Pharmaceuticals
Antibiotics Made From Sugar Could Fight Superbugs
Researchers have discovered a new class of antibiotics derived from a very unlikely source, which may have the power to solve a serious health care issue. Antibiotics created from sugar molecules could be the key to combating superbugs.Superbugs, defin...
Unusually Fast Ebola Vaccine Trials Prove Successful
The epidemic in West Africa may finally come to an end after a new drug proved 100 percent successful in recent trials. Research that would have normally taken a decade was completed in just 12 months, which means the speed of the drug’s development is unp...
New drug may slow Alzheimer’s disease
According to the Alzheimer's Society, about 44 million people suffer from dementia across the globe. By 2050, 135 million people are predicted to develop the slow-acting, deadly disease.Research shows that a new drug could have the potential to delay t...
New Vaccine Will Stop Ebola
New Aerosol Vaccine Protects Primates Against Ebola
A new type of vaccine has been created that could prove immensely helpful in preventing and fighting future Ebola outbreaks. A team at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston along with the Nat...
A Universal Flu Vaccine
For a long time, researchers and scientists have been seeking a vaccine that would treat all of the various types of the flu. Each year doctors try to predict which flu strains will be prevalent and then make a vaccine based on those predictions. Sometimes...
Deadly Side Effects of Birth Control Pills
A new documentary film is centered around that question, taking on the mission of investigating the safety of birth control pills. While these pills were first introduced to “treat” pregnancy, their use and prescription has increased. With some pills being...
This “Brand New” 70 Year Old Treatment Offers Hope for Hepatitis C Patients
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health believe a common antihistamine may have the potential to treat hepatitis C.The study found that the antihistamine chlorcyclizine treated hepatitis C in petri dishes and in humanized mice.
Chlorocyclizi...
Diabetes Warning: FDA Issues Concerns Over the Popular Drug, Onglyza
This popular drug has raised flags for many in the FDA after disturbing numbers have come forward about the incidence of mortality from those using these drugs. Heart failure is becoming more common in patients who have taken this drug. Onglyz...
The New Flu Drug That Hopes to Save Thousands of Lives
The majority of deaths caused by the flu can be traced back to one simple cause, respiratory failure.Respiratory failure is the common trigger that causes the majority of elderly deaths and the trauma that is seen from rare super strains acting on popu...
Pfizer Under Pressure From Zoloft Lawsuits
Pfizer Inc. has recently been cleared in a second lawsuit regarding the risk of one of its leading antidepressants, Zoloft.
A Child Born With Heart Defects
The lawsuit was filed by Rachel Robinson after she took Zoloft during her pregnancy. Her daughter,...