Clinical Updates

Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster… »   

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Amitiza, the first U.S. drug to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation… »   

Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died aged 102, the organisation that republished his… »   

Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has resumed settlement talks with Pfizer Inc over a 1996 drug test that Nigeria says… »   

The U.S. Medicare insurance program for the elderly on Monday proposed cutting reimbursement for hospice facility wages, which would hurt… »   

Young women who took the commonly used epilepsy drug phenytoin for one year showed significant bone loss compared to women… »   

Alendronate, a medication used to prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis, may be associated with an increased risk of atrial… »   

Up to 70 percent of British schoolgirls are likely to take up the offer of a vaccine to protect them… »   

A U.S. commerce official said on Friday that China did not have the ability or will to regulate its economy… »   

Older patients given antipsychotic drugs are at increased risk of pneumonia, particularly during the first week after starting treatment, Dutch… »   

Patients unhappy with their laser eye surgery urged U.S. health regulators to do more to limit poor results, saying complications… »   

A new pharmacy robot at Loyola University Hospital is designed to eliminate the type of life-threatening human medication errors… »   

People allergic to traditional rubber gloves could see relief from a new alternative made from a different type of latex… »   

A former vice president of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co was indicted for lying to the federal government about a patent deal… »   

U.S. makers of pet food and all other animal feed will be prevented from using certain materials from cattle at… »