Individuals who consume egg proteins for breakfast are more likely to feel full during the day than those whose breakfasts contain wheat protein. Results from the study, conducted by Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisia…
Five times as many pregnant women were using opiates in 2009 compared to 2000, while during the same period the number of newborns with a diagnosis of drug withdrawal syndrome, neonatal abstinence syndrome has increased 3-fold, researchers from the Uni…
Approximately one third of adults with arthritis in the USA aged 45+ years suffer from anxiety or depression, researchers from the CDC reported in the journal Arthritis Care & Research. The authors added that the prevalence of anxiety in adults with ar…
“Aggressive pancreatic tumours may be treatable with a new class of drugs,” BBC News has reported today.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, and very few patients diagnosed with the disease survive beyond five years af…
A new class of cancer drug which targets a faulty gene might be effective in treating some aggressive pancreatic cancers, researchers from Cancer Research UK’s Cambridge Research Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute reported in the journal…
Levaquin (levofloxacin) has been approved by the FDA for the treatment and prevention of the plague. Levofloxacin is a synthetic antibiotic of the fluoroquinolones drug class; it is currently used for the treatment of severe bacterial infection, or inf…
Stendra (avanafil), a medication for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, has been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Erectile dysfunction refers to a man’s inability to achieve a penile erection, or to maintain one. Erectile dysfunc…
Takeda says it has received a complete response letter from the FDA regarding NDAs (new drug applications) for alogliptin and fixed-dose combination alogliptin and pioglitazone – both diabetes type 2 investigational therapies. Takeda says it has recent…
The USA’s fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as Mad Cow Disease has been detected in a dairy cow in central California, USDA’s Chief Veterinary Office, John Clifford announced yesterday. Clifford stresses that it is safe …
There were more reported measles cases in the USA last year than in any of the previous 15 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The majority of the 222 measles cases involved either visiting foreigners, or Americans…
