News tagged with clinical pharmacology


Mining information contained in clinical notes could yield early signs of harmful drug reactions

Mining the records of routine interactions between patients and their care providers can detect drug side effects a couple of years before an official alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a Stanford University ...

Medications created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists to study the role genes play in treating tuberculosis

The University of Liverpool has been awarded funding to determine whether differences in our genes determine how patients respond to drugs used to treat Tuberculosis (TB) in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Genetics created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hypertension drug does not increase breast cancer risk for women over 55

(Medical Xpress) -- A commonly prescribed medicine used to treat conditions such as heart failure and hypertension does not present women over 55 with any increased risk of breast cancer, a new study at the University of ...

Medications created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers move closer to understanding the biology behind gamma-hydroxybutyric acid

In the 1960s, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) was first discovered as a naturally occurring substance in the brain. Since then it has been manufactured as a drug with a clinical application and has also developed a reputation ...

Medical research created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Rapid bone loss as possible side effect of anti-obesity drug now in clinical trials

An endocrine hormone used in clinical trials as an anti-obesity and anti-diabetes drug causes significant and rapid bone loss in mice, raising concerns about its safe use, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers ...

Medical research created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

When prophecy fails: How to better predict success in HIV prevention clinical trials

New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill schools of medicine and pharmacy may help explain the failure of some recent clinical trials of prevention of HIV infection, compared to the ...

HIV & AIDS created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clinical trial for muscular dystrophy demonstrates safety of customized gene therapy

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that it is safe to cut and paste together different viruses in an effort to create the ultimate vehicle for gene therapy. In a phase I clinical trial, ...

Medical research created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Grapes protect against ultraviolet radiation

Some compounds found in grapes help to protect skin cells from the sun's ultraviolet radiation, according to a study by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the CSIC (Spanish National Research Council). The study ...

Health created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New insights into links between stress and cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- Trinity College Dublin researchers have discovered that blocking a particular stress response can significantly reduce the metastasis (or spread) of breast cancer.

Cancer created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover underlying mechanisms of skin hardening syndromes

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered new details about the underlying mechanisms of skin hardening syndromes. The team connected pharmacological properties of the Novartis Pharma AG ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Effective vaccination against borreliosis possible

"Borreliosis" or "Lyme disease" is caused by the bacterium "Borrelia burgdorferi". In Austria approximately 16,000 people fall ill with borreliosis annually following a tick bite. Roughly every fifth tick in Austria carries ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tenofovir Gel wins out in drug absorption study, but HIV prevention trials say differently

A novel head-to-head study looking at differences in how the antiretroviral (ARV) drug tenofovir gets absorbed in the body as either an oral tablet or a vaginal gel found tenofovir gel can achieve substantially higher concentrations ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No evidence that doping enhances athletic performance

(HealthDay)—Although use of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is prohibited among athletes because it reportedly enhances performance, there is no scientific evidence that it does so, according ...

Medications created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EPO doping in elite cycling: No evidence of benefit, but high risk of harm

The drug erythropoietin, often called EPO, is banned from sports because it is believed to enhance an athlete's performance and give people who use it an unfair advantage over unenhanced competitors. However a new systemic ...

Health created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immune cells of the brain renew hopes for curing Alzheimer's disease

A new experimental study carried out in mice shows that microglia, immune cells of the brain, might play a key role in protecting the brain from Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is long believed that toxic sticky protein deposits ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0