News tagged with side effects

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Doctors' perceptions of psoriasis therapies vary

(HealthDay)—Doctors who treat patients with psoriasis show wide variation in their beliefs about the safety and effectiveness of psoriasis treatments, according to a study published in the February issue ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virus shows promise as prostate cancer treatment

A recombinant Newcastle disease virus kills all kinds of prostate cancer cells, including hormone resistant cells, but leaves normal cells unscathed, according to a paper published online ahead of print in the Journal of ...

Cancer created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antipsychotic meds not that helpful for depression, study finds

(HealthDay)—For people who don't fully respond to antidepressants, adding commonly prescribed antipsychotic drugs appears to be only slightly effective and is linked to unwelcome side effects, a new study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sniffing out the side effects of radiotherapy may soon be possible

Researchers at the University of Warwick and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have completed a study that may lead to clinicians being able to more accurately predict which patients will suffer from the side effects ...

Medical research created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study questions proton therapy for prostate cancer

A warning to men considering a pricey new treatment for prostate cancer called proton therapy: Research suggests it might have more side effects than traditional radiation does.

Cancer created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer's next magic bullet may be magic shotgun

A new approach to drug design, pioneered by a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Mt. Sinai, New York, promises to help identify future drugs to fight cancer and other diseases that ...

Cancer created Jun 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Botox offers hope to women with incontinence

When most people hear Botox, they think of injections to the face to combat wrinkles and aging.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When prescription drugs go OTC, ads talk less of harms: study

(HealthDay)—When prescription drugs become available over-the-counter, advertisements for the medications are far less likely to tell consumers about the potential harms and side effects, new research finds.

Medications created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify gene variations that predict chemotherapy side effects

Seemingly benign differences in genetic code from one person to the next could influence who develops side effects to chemotherapy, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The study identified gene variations that can predispose people ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Oestrogen patches could offer a new treatment option for prostate cancer patients

Patches giving oestrogen through the skin could be an easy and safe alternative to the hormone therapies used to treat prostate cancer, according to new research published in the Lancet Oncology, today (Monday).

Cancer created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prostate cancer treatment study changing the way doctors practice

A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine recommends a dramatic shift in the way doctors treat metastatic prostate cancer.

Cancer created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Head-to-head trial of two diabetes drugs yields mixed results

A direct, head-to-head comparison of two of the newer treatments available for type 2 diabetes yielded mixed results.

Diabetes created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gel safe and acceptable as approach to preventing HIV from anal sex

A reformulated version of an anti-HIV gel developed for vaginal use was found safe and acceptable by HIV-negative men and women who used it rectally, according to a Phase I clinical trial published today in PLOS ONE. The st ...

HIV & AIDS created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reducing the side effects of treatment for prostate cancer

New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine reassessing clinical data from trials, which investigate ways of treating side effects of therapy for prostate cancer, finds that tamoxifen, an ant ...

Cancer created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find alternative cholesterol-lowering drug for patients who can't tolerate statins

Heart patients who can't tolerate the side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs may have a new option, according to a new study by researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt ...

Cardiology created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0