October 26, 2015 Drugmakers to cooperate in safety review of diabetes drugs Global drugmakers said on Wednesday they would cooperate with an independent review to address concerns of a potential link between widely used diabetes medicines and pancreatic cancer and other safety problems.
October 26, 2015 Scientists coat anticancer drugs with platelets to target tumors Coating anticancer drugs in membranes made from patients’ platelets may improve cancer treatment and help stop the disease from spreading, researchers in North Carolina have found.
October 26, 2015 Utah doctors find potential melanoma cure Melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of cancer: In 2011, it killed over 9,000 people in the U.S. Utah has the highest rate of melanoma cases in the country.
October 26, 2015 Bayer defeats FTC in dietary supplement contempt case Bayer AG prevailed in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that accused the drugmaker's U.S. unit of making unsubstantiated claims about a dietary supplement marketed to promote digestion.
October 26, 2015 The most notorious health myths We are bombarded with health tips every day, but some of those messages may be harmful if you don’t get the facts straight. Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, author of Real Cause Real Cure, spoke with Dr. Manny Alvarez, senior managing health editor for FoxNews.com, about some of the most notorious health myths
October 26, 2015 Bacterial ‘bling’: Adding silver to antibiotics boosts their effectiveness With the recent rise of deadly drug-resistant bacteria in the United States, once potent antibiotics are losing their luster as they increasingly becoming powerless in the fight against these dangerous infections. But new research suggests that an extra ingredient could help boost antibiotics’ overall effectiveness.
October 26, 2015 FDA OKs first-of-a-kind diabetes drug from J&J The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a first-of-a-kind diabetes drug from Johnson & Johnson that uses a new method to lower blood sugar
October 26, 2015 New cocktails to test limits of cancer drug pricing New cancer drug cocktails set to reach the market in the next few years will test the limits of premium pricing for life-saving medicines, forcing company executives to consider fresh market strategies.
October 26, 2015 New drug may provide first safe, effective treatment for psychotic symptoms In more than half of Parkinson's cases, people are also plagued with distressing symptoms of psychosis, which often include visual hallucinations and paranoid thoughts. To address this problem, researchers from King’s College London have identified a pre-existing drug that may effectively control the psychotic symptoms stemming from the disease.
October 26, 2015 FDA approves new leukemia drug from Roche The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new drug from Roche to help treat patients with a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
