First Large Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine in U.S. Could Begin in July
THURSDAY, June 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A large clinical trial of the first U.S. COVID-19...
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Newborn Respiratory Distress Up With Maternal Antidepressant Use
MONDAY, June 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Risk for newborn respiratory distress increases in a...
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Some COVID-19 Outpatients Say Famotidine Eased Symptoms
FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A small number of nonhospitalized patients with...
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COVID-19 Mortality Higher for Those Not Taking Meds for Their HTN
FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 patients with hypertension have increased...
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Antiepileptic Drugs May Up Death Risk in Patients With Alzheimer Disease
FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are associated with a...
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Risk for Committing Violent Crime May Be Increased by SSRI Use
TUESDAY, June 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A small percentage of selective serotonin reuptake...
Read MoreMay 2020 Briefing – Pharmacy
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pharmacy for May 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and regulatory...
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Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy Overdiagnosed, Overtreated
MONDAY, June 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Current practice patterns relating to testing and...
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Dextrose Injections Aid Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
MONDAY, June 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Intra-articular dextrose prolotherapy (DPT)...
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Mortality Rate 13% for Cancer Patients with COVID-19
MONDAY, June 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with cancer and COVID-19, mortality is...
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Outcomes Equal for AYA Hodgkin Therapy at Peds, Adult Centers
FRIDAY, May 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with...
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Metformin Recalled Due to Potential Cancer-Causing Chemical
FRIDAY, May 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A recall of the widely used diabetes drug metformin...
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VA Slashes Use of Hydroxychloroquine to Treat COVID-19 Patients
FRIDAY, May 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The VA health system has stopped nearly all use of...
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Remdesivir Use Growing Globally in COVID-19 Patients
FRIDAY, May 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Worldwide more physicians are using remdesivir to...
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ASCO 2020: Relugolix Superior to Leuprolide in Advanced Prostate Cancer
FRIDAY, May 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For men with advanced prostate cancer, the oral...
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Benzodiazepines, Codispensed Opioids Common in Hemodialysis
WEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients initiating hemodialysis often are...
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Remdesivir Beats Placebo for Time to COVID-19 Recovery
TUESDAY, May 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For adults hospitalized with COVID-19 with lower...
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Adenovirus Type-5 Vectored COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise
TUESDAY, May 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A recombinant adenovirus type-5 (Ad5) vectored...
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Platinum Therapy May Up Survival in Pancreatic Cancer With DNA Repair Defects
TUESDAY, May 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with advanced-stage pancreatic ductal...
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U.S. Offers $1.2 Billion to Drug Company for COVID-19 Vaccine Research
FRIDAY, May 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
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