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FDA warns Mylan over valsartan manufacturing violations
The FDA announced it issued a warning letter to Mylan Laboratories Limited over violations of current good manufacturing practice observed during an inspection of a drug...
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Fracture risk for patients taking multiple medications
There is a strong association between the number of fracture-associated drugs older patients receive and their risk of sustaining a hip fracture, according to a new study.
1 hour ago - ScienceDaily - 2 articles
New biomarker discovered in cancer stem cells
In the world of cancer biology, not all biomarkers are created equal. These molecules that alert doctors that an abnormal process may be underway can appear as an array of...
1 hour ago - News Medical - 4 articles
FDA's Rapid Approval of Esketamine Questioned
While some experts have hailed intranasal esketamine as a 'game changer' for resistant depression, others are concerned over the FDA's rapid approval of the drug. Medscape...
1 hour ago - Medscape
US drug overdose death toll falls for the second year in row
After nearly two decades of mounting drug overdose deaths in the US, driven by the opioid epidemic, an estimated 1.8% fewer people died of overdoses in April 2019 than did in...
2 hours ago - Daily Mail
Receiving multiple fracture-associated drugs may increase hip fracture risk
There is a strong association between the number of fracture-associated drugs older patients receive and their risk of sustaining a broken bone, according to a new Dartmouth...
3 hours ago - News Medical - 2 articles
US superbug infections rising, but deaths are falling
There's some surprising news in a federal report: U.S. deaths from drug-resistant “superbug” infections appear to be going down
3 hours ago - ABC News - 4 articles
Oral blood cancer drug may worsen cardiometabolic health
An oral chemotherapy treatment used to treat myeloproliferative neoplasms is associated with substantial weight gain and increased systolic blood pressure, according to...
3 hours ago - Healio - 2 articles
Researchers develop novel mathematical framework for mapping out drug interaction
Combining two or more drugs can be an effective treatment of diverse diseases, such as cancer. Yet, at the same time, the wrong drug combination can cause major side effects...
3 hours ago - News Medical
New York Identifies Hospitals and Nursing Homes With Deadly Fungus
The policy change, for the virulent drug-resistant germ Candida auris, came as the C.D.C. reported that more people are dying of drug-resistant infections than it previously...
3 hours ago - NY Times - 4 articles
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Lung Cancer Report Delivers Good, Bad News
There are positive trends, including the survival numbers: Compared with a decade ago, the five-year survival rate among lung cancer patients was 26% higher in 2015.
Cancer Risk May Rise After Heart Attack
People who suffered a heart health scare - a heart attack, heart failure or a dangerously erratic heart rhythm - had a more than sevenfold increased risk for subsequently...
50% more Americans being infected by antibiotic-resistant superbugs since...
A new CDC report reveals that 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths are caused by antibiotic-resistant superbugs, meaning there is an increase in infections but fewer deaths...
Protein is the New Therapeutic Target for Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers identified new target for pancreatic cancer after analysing a specific group of tumour cells, called cancer stem cells.
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Adenoviral Pneumonia in...
Objectives: We examined data on patients with severe adenoviral pneumonia from the international registry of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization to identify risk...
All surgery - even small procedures such as hernia repair - are dangerous...
Mortality is higher in frail patients than previously thought, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center said, and therefore no procedure should be deemed 'low-risk'.
Health websites in the UK 'share search terms with advertisers'
An investigation has revealed 79 out of 100 popular health websites had cookies on their websites which saved sensitive health data and sent it to advertisers.
Bombshell: After finding of hundreds of cancer genes in MMR vaccines, FDA...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published the results of an eye-opening investigation which found that the cellular matter used in the manufacture of many childhood...
Taller people may be more genetically at risk of an irregular heartbeat
Researchers at University of Pennsylvania found genetic variants linked with height were also strongly linked with atrial fibrillation. For every extra one-inch in height, the...
New 'road Map' Might Make It Easier To Transport Drugs to Brain
Human brain has ability to block cancer drugs from effectively reaching cancer cells in the brain due to blood brain barrier. Identifying changes in blood brain barrier could...