EMA Highlights: EU launches central repository for drug safety reports
by Gary Finnegan: An electronic repository for periodic safety update reports (PSURs) and their assessment reports has been launched by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
by Gary Finnegan: An electronic repository for periodic safety update reports (PSURs) and their assessment reports has been launched by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Pain, discomfort and magnet displacement were documented in a small medical records review study of patients with cochlear implants (CIs) who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Seven new medicines have approved at the January meeting of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) – the European Medicines Agency’s influential… read more.
Results of treating shoulder pain in throwing athletes are not as predictable as doctors, patients and coaches would like to think, according to a report in the journal… read more.
An international research group with members from the University of Basel, several EU countries, Israel and the USA, analyzed patient satisfaction with pain treatment after surgery.
Migraine headache may double the risk of a nervous system condition that causes facial paralysis, called Bell’s palsy, according to a new study.
by Bruce Sylvester: Vitamin D supplementation appears to lower the incidence of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) lung disease flare-up by over 40% in patients with a vitamin… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Post-surgical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy appears to entail an increased risk of anastomotic leak at the surgical junction among patients who have undergone non-elective… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: About 12 percent of patients treated with aspirin for cardiovascular disease prevention are receiving aspirin inappropriately, researchers reported on Jan, 12, 2015 in the Journal… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Patients with metastatic melanoma treated with dual sargramostim/ipilimumab rather than ipilimumab alone have achieved longer overall survival and lower toxicity, but no difference in progression-free… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Onset of diabetes raises the risk of significant memory and cognitive problems during the following 20 years researchers reported in the Dec. 2 issue of… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: In the non-cardiac surgical setting, neither aspirin nor clonidine taken perioperatively appears to reduce the risk of acute kidney injury, researchers reported on Nov. 15,… read more.
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