Posted by: admin on: September 14, 2011
Antibiotics will only remain useful for so long and new approaches to infectious disease management need to be considered. Is there a way we can force the bacteria to get sick so they can’t do the same to us? Here is a new thought. Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: September 7, 2011
The search for an efficient drug for constipation in IBS seems to have ended with Linaclotide , an experimental peptide. Here is an explanation. Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: August 12, 2011
The drug dabigatran is now recommended by some doctors over warfarin in treatment of atrial fibrillation. New guidelines also suggest surgery. According to new guidelines released in the ‘Canadian Journal of Cardiology’ on Feb. 18 2011, warfarin is out and a drug called dabigatran is in when it comes to treating the symptoms of atrial […]
Posted by: admin on: July 28, 2011
Dental patients should not take prophylactic antibiotics simply because they have pacemakers or implanted defibrillators, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). Although 2007 guidelines already exclude these patients from the list of those who need prophylactic antibiotics to prevent endocarditis, the AHA wanted to emphasize this point because many physicians […]
Posted by: admin on: July 22, 2011
Abbott Laboratories has withdrawn the obesity drug Sibutramine (Meridia) from the market in light of clinical trial data pointing to an increased risk for stroke and myocardial infarction, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced. The agency asked Abbott Laboratories to pull the drug from the market after it evaluated data from a […]