Medications
FDA clears Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Saxenda
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a Novo Nordisk diabetes drug as a treatment for obesity. It's the first injectable drug approved for weight loss.
Dec 23, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
FDA: Cyramza approval now includes non-small-cell lung CA
(HealthDay)—U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the anti-cancer drug Cyramza (ramucirumab) has been expanded to include aggressive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the agency said Friday.
Dec 14, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Blincyto approved for rare leukemia
(HealthDay)—Blincyto (blinatumomab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Philadelphia chromosome-negative precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare cancer of the bone marrow.
Dec 3, 2014
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Diabetes
Tight blood sugar control doesn't prevent strokes in diabetics
(HealthDay)—A six-year study of people with type 2 diabetes found that intensively lowering blood pressure had a long-lasting effect in preventing heart attacks, strokes and deaths. But intensive blood sugar control didn't ...
Sep 19, 2014
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Pediatrics
Small number of drugs behind kids' accidental poisonings: CDC
(HealthDay)—A relatively small number of medications are responsible for sending thousands of young children to the hospital for accidental ingestion, a U.S. government study finds.
Sep 15, 2014
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Cardiology
Experts raise concern over unnecessary treatment of mild hypertension in low risk people
Lowering the drug threshold for high blood pressure has exposed millions of low-risk people around the world to drug treatment of uncertain benefit at huge cost to health systems, warn US experts in BMJ today.
Sep 14, 2014
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Cardiology
Antihypertensive therapy reduces CV events, strokes and mortality in older adults
Antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events, strokes and mortality in hypertensive older adults, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2014 today by Dr Maciej Ostrowski from Poland. The ...
Aug 31, 2014
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Medical research
New route to identify drugs that can fight bacterial infections
About 100 drugs already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for other purposes can also prevent the growth of certain bacterial pathogens inside human cells, including those that cause Legionnaires' disease, ...
Jul 29, 2014
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Attention deficit disorders
ADHD drugs may up risk of heart problems in kids, study finds
(HealthDay)—Whether drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder boost the risk of heart conditions in children remains a subject of concern. Now, research from Denmark suggests medications such as Ritalin ...
Jul 4, 2014
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Medications
Novartis Japan unit charged over research manipulation
Japanese prosecutors Tuesday laid charges against the local unit of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis in a widening scandal over claims that falsified data were used to exaggerate the benefits of a popular blood-pressure ...
Jul 1, 2014
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