Leptin, one of the key hormones responsible for reducing hunger and increasing the feeling of fullness, also controls our fondness for food, revealed by researchers at University of Cambridge.
GlaxoSmithKline GSK announced that it has given consent to Toronto-based drug company Apotex to use two of its patented antiretroviral drugs, lamivudine and zidovudine, to manufacture Apo-triAvir — a fixed-dose combination of the two drugs and the antiretroviral nevirapine — for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.
In 1961, Robert Guthrie developed a method to test newborns for phenylketonuria, or PKU ? a genetic disorder that prevents the body from processing a protein found in almost all food, causing severe mental retardation.
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered a treatment that counteracts the effects of cocaine on the human cardiovascular system, including lowering the elevated heart rate and blood pressure often found in cocaine users.
Racial differences in breast cancer survival increase according to stage of disease, a new study finds. Published in the September 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, a retrospective analysis of survival data demonstrates that within each stage, African American women had larger tumors and were more likely to have disease that had spread to nearby lymph nodes.
Prognostic factors commonly used by clinicians to assess men with prostate cancer do not adequately predict survival outcomes in Asian men living in America, according to the first comprehensive ethnic analysis of Asian-American men with prostate cancer.
The US Food and Drug Administration has received and is reviewing new safety data about two popular heartburn medicines – Prilosec (omeprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole).
A previously unknown side effect of an unnamed drug currently on the marketplace could be useful for treating acne, reports Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
In an editorial, to be published in the international journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, published by Elsevier, a panel of arthritis research experts has recommended that coxibs and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs must remain a significant part of the tool kit used in treating osteoarthritis.
Patients who require long-acting insulin to manage their diabetes will benefit from PharmaCare?s coverage for the medication insulin glargine, also known as Lantus, announced Health Minister George Abbott today.