When you take acetaminophen, you don’t feel others’ pain as much Public Release: 10-May-2016   The popular painkiller reduces empathy, study finds Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – When you take acetaminophen to reduce your pain, you may also be… Read More ›

Public Release: 5-May-2016   Penn State While women who are pregnant, or breastfeeding or who may become pregnant are often excluded from clinical trials for type 2 diabetes drugs, the exclusion is frequently not based on the risk of fetal… Read More ›

Public Release: 28-Apr-2016 Gestational exposure to type of antidepressants associated with adolescent depression   Elsevier Washington, D.C., April 28, 2016 — A study to be published in the May 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child… Read More ›

Public Release: 8-Apr-2016   University of Toronto It’s been known for more than a century that acetaminophen is an effective painkiller, but according to a new U of T study it could also be impeding error-detection in the brain. The… Read More ›

Public Release: 6-Apr-2016   “patients with kidney disease were developing nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) due to the inability to clear gadolinium from their bodies” MedInsight Research Institute   APRIL 6, 2016, Ariel, Israel – An article published today in the… Read More ›

  By JOE HARRIS       ST. LOUIS (CN) – An Alabama woman’s family was awarded $72 million by a St. Louis jury Monday night on her claims that she developed ovarian cancer through the longtime use of Johnson & Johnson… Read More ›

Public Release: 17-Feb-2016   American Academy of Neurology MINNEAPOLIS – Antibiotics may be linked to a serious disruption in brain function, called delirium, and other brain problems, more than previously thought, according to a “Views and Reviews” article published in… Read More ›

Public Release: 10-Feb-2016   University of Warwick Research by the University of Warwick, the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW), and Tangent Reprofiling Limited, has discovered that statin drugs interact with a gap junction protein called GJC3 that… Read More ›

“These “toxic wounds” resulted in damage to veterans’ nervous systems and immune systems, including neuroendocrine and immune dysregulation, autonomic nervous system irregularities, and reduced white and gray matter in veterans’ brains” Public Release: 26-Jan-2016   Boston University Medical Center Twenty-five… Read More ›

“Once an entire population has experienced the extinction of key bacterial species, simply “eating right” may no longer be enough to restore these lost species to the guts of individuals in that population” Public Release: 13-Jan-2016 Stanford University Medical Center… Read More ›

Public Release: 5-Jan-2016   “Compared with no use of paroxetine, first trimester use of paroxetine was associated with a 23 percent increased risk of any major congenital malformations and a 28 percent increased risk of major cardiac malformations in newborns”… Read More ›

Public Release: 24-Nov-2015   Researchers identify several new molecules, and suggest ways to avoid their formation Elsevier IMAGE: Iodinated disinfection byproducts in cooking with chlor(am)innate tap water and iodized table salt. view more Credit: Water Research: Elsevier Amsterdam, November 24,… Read More ›

Public Release: 12-Nov-2015 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study sheds light on side effects of COX-2 drugs Vanderbilt University Medical Center It’s been about a decade since the promise of COX-2 inhibitors — drugs that relieve arthritis pain and inflammation without… Read More ›

Public Release: 10-Nov-2015   U-M/VA computer model suggests that common use of acid-reducing medicine to prevent stomach bleeding increases mortality from infections University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Right now, in any American hospital, about half of… Read More ›

Public Release: 9-Nov-2015   Meta-analysis examines link between macrolide antibiotics and cardiovascular risk American College of Cardiology WASHINGTON (Nov. 9, 2015) – Macrolides–a group of commonly used antibiotics for bacterial infections like pneumonia, bronchitis, and some sexually transmitted diseases–are associated… Read More ›

Public Release: 15-Oct-2015 Study reveals why cancer anemia treatment leads to tumor growth EphB4 receptor identified as ‘trigger’ for breast and ovarian tumor stimulation University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Scientists have shown… Read More ›

Public Release: 2-Oct-2015   BioScientifica Limited Infants given asthma medications during their first 2 years of age are likely to be stunted in later life, according to research presented today at the 54th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting…. Read More ›

Public Release: 4-Sep-2015 Structural differences found in depressed, non-depressed people Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Sept. 4, 2015 – A commonly prescribed antidepressant may alter brain structures in depressed and non-depressed individuals in very different ways, according… Read More ›

Public Release: 27-Aug-2015 Antibiotics may contribute to or serve as early signal of developing condition The Endocrine Society Washington, DC–People who developed Type 2 diabetes tended to take more antibiotics in the years leading up to the diagnosis than people… Read More ›

Public Release: 23-Jul-2015 Chemotherapy and quality of life at the end of life The JAMA Network Journals Chemotherapy for patients with end-stage cancer was associated with worse quality of life near death for patients with a good ability to still… Read More ›

Public Release: 20-Jul-2015 Findings may offer another reason to judiciously prescribe antibiotics to children Rutgers University Taking antibiotics may increase the risk that a child will develop juvenile arthritis, according to a study from Rutgers University, University of Pennsylvania and… Read More ›