Category: Pharmaceuticals
New discovery may lead to cheap cure for liver cancer
TAIPEI – A team of Taiwanese researchers have found a potential remedy for liver cancer in a drug used for treating arrhythmia that can be much cheaper and less toxic than existing treatments. The arrhythmia drug amiodarone has been shown […]
Taiwanese mountain climbers find new use for Viagra
Viagra is known around the world as an erectile dysfunctional drug but it has now become an essential tool for climbers, reports our Chinese-language sister paper China Times. Since becoming available in 1998, Viagra has been the prime treatment for […]
New drugs could prevent migraine attacks from occurring
ISLAMABAD: Researchers have developed drugs that are aimed at preventing migraine attacks from occurring, rather than stopping the attacks once they have started. These studies are the first to test monoclonal antibodies for the prevention of migraine, and both are […]
The dangers of excessive antibiotics
People are often hasty with their antibiotic treatments. There are more than two hundred different kinds of antibiotics in Yemen with a variety of purposes, with it being commonly believed that they cure any treatment. However, taking too many antibiotics […]
India’s Glenmark pulls 2,900 bottles of ulcer drug in U.S.
India’s Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd is recalling some 2,900 bottles of its stomach ulcer drug ranitidine in the United States after a foreign tablet was found in one of the bottles. Medicines produced in India, which supplies about 40 percent of […]
Antibiotics beneficial for undernourished kids: Study
Poor growth is linked to infections and to the microbes that normally reside in the human gut. Although the use of antibiotics is not without risk, they can improve growth in children at risk of undernourishment in developing countries, including […]
Antibiotics may be treatment for appendicitis
ISLAMABAD: Patients with appendicitis usually have surgery to remove their appendix, but in some cases, it may be safe to use antibiotics as a first-line treatment instead, a new study suggests. In the study, patients treated with antibiotics were at […]
New jab may help you pee your fat out
A new slimming product on the market has claimed that it can dissolve fat cells, allowing people who are dieting, to pass their fat out of their bodies with their urine. The non-surgical treatment called Aqualyx advertizes itself as a […]
New plant in Tuas to produce diabetic drug
SINGAPORE – Drug giant Merck Sharp & Dohme will officially open a facility specialising in making the diabetic medication Janumet in Tuas later this year. The plant is part of a US$250 million (S$316 million) agreement with the Singapore Economic […]
Pfizer issues nationwide recall of antidepressant
A voluntary nationwide recall of 3 different lots of the antidepressant venlafaxine (Effexor, Pfizer Inc) has been issued by the drug’s manufacturer owing to possible contamination with a heart drug and subsequent potentially fatal consequences. As a precaution, Pfizer Inc […]
