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In clinical trials for cancer, it is standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptom side effects from treatments, such as nausea and fatigue. At present, patient self... Read more

The US FDA has given its nod for Qutenza (capsaicin) skin patch for treating pain caused by postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) i. e. shingle-related pain.

Excruciating, PHN pain is often d... Read more

A new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher Mark Hlatky, MD has said that many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for h... Read more

MM-Cat. Sounds like the next cloned feline after CC? Nope, it's actually a deadly cocktail of drugs which, when expanded, spells Mephedrone. The new hybrid version, "a cross between cocaine ... Read more

Fresh doubts have been cast on the effectiveness of Zetia, a cholesterol drug produced by US pharmaceuticals giant Merck in a new study.

Ezetimibe, marketed as Zetia and supposed... Read more

A new convention to put an end to the manufacture of counterfeit medicines and their sales, both commercially and online, is being drafted by the European Council. This was revealed to AFP, ... Read more

The molecular structure of a key portion of a cellular receptor implicated in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other serious illnesses has been deciphered by a team of scientists at Cold Spring... Read more

A new study released online in the American Journal of Public Health offers guidelines for improving drug ads in order to minimize potential harm and maximize benefits of prescription drug a... Read more

Scientists from the Imperial College of London have found a promising drug that may be the way ahead in the treatment of an aggressive form of lung cancer.

The drug eliminated sm... Read more

An innovative way to disarm a key protein considered to be "undruggable" has been devised by scientists.

Their discovery, published in the November 12 issue of Nature, la... Read more