What's a 'black box' warning? A pharmacologist explains how these labels protect patients
A "black box" warning on a health product sounds pretty scary—maybe even more so when it's suddenly being taken off the packaging.
Nov 13, 2025
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Brain scans reveal action-based organization in people born without hands
Conventional wisdom among neuroscientists suggests that the brain's motor functions are organized around the body, meaning certain brain areas control the hand; others the foot. An emerging alternative theory is that parts ...
Aug 20, 2025
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Medication decisions in pregnancy: Experts propose an ethics-based, evidence-backed approach
Most women use medication during pregnancy. Yet, selecting appropriate drugs and doses is challenging. In an article in The Lancet, physicians and researchers from the Radboud university medical center, Maastricht UMC+, Imperial ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Clinical trial demonstrates success in treating rare blood disorder
A clinical trial has demonstrated that the cancer drug pomalidomide is safe and effective in treating hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), a rare bleeding disorder that impacts more than one in 5,000 people worldwide.
Sep 18, 2024
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Why is it so hard to get drugs approved for use during pregnancy?
Nobody wants to see another Thalidomide tragedy.
Sep 17, 2024
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Public health errors: Why it's crucial to understand what they are before assessing COVID-19 responses
Joe Vipond, a Canadian emergency room physician who was a strong supporter of masking during the pandemic, said in a speech last year that the slow recognition that COVID-19 is spread by airborne transmission resulted in ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Thalidomide cuts recurrent bleeding in small-intestinal angiodysplasia, finds study
For patients with recurrent bleeding due to small-intestinal angiodysplasia (SIA), thalidomide treatment results in a reduction in bleeding, according to a study published in the Nov. 2 issue of the New England Journal of ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Science experiments traditionally only used male mice. Here's why that's a problem for women's health
If you have ever taken a medicine, then you have benefited from research in animals. But ten years ago, if you looked at a scientific report involving mice or rats, it would probably have used only male animals.
Aug 15, 2023
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CRISPR studies identify many promising therapeutic targets for multiple myeloma
New research from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has identified 116 genes as key molecular vulnerabilities for multiple myeloma. Most of these genes are potential leads for the discovery of new therapies for this disease. The ...
May 29, 2023
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Prenatal exposure to anti-nausea drug in '60s, '70s tied to increased risk of colorectal cancer
Prenatal exposure to an anti-nausea drug commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s has been shown to increase risk of colorectal cancer in adult offspring, according to a study by researchers at UTHealth Houston.
Mar 10, 2023
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