Pharmacology

This Asian Herb Could Hold The Secret To Treating Ebola

The latest outbreak of Ebola virus disease has caused the deaths of more than 9,400 people worldwide and created an international outcry so loud even the National Institutes of Health decided to start funding work on it again.  ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2015 - 4:30pm

Will Female Viagra Be An FDA Boner?

First of all, let me state that my conscience is perfectly clear: However, unlike yours truly, if you have an impure mind I suggest you take it up with Merriam-Webster. Having dispensed with that trivial distraction, can someone please explain to me what ...

Article - Josh Bloom - May 29 2015 - 5:13pm

Antipsychotics For Poor Kids Are Booming, It's Time To Look At Prescriber Decision-Making

Antipsychotic medications for pediatric patients climbed 62 percent for children on Medicaid between 2002 and 2007, reaching 2.4 percent of those youth. Unless we really believe that poor kids are undergoing an epidemic of bipolar disorder and schizophren ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 2 2015 - 9:33am

Olive Oil Destroys Cancer Cells

Extra virgin olive oil is believed to have heart health benefits but a new paper takes that one better and shows why it has been identified for its rapid destruction of cancer cells.  While scientists have shown that the oleocanthal compound found in  extr ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 2 2015 - 7:14pm

Pain Relief, Without All Of The Fake Medical Marijuana Prescriptions

Medical marijuana usage has been proliferating across the United States, primarily due to claims about pain management, but the demographics are baffling. Though women have 60 percent of medical visits for pain, 80 percent of medical marijuana prescription ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2015 - 10:46am

How Marijuana Use Affects People With Bipolar Disorder

Rates of substance use are higher in people with mental health problems compared to the general population and particularly in people with bipolar disorder, with cannabis the street drug most frequently used. ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 4 2015 - 11:42pm

Fertility Drugs Carry Promise- And Risk

Every fertility specialist seeks to design the most effective treatment strategy possible for each couple seeking to become pregnant. Treatment is usually a complex process and fertility drugs are often part of the regimen. Along with the benefits of such ...

Article - David Adamson - Mar 5 2015 - 9:46am

GC-1: It's Experimental, It's Untested, And It Could Be The Future Of Weight Loss

An experimental compound known as GC-1 causes loss of weight and fat in mice in lab tests. The drug speeds up metabolism, or burning off, of fat cells, by activating the receptors for thyroid hormone, which play a role in regulating metabolism- the body� ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2015 - 10:37am

Biosimilars For Dummies

Hot off the presses: The FDA just  approved the first biosimilar drug in the United States. Sandoz's Zarxio is used to boost the production of certain white blood cells in patients who are undergoing cancer chemotherapy, and are immunocompromised. Sa ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Mar 9 2015 - 4:00pm

Should Information From Stalled Drug Trials Be Published?

Drug discovery is an expensive, bureaucracy-laced process. Due to more restrictions requiring a lot more trials, drug discovery is an average 14 year process costing $2 billion and only 1 out of 5,000 drugs will get approved and out to the market. It' ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2015 - 2:06pm