Medications - Page 140

October 26, 2015

New labels tied to fewer child poisonings by over-the-counter meds

Fewer small children have been sickened or died from accidentally taking cough and cold medicines meant only for older ages, according to a new study of the effects of recent label changes on these over the counter products.

October 26, 2015

VBL Therapeutics' brain cancer drug succeeds in mid-stage study

Israel-based VBL Therapeutics said a mid-stage study of its experimental brain cancer drug met the main goal of increasing overall survival.

October 26, 2015

Report finds US prescription drug spending jumped to $374B in 2014

U.S. spending on prescription drugs soared last year, driven up primarily by costly breakthrough medicines, manufacturer price hikes and a surge from millions of people newly insured due to the Affordable Care Act.

October 26, 2015

Women willing to delay antibiotics for UTIs

More women than previously thought may be willing to delay taking antibiotics to treat a urinary tract infection in order to reduce the potentially unneeded use of antibiotics, a new Dutch study shows

October 26, 2015

Family discovers 5-year-old son’s life-threatening condition after reading news story

A Texas family is rallying to raise awareness for Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare progressive condition that their son was diagnosed with after his symptoms were initially mistaken for autism.

October 26, 2015

Bristol's Opdivo boosts kidney cancer survival beyond 2 years

Bristol-Myers Squibb's immunotherapy drug Opdivo extended kidney cancer survival rates by more than two years in a late-stage trial, setting it up to be used beyond melanoma and lung cancer.

October 26, 2015

Rotavirus rates fell in adults, too, after vaccine

Fewer older children and adults were hospitalized for severe diarrhea once the U.S. started vaccinating babies against rotavirus in 2006, according to a new study.

October 26, 2015

Johnson and Johnson to release clinical trial data in pact with Yale

Johnson & Johnson has selected the Yale School of Medicine to review requests from investigators and physicians looking for access to clinical trial data involving the diversified healthcare company's pharmaceuticals.

October 26, 2015

Could insulin pills prevent diabetes? Big study seeks answer

For nearly a century, insulin has been a life-saving diabetes treatment.

October 26, 2015

Double dose of Tamiflu proves no better in severe flu

There are no benefits from giving patients with severe flu a double dose of Roche's drug Tamiflu, despite calls by some experts for the use of higher doses in the most serious cases.