, saying it raises the