Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 24, 2007
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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NEWS: In 2002, weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top US health officials were warned that research about the drug, nevirapine, was flawed
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Many clinical cancer trials are not published in order to keep industry secrets. A British cancer research group calls for all studies to be published -- even those with marginal results -- so doctors are not misled.
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It can be incredibly difficult for patients to ferret out studies of experimental drugs that offer hope to threat their disease. There is no comprehensive database of ongoing clinical trials, but specialists offer advice for the search:
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Two separate studies offer some good news about two drugs for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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The Food and Drug Administration will examine clinical trial data for thousands of depressed adults to see if they, like children, suffered increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors while taking antidepressants.    Dr...
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The diabetes drug Actos cuts the risk of heart attack, stroke and death, but raises the risk of heart failure, according to one study published on Tuesday, while a second confirmed disputed findings that rival Avandia raises heart risks.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for multiple sclerosis that in clinical trials got better results than existing drugs in protecting against relapses.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) will examine clinical trial data for thousands of depressed adults to see if they, like children, suffered increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors while taking antidepressants.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered the review of preventative studies involving Pfizer Inc.'s painkillers Celebrex and Bextra, in light of recent evidence they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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THURSDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that the timing of when a woman receives the breast cancer drug Herceptin can influence its effect on her heart.
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Here's what a newly approved drug looks like.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A new kind of drug designed to lower levels of "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and reduce heart disease risk has proved safe and effective in a phase II clinical trial, researchers report.
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TUESDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors who participated in a drug company-sponsored trial of asthma medications were more likely to prescribe that company's drugs.
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ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT VIOXX . . . but not for the reasons Merck &amp; Co. recommends. Last week a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study found a link with heart attacks, and several large health insurers said
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Pfizer Inc. said on Monday it plans to  sponsor a major clinical study to further assess the  cardiovascular safety of its arthritis drug Celebrex following  the withdrawal of Merck & Co.'s Vioxx, a drug in the same  class.