מתוך medicontext.co.il By Richard Woodman LONDON (Reuters Health) – The three companies making third-generation contraceptive pills–Schering, Organon and Wyeth–face multi-million pound compensation claims on behalf

מתוך medicontext.co.il WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Mechanical factors influence urinary incontinence more than hormonal changes associated with menopause, according to data from a prospective

מתוך medicontext.co.il WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Postmenopausal women who receive hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are more likely to undergo biliary tract surgery than older

מתוך medicontext.co.il WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) – Advanced Tissue Sciences Inc. and its partner Smith & Nephew plc said on Monday that they have received clearance

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Anthony J. Brown, MD WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Interferon alfa-2b is often used to treat chronic hepatitis C, but a report

מתוך medicontext.co.il WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic heart failure who have responded well to beta-adrenergic blockade with either metoprolol or carvedilol,

מתוך medicontext.co.il LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca's new ulcer drug esomeprazole (Nexium), designed to replace best-seller omeprazole (Losec), was boosted on Monday by new clinical trial

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Claire Soares WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is preparing to test a revolutionary system for detecting chemical attacks in subways, a

מתוך medicontext.co.il WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – In young children with migraine, nasal sumatriptan appears to be effective and well tolerated, researchers report. Dr. Andrew

מתוך medicontext.co.il WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – The use of a nicotine patch potentiates the effectiveness of neuroleptics used to treat Tourette's syndrome in children,

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Will Boggs, MD WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Carvedilol improves cardiac function and survival in patients with congestive heart failure and concomitant

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Jonathan Landreth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pharmacists in New York have sold greater than normal amounts of antibiotics for treating anthrax amid

מתוך medicontext.co.il WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued on Wednesday a final rule banning over-the-counter combination oral drug products

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Steven Reinberg WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Prolonged therapy with sustained-released bupropion appears to retard smoking relapse and attenuate weight gain even

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Will Boggs, MD WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – The use of oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy is associated with an increased

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Anthony J. Brown, MD WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Bupropion is more effective than placebo in producing weight loss in overweight and

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Anthony J. Brown, MD WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Some anti-angiogenic agents, used to disrupt the blood supply to tumors, appear to

מתוך medicontext.co.il WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – In a comparison study of two triptan drugs, zolmitriptan was preferred over sumatriptan by most migraineurs, according to

מתוך medicontext.co.il LONDON (Reuters Health) – Treating overweight diabetes patients with Roche's obesity drug Xenical (orlistat) cuts weight, improves glycaemic control and reduces the need

מתוך medicontext.co.il LONDON (Reuters Health) – Diabetics with asthma absorb less insulin than nonasthmatic diabetics when the drug is inhaled rather than injected, new research