Pharmacology

Early Trial Of New Drug MK-3475 Promising For Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

A multi-center, non-randomized phase-Ib clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and antitumor activity of bi-weekly infusions of pembrolizumab (MK-3475, marketed as Keytruda®) found that  infusion of pembrolizumab produced durable res ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2014 - 12:11pm

Mistletoe Is Not Just A Fertility Symbol: It Can Also Fight Obesity-Related Liver Disease

Mistletoe wasn't always for annoying co-workers at office parties, and it wasn't always just desperate men who think it has magical powers. In previous times, it was held in high regard because it was rootless, green and thriving when the tree i ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2014 - 11:25am

Sedation Nation: Benzodiazepine Use Highest In Older People

Though it has higher risks in older people, and those are well-known and cautioned against, prescription use of benzodiazepines increases steadily with age, despite the known risks for older people, according to a comprehensive analysis of benzodiazepine ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2014 - 8:30am

ALS Drug Reduces The Memory 'Fog' Of Old Age

In some cases, seniors begin to show memory decline and cloudy judgment and researchers have correlated that to lost and altered connections between neurons in the brain. A new study finds that riluzole, currently on the market as a treatment for Lou Gehr ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 27 2014 - 12:00pm

Resveratrol: The Compound Behind All Those 'Red Wine Is Good For You' Stories

The grape escape. Shutterstock By Mohit Kumar Jolly, Rice University ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 22 2014 - 7:30pm

Bone Loss Drugs May Also Help Prevent Endometrial Cancer

Bisphosphonates are medications commonly used to treat osteoporosis and other bone conditions but a new analysis suggests that women who use bisphosphonates also have about half the risk of developing endometrial cancer as women who don't use the dru ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 30 2014 - 11:45am

Teens Smoked Less, Drank Less Alcohol And Abused Opiods Less In 2014

Recent results released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse finds that use of cigarettes, alcohol, and abuse of prescription pain relievers among teens declined from 2013 while marijuana use rates were stable.  These 2014 results are part of an overal ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 31 2014 - 1:01pm

Hangovers Are As Old As Alcohol And So Are Hangover Cures

They should have stuck to white wine. By Laurence Totelin, Cardiff University Slightly over-indulged in wine this festive season? Suffering from throbbing headache, dry mouth, and nausea after the office Christmas party? The hair of the dog somehow does n ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 31 2014 - 3:30pm

No More Necessary Evil: Reduced Risk Of Hearing Loss After Antibiotics

In 2002 on Christmas Eve, two-year-old Bryce Faber was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a deadly. The toddler's treatment, in addition to surgery, included massive amounts of radiation followed by even more massive amounts of antibiotics, and it no doub ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2015 - 7:30pm

12 Year Study Confirms Measles Vaccines Are Safe

A 12-year study of two measles-containing vaccines has found that seven main adverse outcomes were unlikely after either vaccine. The study conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center included children ages 12 to 23 months from January 2000 thr ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2015 - 1:38pm