Clinical Updates

Newly released results from two previously published studies demonstrated patients receiving the maintenance combination asthma therapy SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate… »   

A new animal study suggests that antioxidant therapy may prevent the memory and attention problems that plague many cancer patients… »   

No child aspires to a lifetime of addiction. But their brains might. In new research to appear online in the… »   

A newer, longer-acting form of Byetta (exenatide) that is given once weekly actually achieves better blood sugar control in diabetics… »   

Ken Haller, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University, has an important reminder for parents as cold and… »   

There is an urgent need to develop systems to assess the safety of antimalarials in early pregnancy, says a new… »   

Regular use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin and ibuprofen, may reduce serum levels of the prostate biomarker,… »   

Two U.S. congressmen asked Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp for more information about a report the companies submitted to… »   

Food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may already have entered the U.S. food supply, the Food and… »   

Expensive advertising of prescription drugs directly to consumers may do little to encourage sales, U.S. and Canadian researchers reported on… »   

Novartis AG’s high blood-pressure drug Tekturna was effective in hard-to-treat patients with obesity, heart failure and diabetes, the Swiss company… »   

The most commonly used drugs include antiemetics, antacids, antihistamines, analgesics, antimicrobials, diuretics, hypnotics, tranquilizers, and social and illicit drugs.

The… »   

Giving patients Novartis’s anti-cholesterol drug Lescol after major vascular surgery reduces the risk of serious heart problems, researchers said on… »   

“Out of control” binge eaters may benefit from the Alzheimer’s drug memantine, according to new research suggesting that the drug… »   

Many of the psychiatric disorders observed in adults have their onset in childhood or adolescence. In fact some studies show… »