Clinical Updates

U.S. health officials are looking for ways to minimize risks from potentially dangerous malfunctions of insulin pumps used by tens… »   

Individuals who were identified as being at increased risk of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events based on screening for low ankle… »   

Aggressive treatment of anemia with intravenous iron and drugs known as erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) may lower the risk of death… »   

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have taken a significant step forward in developing a vaccination approach… »   

Simvastatin might help us control our cholesterol, but when it comes to infection, it’s an entirely different story says a… »   

A single dose of an experimental influenza drug saves more mice from H5N1 avian influenza than the preferred drug… »   

A comprehensive drug development strategy that starts with extensive screening of potential targeting agents and then narrows down to a… »   

If doctors used an existing simple lab test on patients with coughs or flu-like symptoms they would be better… »   

Everyone in the United States over the age of six months should get seasonal influenza vaccines every year, federal vaccine… »   

Abuse of prescription drugs is growing rapidly around the world, with more people abusing legal narcotics than heroin, cocaine… »   

Partners Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday they will take one of their experimental obesity treatments into late-stage… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that HIV drugs Invirase and Norvir might lead to an… »   

Two television commercials for Eisai Co Ltd and Pfizer Inc’s Alzheimer’s drug Aricept are misleading because they suggest the therapy… »   

Medical device maker Medtronic Inc said on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted restrictions on sales… »   

A Chinese herbal practitioner admitted on Wednesday selling dangerous pills which destroyed the health of a British woman, leading to… »