Dronedarone is effective and well-tolerated in the prevention of...
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The findings of the 'American-Australian-African trial with DronedarONe In atrial fibrillation or flutter patients for the maintenance of Sinus rhythm' (ADONIS) trial, announced at the annual meeting of the ...
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New data show anti-parasite drugs are effective in combating mortality, anemia and malnutrition in pregnant women and young children suffering from intestinal worms, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Preliminary results from an early clinical trial of a vaccine for pandemic bird flu suggest the vaccine is safe and well tolerated and may prove effective against divergent strains of the disease, Baxter International Inc. said on Wednesday .
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For prostate cancer, a tomato a day has been shown to keep the doctor away. And now the compound responsible has been found highly effective at inhibiting the growth of existing tumors, even in
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The antidepressant citalopram (Celexa) appears to be a safe and effective treatment for anxiety disorders in older patients, a small trial suggests.
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A small study in which Alzheimer&#39;s patients were given the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor found that their mental capacity stabilized or improved over the course of a year.
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New data shows that an experimental  inhaled insulin drug called Exubera is effective in controlling  blood sugar levels in diabetics over prolonged periods of time,  the drug's developers said on Tuesday.
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Encysive Pharmaceuticals on Monday  said its experimental drug to treat an often-fatal lung  condition was effective in a late-stage trial and it appeared  to be safer than the only approved drug for the illness.
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NEW YORK  - If experiments in mice with a  form of Alzheimer's disease are any indication, treatment with  a drug called rolipram appears to produce lasting improvement  in learning and memory deficits, investigators from New York  report.
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The spate of bad news about painkillers has dealt a major setback to what had been a highly promising effort to use the drugs to prevent a host of leading killers, including many types of cancer, Alzheimer&#39;s disease and other forms of dementia.
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The World Health Organization recommended Friday that passengers on long flights exercise their legs and resist taking sleeping pills to reduce the risk of potentially fatal blood clots.
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A drug currently prescribed to combat advanced breast cancer can now be used to help prevent the disease from recurring in women who have been treated for early forms of the disease, the US Food and Drug Administration ruled Friday.
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NEW YORK  - An herbal medicine used in Asia  for 2,000 years can reduce the impact of dementia, a small  study suggests.
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Bayer AG&#39;s  experimental pill  rivaroxaban is significantly more effective than standard  injections of Lovenox in preventing blood clots after knee  surgery, researchers said on Sunday.
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A series of measures are being taken to prevent animal epidemics since a bird flu outbreak in the country in the spring. Local governments have reinforced the monitoring of bird flu.
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Promising trials for a hepatitis C treatment bode well for the pharmaceutical.
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The drug toremifene, used to treat breast cancer in women, has been found to also reduce the incidence of prostate cancer in men at risk for the disease.