SAN FRANCISCO – The developing adolescent brain may be responding differently to sugary drinks, leading to higher consumption of sugars and feeding the childhood obesity epidemic, according to...
LAS VEGAS – A landmark study has provided physicians with an improved definition of clinically significant progression of chronic kidney disease for use as a major endpoint in clinical trials as well...
LAS VEGAS – A landmark study has provided physicians with an improved definition of clinically significant progression of chronic kidney disease for use as a major endpoint in clinical trials as well...
DALLAS – The risk of lipoatrophy with glatiramer acetate is greater than 60%, according to a review of 73 multiple sclerosis patients at one clinic.
The risk is "substantially higher than...
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – The 2014 update of the American Academy of Dermatology guidelines on atopic dermatitis take a strong stance in favor of the use of topical calcineurin inhibitors as topical...
The Food and Drug Administration is requiring all tanning beds to carry a "black box" warning that the devices should not be used by children under age 18 years.
The labeling doesn’t...
Four confirmed and nine suspected cases of invasive group A Streptococcus infection, including one fatality, developed after liposuction at a chain of "medical spas" in Maryland and...
Dalbavancin is the first drug with a Qualified Infectious Disease Product designation to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
On May 23, the agency approved dalbavancin (<link...
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Fresh approaches for treating atopic dermatitis are sorely needed, and several intriguing novel therapies are under study, according to Dr. Wynnis Tom.
While topical...
DENVER – As the nanotechnology field evolves, there are at least three reasons a clinician might prefer to use nanoparticles over conventional drugs, according to Dr. Jack L. Arbiser. The first is to...