The US Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it was halting about 30 gene therapy trials after learning that a second child in a

לפי פירסום באתר ה- FDA עולה כי ועדת התרופות ללא מרשם של ה- FDA הודיעה ליצרנים ולמשווקים של תכשירים המכילים phenylpropanolamine להפסיק את שיווקם. הוראה

In the UK, deaths related to the “club drug” ecstasy occur most often in white males in their late 20s, according to a new report.

Emergent neuroimaging can be safely restricted to a small subset of well-appearing children who present with new onset, afebrile seizures, so long as the physician

Frequent episodes of sleepwalking and sleep terrors may result from allergies, swollen tonsils, and other factors that interfere with nighttime breathing, and may be cured

A new study published in the January issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology highlights the growing trend of multiple births in the U.S. “Our findings underscore

יוזמה, מבורכת – יש לאמר, של יצירת קוד אתי מוסכם בין חברות התרופות להסתדרות הרפואית, נמצאת כעת התהליך הכנה. ליוזמה שותפים ארגון פארמה ישראל, ארגון

The bronchodilatory response to salbutamol (albuterol) administration is significantly reduced in asthmatic children when the agent is given immediately after methacholine challenge, Dutch researchers report

Oil massage increases the fatty acid levels and improves growth in neonates, researchers reported last week at the 40th annual conference of the Indian Academy

Treatment with OM-85, an immunoactive bacterial extract, significantly reduces the occurrence of upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in children prone to such infections, according to

Findings from a study by German researchers appear to confirm the hypothesis that a diminished number of nephrons at birth is a causative factor for

דר’ איליה רזניק, עורך מדור פסיכיאטריה כמו במהדורות הקודמות, אנו ממשיכים לשקף ולסקר מאמרים מדעיים אשר דנים בנושא חשוב ביותר: השפעת תרופות פסיכיאטריות (ובעיקר תכשירים נוגדי

עתון הארץ מדווח כי במסגרת פורום ורב שיח שהתקיים בבי”ח הדסה, שבמסגרתו הציג פרופ’ רכס סקירה על בעיות של רפואה וכלכלה, הטיחו משתתפים רבים ביקורת

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

Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for acute gastroenteritis performed better in an urban pediatric emergency department than did intravenous therapy (IVT), according to the results of

A second cloned infant will be born this week, a firm claiming to have produced the first human clone said on Thursday, although it has

Nearly all children and adolescents who undergo renal transplantation experience anemia at some point after the procedure, according to a recent report. Posttransplant anemia is

British vaccine maker PowderJect Pharmaceuticals Plc said on Friday its flu vaccine sold across Europe did not contain mercury-based preservatives, dismissing concerns about the safety

Merck & Co. Inc. said on Thursday that it had received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to market its asthma drug Singulair

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