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Pharmaceutical advertising down but not out, study says

The pharmaceutical industry has pulled back on marketing to physicians and consumers, yet some enduring patterns persist. According to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, ...

Medications created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Strong genetic selection against some psych disorders

(HealthDay)—Different evolutionary mechanisms likely support the persistence of various psychiatric disorders, according to a study published in the January issue of JAMA Psychiatry.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 05, 2013 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Hormonal changes at menopause up abdominal obesity

(HealthDay)—The increase in total body fat and abdominal fat seen at menopause is due to the hormonal changes taking place, which can be improved by estrogen treatment, according to a study published in ...

Overweight and Obesity created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Zonisamide 400 mg enhances weight loss for obese

(HealthDay)—A prescription medication originally developed to treat epilepsy may help obese adults shed weight when combined with routine nutritional counseling, researchers say.

Overweight and Obesity created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicians much less willing to prescribe drugs tested in pharmaceutical-industry funded trials, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Physicians are less likely to trust the results of clinical trials when they know those trials were funded by pharmaceutical companies, regardless of the quality of the research, a recent ...

Medications created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Can disclosure hurt the translation of research?

All major clinical trials now include disclosures detailing who funded the study to ensure transparency. However, is it possible that this transparency is actually hurting research? One might assume that the methodological ...

Other created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New stable antibodies created

(Medical Xpress) -- Australian scientists have overcome one of the most pressing problems facing the pharmaceutical industry – how to create antibodies that are stable enough to meet stringent requirements necessary ...

Medications created Jun 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists explain how they created bird flu that spreads easily among mammals

Scientists have created versions of the H5N1 bird flu that spread easily among mammals through droplets in sneezes and have concluded that the deadly virus could trigger a global pandemic in humans.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 22, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experimental pill may ease multiple sclerosis disability

(HealthDay) -- Yet another orally taken medication shows some promise in preventing relapse and disability for people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, a new report suggests.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The concept of 'overactive bladder' serves better commercial rather than patient interests

"The overactive bladder syndrome has become an accepted way to simplify a complex array of symptoms and leads people to believe that an overactive bladder is an independent disease in itself. However, the truth is not as ...

Cancer created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Alzheimer's vaccine cures memory of mice

(Medical Xpress) -- A vaccine that slows the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia has been developed by researchers at the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Research Institute ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Octopus' provides cancer breakthrough

A breakthrough in understanding a biological process that causes many common cancers including lung and breast cancer opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for the development of improved cancer drugs. ...

Cancer created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breakup of physician, drug company relationship could improve health care, cut cost

A new report suggests that improved health care and significant reductions in drug costs might be attained by breaking up the age-old relationship between physicians and drug company representatives who promote the newest, ...

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Unethical advertising at launch of antidepressants

The new feature of the antidepressant drugs of the 1990s was that they had milder side-effects than their predecessors. Combined with aggressive marketing, this meant that annual sales in Sweden increased from just under ...

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Web-based nephrology consults may reduce referrals

(HealthDay)—A system of Web-based consultations (telenephrology) may reduce the number of specialty referrals for patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a study published in the March/April ...

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